Baby Chick Age chart?

[sweetpea409]

There used to be one on the internet, but it's no longer up, and I can't for the life of me find another one. Does anyone have any tips on figuring out the age of baby chicks and chickens?

 

[chestypuller]

count the days from the day they hatch and you will have the age. I know smarta$$ remark!! hehehe

 

[sweetpea409]

LOL! I got these from TSC, and they didn't give the exact age.

 

[bainkitten]

Oh, That would be so awesome to see... I would like to know how old mine is....

 

[RonC]

Don't have a chart and it varies between breeds and sex some. The first week mine worked on growing wing feathers. Second week it was tail feathers. Third they started getting feathers on their backs. Week four the feathers on their breast started filling in. At that point they look like little buzzards with bald/fuzzy heads. Their heads were the last visable spot to get feathers and took about 2 weeks to fill on their heads.

 

[bainkitten]

Well based on the above schedule... (give or take) Nugget is about a week old... Thanks RonC!

 

[sweetpea409]

Thanks for all of the replies and help. When you mentioned it varied by breed, I searched for age by breed. I found this for my barred rock chicks: http://www.garden-wiki.org/index.php?topic=BARRED ROCK CHICKEN and that also gives me a roundabout age for the others. My chicks are around a week old.