Age of these chicks

[michellemj]

Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could give me some idea of how old these two girls are? I ordered them from Murray McMurray and according to their website, they will be between 4 and 9 weeks old.

They are pretty scruffy looking compared to my 6 1/2 week old chicks I currently have... the Barred Rock is one I received from a different hatchery as a day old chick.

 

[Rickba]

6 weeks seems about right.

 

[Gray Farms]

I'd say closer to 7-8 weeks

 

[michellemj]

I took a chance and emailed the farm where they came from. The response was they were 8 weeks old Monday...so the new girls are 2 weeks older than my others. I'm hoping the scraggly/scruffy look goes away & boy do they stink...my original 3 girls don't smell at all!!!

 

[drumstick diva]

x2 Gray Farms