chicks 5 weeks

  1. C

    Feed and Water in coop?

    I have 8 chicks that will be moving out to the coop/run soon and I was wondering if I should put food and water in the coop for them at night or if the feeder and waterer in the run are enough. Just wanted to see what I should do before I put them out.
  2. P

    Question on Integrating Chicks with Hen

    Hi all, I'm looking for some feedback. I have one rescue hen, Lacey, that I found and nursed back to health a few months back. She is now doing well in her coop, laying almost daily, though she is lonely as she is the only one. A month ago I purchased 4 little easter-egger chicks that were just...
  3. Lspears218

    5 week old “unsexed” chicks

    Hi all, first time poster here I am new to BYC and a first time chicken owner. My 3 year old daughter has always loved chickens , so after a year of asking and me doing a lot of research I decided to go all in and start a backyard family flock! We have 6 chicks , 3 pullets (sapphire gems) and...
  4. Fn87

    Pecking and Cannibalism???!!!

    Hi this is my first time raising chicks and everything has been going okay for the most part but I'm starting to experience issues with pecking since the chicks have begun feathering out. I work at a farm so we're raising around 300 chicks in a big brooder in our greenhouse. Around 70 of them...
    • Fn87
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    • bleeding chick chicks 5 weeks farm infection? intestinal pecking
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  5. AllieJayne

    5 week old buff Sussex chickens boys or girls?

    Hi everybody, I’m a chicken lover (animal lover in general) from Australia and I’ve just started raising my chicks for the first time from babies and was wondering if anyone could tell me how to sex my babies that are 5 weeks old as of tomorrow I think I may have 2 boys and 4 girls from some of...
  6. tiawieclaw

    help! i don’t know if i should be feeding my chicks this!

    hello i have 5 and a half week old chicks and i know that at 6 weeks you are supposed to start mixing their chick food with the regular chicken food so i got this food but then i read that feeding them laying food before they lay is bad so is this stuff ok or should i get regular food? is this...
  7. 5 Weeks Old

    5 Weeks Old

    5 weeks old and feathered + ready for outside
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  8. Brittwearsboots

    What breed is my chick?

    She was the only one that looked like this in the bin. I thought she was a leftover barred rock, but she has a mohawk and her barred coloring is starting to fade out a little bit. Ideas?
  9. alaskalife

    newbie-how often should i clean the coop

    Cleaning the coop.... My chicks are 5 weeks new. I moved them from the garage tote to the outdoor coop as they needed more space. I have pine shavings (also using it for compost) just curious how often i should scoop it all out and put new shavings in. In the garage i did every three days or my...
  10. heathercara

    Chickens in the Coop?

    First-time chicken owner - 6 standards, 4 bantams. Most of my chicks were shipped March 25, so about 5 1/2 weeks old. Two are a week older (2 of the standards) so are 6 1/2 weeks old. I live in Northern CA, and temps during the day are the 60s-70s, and the lows at night are 49 - 51. They are...
  11. C

    Are my chicks really ready to move outside?

    Hello! I'm a first time chicken owner and probably over thinking and over reading. I just want to be sure my chicks really are ready to go outside. They are 5.5 weeks old. They are feathered, but I'm still just worried. I have a coop with a run attached, they have water and feed, it is only...
  12. Nutmeg15

    Andalusian & Silver Phoenix Chicks

    Hi all! I let my broody hatch a few chicks, and they are now a little over one month old. One is a Blue Andalusian, the other is Silver Phoenix. I am hoping for two hens... Opinions on gender?
  13. KikiDeAnime

    'Free Ranging' With The Flock?

    First of all, I'll get a picture of the chicks later! Our 3 five/almost six week old chicks have begun to get really anxious about being let out of their coop & run to 'free range' with the others. Both chick coop and flock coop are within a secure 'free ranging' yard. As long as I watch them...
  14. N

    Ran out of Chick Feed help!

    I ran out of chick feed today and due to the holidays everyone here is closed. Can I mash up some plain Cheerios to get through the night or will this cause them to get sick? They are about 5 weeks old right now.
  15. Dragonfly830

    I'm afraid my 6-week-old chicks are eating too much dirt and grass!

    I have 3 six-week-old silkie chicks who have lived indoors all their lives, with the exception of spending a few minutes some days roaming around on the grass. A few days ago, I introduced them to their coop in the backyard. I'm afraid that with them spending all their time on the ground...
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    • chicks chicks 2 months chicks 5 weeks chicks 6 weeks coop and run coop introduction dirt grit outdoor aviary
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  16. Chickiesnca

    Sexing 5 week old chicks

    Hello all! I am aware Silkie chicks are very difficult to sex up until they are mature. However, I am very eager to know the sex of my two silkies. They're both about 5 weeks old and I was told they were both hens but am skeptical about the accuracy of their sexing. Does anyone have any other...
  17. ChickenMamaSarah

    Is 98 degrees outside too hot for baby chicks?

    i have a variety of chicks in a brooder under a heat lamp in my house right now. In an attempt to avoid a divorce I got another smaller chicken coop with an attached run and put it in my large chicken run with the rest of my adult birds and two ducks. I have a Brahma, Americauna, and a bantam...
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    • american blue brahma chicks 2 weeks chicks 5 weeks cochin bantam heat in coop outside living silkie baby
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  18. B

    Hello from NH!

    I've recently started with 4 baby chicks. They've gone from a soft downy yellow to 4 strikingly white beauties. I'm loving their personalities already.
  19. B

    Hello from NH!

    I've recently started with 4 baby chicks. They've gone from a soft downy yellow to 4 strikingly white beauties. I'm loving their personalities already.
  20. Ibabz2

    Black frizzle cochin bantam hen or roo

    Hello! I'm new to owning backyard chickens and have read a ton on BYC recently (thank you to everyone for posting - really beneficial!!). I have 6 chicks from 4-6 weeks old and am pretty certain most are hens but there is 1 that I'm not too sure of - my black cochin (Ms. Frizzle). The farm I got...
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