baby chicks

Hi I’m Ashley from Huffman, Texas. I have two baby roosters if anyone is looking! I purchased a California grey 3 weeks ago and an Easter egger 2 weeks ago from Tractor Supply. I didn’t realize I got them from a unisex brooder.

Bought 8 (pullets) from Rural King back in Mid March. Wondering if this little one is a pullet or cockerel? By the size of the comb I’m leaning towards it being a cockerel. I’m new to all of this so would love some feedback. 4 weeks old yesterday. Thank you all.

Does anybody have tips on how to hatch eggs or just useful information that I might need? If you do, please say, as I'm new to raising chickens. I also have pets I need to teach to not try to eat the chicks/eggs. 1. An older, gentle black cat. 2. An excitable rottweiler. 3. A loving...

So last night my family came home with 8 WILD EGGS! I don’t remember where they said they found them but it was covered in dirt. We tried candling it before realizing we have no clue on what means what when candling. My cousin decided to open one very slightly. It was only a small crack. That’s...

I have been lurking on this site for a couple of months but have never posted. This time I would like to share my first experience of owning chickens. I bought 6 Delaware chicks from Tractor Supply in the first week of August without prior knowledge. My first worrisome encounter were pasty...

Hi, recently several chicks have hatched in my backyard and I was wondering if I could take them away from their mother? Previous hatches I’ve let them stay with their mothers, but since we live higher up in the mountains and the chickens don’t live in a confined space, the previously hatched...

Hi everyone, One of the neighborhood chickens recently hatched 3 adorable baby chicks! While I am thrilled, I am also worried. It is winter, the main rooster was stolen and she is in a field that is not near where the remaining flock hang out (front of my house versus back). I live in Houston...

Hello we found these two little chicks right outside our door yesterday morning. We had seen the hen with all her chicks for a week or so, but unfortunately the mom and a handful of the chicks died most likely by coyote or a bigger animal. We are taking care of them the best we can but want to...

And they are adorable. My morning is normally be letting them out of the pet playpen and them sitting on my arm while I watch youtube shorts lol and drink coffee to wake up. My Dove doesn't seem to mind them either lol

so, i’m back on here again…recently a lot of our baby chicks have been going missing and even some have been killed, but we don’t know what is taking them/killing them? We found one of our baby chicks with it’s head cut off and the rest of the body laying there. Then, one baby chick went missing...

Hello beautiful chicken friends! If any of you had read my previous post, we actually found an amazing solution for the roosters. They are happy and healthy and well cared for. We just got them each a new coop. 🤦🤣 Back to the original question, I have 8 new babies. They are the cutest things...

We just got our one day old chicks home and had a heat lamp all set up- and the power went out on our street! What else can we do for them? We are boiling water on the gas stove and going to put it in a jar with towels,m around it, any other ideas?

Hi! I have 3 hens that went broody at the same time. I didn’t have the heart to tell 2 of them no. Now all 3 have 3 babies each I’ve had no issues with the rest of the flock and the babies, but if the mamas come across another mama, they fight, really bad. I have all 3 mamas separated right...

Just had to share the funny little anomaly that is Owl, our little Barred Plymouth Rock girl. When she was a chick, she had just a bit of fluff on both her legs that went away fairly quickly. But now, at 8 weeks, she has grown two little feathers on only one foot. It is the funniest looking...

Can I get guesses as to the sexes of my 3 week old babies? I have included two photos of each so a total of 4 chicks. I think the second one (dark color photos 3/4) is a Roo. I am also leaning towards a Roo for the last one (photos 7/8). The lighter colored ones photos 1/2, 5/6 and 7/8 are...

Chicken math hit me and my husband hard at TSC the other day. We went in with zero intention to get babies. Then my husband said get 9. I said no and then we settled on six. We ended up with nine. 3 Rhode Island Reds (all pullets) 3 black Jersey Giants (straight run) 3 Barred Rocks (straight...

The little babies are finally here and after a long eventful stressful day, I am finally able to relax,sorta! 😅 I have changed up their brooder so many times, seeing what works and what doesn’t. I have realized that I need to make a hanging water bottle nipple thingie, it’ll definitely give...

So I have three 4 week old chicks (exactly 28 days today), one barred rock (Owl), one sapphire gem (Cinder), and one buff orpington (Daisy). The orpington I'm not concerned about, as I'm about 99% certain she's a pullet. The barred rock I vacillated on for a while due to temperament and a more...

Hi there! I always get the best help from the byc community, so I wanted to ask for y’all’s help here. I have a batch of 9 chicks around 5-6 weeks of age and one in particular just started showing swollen earlobes. The weather here is really nice but the oak pollen came upon us suddenly so I’m...

I have some Easter eggers turning 4 weeks old next week and brahmas turning 2 weeks old (I know the brahmas still need some time) and days here are getting into the mid 60s-70s, when can I start bringing my chicks outside to play/explore a bit (in a pinned area) is there a certain temp I should...