Different ages

[babyrnlc]

Or chicks are all supposed to be almost 2 weeks old. The guy had some newer ones in the brooder. I am wondering if we have two different age chicks. Their feathers and size are quite a bit different. So do you think they are a week apart? And what color is this. They are EE

Here are the two oldes looking ones:

Here is one of the "babies"

Here is a big one next to a "baby"

 

[nuttyredhead]

I think they look like they are different ages. I havent been raising too long, Im sure someone else with more expertise will come along!!!

 

[Higins00]

older maybe by a couple of days, nothing to worry about they will all get along fine.

 

[babyrnlc]

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Thanks, I was thinking that. When we picked them up he said he did not want to sell the day old ones, just the week old. I think we got 3 week old and 2 day old (now a week later). They were almost as big. They all do get along well, haven't had any issues.

So if we wean down the heat, do we go by the oldest age, or youngest? Like moving them to the outdoor brooder. Will that be a problem?

 

[nuttyredhead]

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I just went and looked at my baby pics from the first chickens i had, you are right. They do only look to be a couple days apart, a week at most! There feathers develop so quick when they are young!!!

 

[Sinfonian]

If the place you got them from hatched them themselves, then it's very possible they came from the same set of eggs but hatched at different times. They sure look cute though.

 

[babyrnlc]

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He had two clutches in the brooder. 1 day olds and 1 week olds. They were a little smaller, but not much. There were two smaller ones. He had like 20-30 chicks in the brooder. It said he did not want to sell any of the 1 day olds because they were the araucanas and his wife wanted to keep them, but we already had someone say they were EE.

Thank you, I hope the little one is a puller because I love the little personality