Audballmaker
In the Brooder
- Mar 6, 2024
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Hi y’all!
I have been looking through yalls posts of 6 week old chicks to compare to what I believe are my 6 week old chicks and they look very different in my opinion.
I purchased 2 black australorps on 2/26 and bought my 3 black star (sex-links) on the 28th a couple days later at a different feed store but they were already bigger than my australorps. The guys at both feed stores said they came in the previous Thursday 2/22 so that would make them 6 weeks old?
Anyway I’m trying to get an idea of their age since we aren’t sure when to move them outside. I keep reading the best age is after they are fully feathered around 6-8 weeks (depending hardiness) we have a couple 30 degree nights coming up being in the Appalachian mountains.
I attached a few recent pics of my chicks for reference.
(I do keep them in our living space since I consider them our family.)
I have been looking through yalls posts of 6 week old chicks to compare to what I believe are my 6 week old chicks and they look very different in my opinion.
I purchased 2 black australorps on 2/26 and bought my 3 black star (sex-links) on the 28th a couple days later at a different feed store but they were already bigger than my australorps. The guys at both feed stores said they came in the previous Thursday 2/22 so that would make them 6 weeks old?
Anyway I’m trying to get an idea of their age since we aren’t sure when to move them outside. I keep reading the best age is after they are fully feathered around 6-8 weeks (depending hardiness) we have a couple 30 degree nights coming up being in the Appalachian mountains.
I attached a few recent pics of my chicks for reference.
(I do keep them in our living space since I consider them our family.)