So I brought them in to take some photos and tried the top of the washing machine BUT the machine is running and they just wanted to peck the lights
So I took them back outside and enlisted my three year old as a helper
Keep that in mind when considering how they are standing - my helper was...
Thanks for the replies everyone 😊
Chickens sure are annoyingly fun sometimes when it comes to determining genders lol
Right now we have two silkies in addition to the two in this post so lots of waiting to see 🙃
I’ll grab more pictures of both birds today
Thanks for the responses, I guess we will just have to wait and see - in March I purchase 7 Black Australorps and those were super obvious very early on, I ended up with 6 boys out of that batch lol - we have generally only gone with chicks out of the pullet bins but these were a great price and...
I’m not completely sure on age, could be anywhere from 6-8 weeks old. I know it can be hard to sex silkies but I’m wondering if these are obvious boys? This was our first time with this breed because we picked them up from an overstock bin. We’ve had a bad run with boys in our straight run...
I believe these are about 6 weeks old but I’m unsure about the exact age as they were chick overstock and were a bit older when I purchased them. They could be as old as 7/8 weeks.
The first is the Americana (Easter Egger) and I’m hoping (and guessing) it’s a pullet. This was a chick that my...
We have two Sebright that were purchased on sale due to overstock and I know they were at the store for a bit longer than normal so she is uncertain. I’m guessing they are both boys? My youngest kids really liked them (size was smaller than the other chickens, not because the chicks were...
8 week buff Orpington that I’m guessing is a rooster? New to this breed and it was the only one at the store - other chicks were black australorps. Everyone was prepping to roost and I don’t have any other current pictures right now.
This it my kids favorite chick because of its fluffy cheeks 😊
It is a super calm chick and does sometimes choose to sit on us. What makes me ever more suspicious is while I was looking at it today I noticed a very slight blush/red at the base of its tiny comb - should I be preparing my kids for...
I did, ended up losing one but saved the other based on recommendations I found here - couldn’t get any chicken specific supplements but found the recommended ingredients were in a bottle of pedialite we had just opened (wasn’t good week for anyone lol) and that revived the other chick - worked...
I believe I brought this one home around the end of March, it was the only BO in the 7 chicks I purchased - the other 6 were black australorps, 5 of those were roosters lol - so I don’t really have any BO this age to compare it to
I do have some BO pullets that I brought home at the end of April...
Hello from NE Michigan
I’ve owned chickens for 8 years now and our current flock has a total of 13 but some of the new members may have to move to a new home as they are roosters (I always lose with the straight run purchases lol - our location doesn’t allow any roosters)
I currently have Black...