Hi everyone! I'm a new chicken mom living in Alaska. I have 8 chicks. Six of them are 7 weeks old and two are 5 weeks old. They were hatched from a friend, so I'm still figuring out which breeds I have. I believe I have 1 Barred Rock, 3 Easter Eggers (1 brown, 2 black), and 1 Leghorn (all white). I'm not 100% sure if the other 3 are Leghorn or something else (white with a few black patches). I'll have to get pictures added. It's hard to get good pictures of them! I might be wrong about the breeds, so I hope to learn more!
They are currently living in my garage until their coop is finished (almost done!). I have the heatlamp on at night and sometimes during the day, because my garage is much cooler than it is outside.
I have a couple questions.
1) Does my Barred Rock look like a cockerel? I'm thinking so. I've noticed some alpha attitude. It might be hard to see features from the picture though.
2) when do I switch from chick starter feed to regular feed?
Thanks for this great forum full of info!! I'm excited to join!
They are currently living in my garage until their coop is finished (almost done!). I have the heatlamp on at night and sometimes during the day, because my garage is much cooler than it is outside.
I have a couple questions.
1) Does my Barred Rock look like a cockerel? I'm thinking so. I've noticed some alpha attitude. It might be hard to see features from the picture though.
2) when do I switch from chick starter feed to regular feed?
Thanks for this great forum full of info!! I'm excited to join!
It does appear to be a cockerel. Will you be able to keep him?
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