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Does any one have a good way of tagging your chickens. All of his leghorns look just alike. I know he is feeding them oyster shells, but I haven't heard him mention anything about grit. I will ask him. Thank you all for your suggestions and we welcome any other suggestions. We will sit with...

They are eating twice a day, and there always plenty of food and feeders. I can't understand why she would have eaten the shavings.... I don't know what grit is?

I posted pictures a while back of my sons Ag. project which was building a coop. He got his pullets in March, and we have gotten along great...until now. Three weeks ago, he lost one of his RIR. Last week, one of his While Leghorns died, and this morning, another Leghorn was dead. They are...

Thanks for the replies. He is really excited about finally having his chickens. We are both anxious to see what they turn out to be. I hope they do well for him. He is a little anxious about them, hoping that he bought birds that will lay well and be good quality. I guess only time will...

Thanks for all the nice comments. He is a great kid. For his FFA project (Animal Science class), he researched, designed, and funded 1/2 of this building. But... he hired a fella to help him with the construction. He didn't have the construction knowledge, and we didn't either, but he...

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Does anyone have any suggestions for a run for my sons chickens. He has just finished his coop, and needs to get his run built.

Hi BYC Friends, Can someone assist us on identifying these little ones. They are suppose to be 8 - 10 weeks old and all pullets. Thanks!! Is this a golden comet? These are the ones that I am not sure what they are. They look like the leghorns, but they have the black spots? Is this...

I am just bumping this up...hoping for help with identification on the chicks above

I hope I am uploading these correctly!! Here are the pics of the chickens that we bought yesterday. Please help us identify. Is this one a gold comet? These are the ones with the black spots on them. Hoping the ones like these are a leghorn. Rhode Island Reds? My son with his...

I am just really curious to find out what kinds that we have. I will post pictures when I get back from church later today.

Hi all!! We just got our little girls yesterday (we hope they are all hens). I will post pictures soon. I am from Northwest North Carolina. This is my sons FFA project, but it has become a family affair!!! He purchased 13 (8-10 weeks old) pullets. I'm so glad there are so many fellow NCer's...

Thanks for the welcome everyone. Any ideas if they are true leghorns or a cross and if a cross what they might be crossed with?

We went and picked up some pullets (I hope) today. He got 11 leghorns, 2 RIR and 1 Gold comet. Some of the leghorns did have a few tiny black spots on them (??), but all look healthy (again, I hope). He is really excited. The gold comet is the cutest. She seems to have a firey personality...

My son is working on an FFA project, and we have looked....and looked....and finally found some 10 week old white leghorns. We went and picked them up today, and he ended up getting one gold comet and 2 RIR's (Just because they were so pretty). My question is, a few of the white leghorn...

You guys are so nice to answer all of these questions. I do have one more though. We are going to look at two sets if chicks tomorrow. One are 10 - 12 week old pullets, and the other are 8 - 10 week olds. I'm sure there is a difference in quality of chicks...just like any other animal. Can...

Thanks for your reply. I just wanted to make sure that the breed he was chosing is a good match for him and his objective. This is probably a silly question, but he is going to look at some this weekend. How do you tell the hens from the roosters at 8 to 9 weeks of age?

Thank you for your reply. To answer a few of your questions, his goal is egg production. According to his research, they are very productive layers. And their eggs are high quality. He has built a very nice coop (12 x 16 feet) . It has a nice run as well. He does not plan to allow them to...

My son is working on an FFA project, and has finished his coop and ready for his hens. He is planning to buy white leghorn pullets. Is this a good breed for him? At what age do they ususally start laying and then at what age to they stop laying. This is be his first time having chickens, so...