I have zero chill - cockerel?

Well, Marshmallow was reunited with his flock after about a day and a half or so of separation while I moved brooders around. Brought the four girls I was pretty sure of down to a bigger brooder, left Ruby and Marshmallow together in a small brooder, and the three Bieles.

After getting some more feedback that Ruby may in fact be a pullet, and not seeing her comb reddening up too much as of yet, I decided to put her in with the other girls yesterday, and Marshmallow spent the day with the Bieles while I cleaned out one of the brooders.

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The girls all got a little grass time, before I finally brought Marshmallow back down with his main girls. I have no idea if the temporary separation may help him settle down a bit or not, but that's just what happened as I juggled chickens! Lol

DH has again said he doesn't mind having a rooster, and it's been hard for me to really picture breaking up this little mini flock. I feel like the Bieles are really popular right now, too, so that should be a super nice way for my brother to get started!
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They all settled in easily for the night, and I just hope I don't keep getting thrown more curve balls here. The sooner I can get these birds moved outside, the sooner Marshmallow can also start to be raised by the bigger girls, which I'm hoping will help him grow into a balanced, well-mannered, easy enough to handle kind of guy. :)
 
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Well, Marshmallow was reunited with his flock after about a day and a half or so of separation while I moved brooders around. Brought the four girls I was pretty sure of down to a bigger brooder, left Ruby and Marshmallow together in a small brooder, and the three Bieles.

After getting some more feedback that Ruby may in fact be a pullet, and not seeing her comb reddening up too much as of yet, I decided to put her in with the other girls yesterday, and Marshmallow spent the day with the Bieles while I cleaned out one of the brooders.

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The girls all got a little grass time, before I finally brought Marshmallow back down with his main girls. I have no idea if the temporary separation may help him settle down a bit or not, but that's just what happened as I juggled chickens! Lol

DH has again said he doesn't mind having a rooster, and it's been hard for me to really picture breaking up this little mini flock. I feel like the Bieles are really popular right now, too, so that should be a super nice way for my brother to get started!
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They all settled in easily for the night, and I just hope I don't keep getting thrown more curve balls here. The sooner I can get these birds moved outside, the sooner Marshmallow can also start to be raised by the bigger girls, which I'm hoping will help him grow into a balanced, well-mannered, easy enough to handle kind of guy. :)
Side note - you should be okay to discontinue the heat lamp on these little ones. Will probably make the outside transition a bit easier for them when they do 👍
 
Side note - you should be okay to discontinue the heat lamp on these little ones. Will probably make the outside transition a bit easier for them when they do 👍
Thank you! Yeah, you're right. I almost moved them downstairs without it, but then when I moved them, they were stuck in the corner and I wasn't sure if they really wanted it, or were just traumatized!? Lol. They have started moving around and enjoying the space now, but I have noticed during the day, they do tend to keep to the edge of the warm circle anyway. I think they just want to soak it up at bedtime. :)

Meanwhile, the last three upstairs act like they are *always* cold! Lol

They are all four weeks by tomorrow or Thursday, so I was planning to shut it off by then anyway... I appreciate the nudge :)
 

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