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My banty hen just hatched 11 chicks, all my roos are standard size. Anyone know whether the chicks will be full size, banty or a mix? 2 of the chicks do seem a bit larger, but it's hard to tell really.

Or is he the just the earliest maturing? I have at least 4 roos that hatched Jan 1 (so about 6.5 wks old) and one has started crowing.

lol, that was me last night, trying to wrangle 13 free ranging 7-wk old chick back to their brooder in the workshop! The chicks were supposed to be in a pen in the yard, but due to a breech of perimeter by a sheep looking for free chick food, they were all over the yard and it was getting late...

This morning's eggs. Who laid those little fart eggs? I have 2 light brahmas about 5-6 mos old and an EE the same age, had to be 2 of them; going to have to do some surveillance.

I have a Polish hen who was added to my flock (3 bantam OEG, 2 RIR, 1 EE and 3 chicks) a month ago. I've read Polish don't fare well with other breeds, but she was a rescue of sorts and has managed to avoid too much harrassment from the others. She is not pecked at, but she definately gets out...

I have 2 chicks, now 3 months old, that were raised by a broody hen. She clearly felt they were old enough to be on their own a few weeks ago, though the chicks continued to sleep in a nest box with her at night. Now the hen has gone broody again and the chicks are in the nest box with her...

Hi everyone! I'm new to chickens; a friend gave me 4 unidentified hens about 3 months ago. I've since discovered that 3 are OEG hens and the 4th is ? I just call her Big Red Hen. The OEGs are not friendly at all and have been good layers till a month ago when 2 went broody, when I couldn't...