CHICK DAYS TRACTOR SUPPLY BEWARE

[21hens-incharge]

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Maybe these will help no red light

Yup. My guess stands at andalusians.

I think they are wonderful birds.

 

[sourland]

I'm going to guess Sapphire Gems on the blue birds. Local TSC has been carrying them this year.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I'm going to guess Sapphire Gems on the blue birds. Local TSC has been carrying them this year.

Oh! Definite possibility! I forgot about those.

 

[ByrdFeathers]

Thanks either will be great.....if I had to choose maybe the sapphire gems

 

[MotherOfPeepPeeps]

If you start a new thread we can help confirm the breed.

Your avatar looks to be a barred rock.

She (hopefully a she) is supposed to be a barred rock. I got five barred rock and five australorps.

Not only am I new to chicks, but I'm pretty new to posting things on online forums too and it's past beer:30 here so I'm not going to attempt it right now. If the thread is still active I'll try to get some current pictures posted tomorrow.

 

[ByrdFeathers]

After watching video of some sapphire gem chicks, they are probably andulsians

 

[21hens-incharge]

After watching video of some sapphire gem chicks, they are probably andulsians

Very funny the review came up on my home screen. Thought you may be interested.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/reviews/andalusian.10840/

 

[Sutherlandfarms]

Unfortunately the manager at one TSC near me told me she could sex the assorted bantams I immediately discounted everything else she said. If you have the ability to look at a day/few day old bantam and tell it’s sex just by looking at it good on you but I’ve never heard of that in my life

 

[MotherOfPeepPeeps]

This is exactly what I’m talking about!
My friend (who works there & has her own chickens) was trying to tell me the chicks were BA and their wing feathers were coming in with white and I was like, “No those aren’t Australorp.”
I even googled what juveniles looked like to be sure they feather out black only...they do.
They were in a brooder with chicks labeled as “Asian”. What’s an Asian chicken?
The bottom line is they don’t know and they have plenty of other things they have to take care of so it’s best for the public to do their own homework.

I need to work on my impulse shopping, and not just at TSC...

As far as impulse buys go, I'm not disappointed about the chicks though... They are cute, they make me happy, and as long as they lay eggs and help me keep ticks out if my yard and bugs out of my garden they will serve their purpose. If they turn out to be roos or poor layers I'll just eat them.

 

[CannedMonster]

Unfortunately the manager at one TSC near me told me she could sex the assorted bantams I immediately discounted everything else she said. If you have the ability to look at a day/few day old bantam and tell it’s sex just by looking at it good on you but I’ve never heard of that in my life

My friend believes in the “necklace” method of sexing chicks. I’m finding it hard to believe she’s a 4-H leader.