3 week chicks

[mcarroll616]

We got these chickens about 3 and a half weeks ago from Tractor Supply... I went away for a week on vacation, my husband looked after them. I came home and they were huge! haha. Anyways, I thought they would be production reds. Now I am new at this, but we had some production reds before and these have a lot lighter markings in them than our production reds ever had. Just curious...

They are also a good bit smaller than the white ones (leghorns?)

Ya'll are normally pretty good at this. Thought I would share...

 

[chickenluver100]

I think the white ones are leghorns and the red ones might be rhode island reds

 

[mcarroll616]

Well we will see, they seem darker now, and much bigger. Man they grow so fast! I may have to update pictures soon. I also really want to find out soon if we have any oops roosters. I sort of want one, so I will have to go hunting for one if we don't have any.

I am about ready to get them out of the garage and into the coop. Not sure if they are quite ready for that or not!

 

[debid]

The white ones look too thickly built to be Leghorns and they appear to have a splattering of black. I'd guess they are a production mix as well. The reds look like production red to me. They may lean more to the New Hampshire side than the RIR.

 

[nab58]

Holy cow! They're 5 weeks old? Mine are 2 1/2 weeks old and in a Rubbermaid container in my kitchen. I think I may need to relocate to the basement until they're ready to move to the coop (still under construction).

 

[mcarroll616]

In the picture they were a little more than 3 weeks old.

 

[mcarroll616]

And truely, as long as they produce eggs in a few months, Ill be happy
I am sticking them in the coop this next weekend. They are getting too big and starting to smell up my garage!

 

[Bill Matthews]

I have raised New Hampshires since I was 4 years old...The reds look somewhat like Hamps but not completely...Probably New HampxRIR cross...The
red in the foreground is a male...so no need to look for another rooster.....The white chickens are NOT Leghorns, probably California Whites.....Good luck..

 

[mcarroll616]

Can you tell me what makes it look like a boy? Just curious, I'm new at this and they all look the same to me!

 

[JustMyCluck0303]

I think it looks like a boy, too, because his tail isn't as feathered. I think roos develop tail feathers slower than pullets.