Minnesota!

[KlopKlop]

Hello, New Brighton Here.

Welcome to the thread!

 

[scandiafowl]

Pullet or rooster?


My concoction of the day: whey, rolled oats and butternut squash with a few cooked spaghetti noodles

 

[scandiafowl]

Hey Everyone,

So, I just ordered chicks for February.  I have been reading on here how some people are brooding their chicks right in the coop.  Granted I have not seen many from MN doing this.  What do you all think? My coop is not insulated and I do not have any heat.  I was planning to get a sweeter heater to brood the chicks. Do you think if I put the heater in the coop and make a brooding area the chicks would do alright in our Minnesota winters? Any advice is welcome.  This will be my first go at day old chicks.

IMHO

I've never trusted Minnesota winters and personally would not keep chicks in a non heated coop. Especially since this is your first go with chicks - an area where you can monitor them closely might be wiser. Once they have feathers I'd move them outside.

 

[lalaland]

Pullet or rooster?

thats a hard one. Is her/his comb a lot brighter than the others the same age? I see some feathering on the saddle close to the tail that makes me think possibly rooster. If you look real close at the feathers where hackles usually are, sometimes you can see from the ends whether it is a roo or hen. Rooster has a more pointed end on those feathers, while hens have a rounded end like your fingers have a rounded end.

 

[lalaland]

Goldie day 12 update:
are you tired of reading about this? I'm tired of it!!

I don't know. That hen does not really want to eat. I am working from home today so later I can take her meal worms and see....she was eating a dried up birch leaf so I threw some scratch in her cage and she ate a little of that. will not eat the other stuff, except for apple...I can't find anything online about hens not eating at this point. She has a few droppings so is eating a little, but the droppings are small reflecting how little she eats.

Now that the snow has melted, I found a spot with a zillion feathers where the dog must have grabbed her. Seeing that many feathers makes me think she should be dead. Which is what I think everytime I look at her wounds

Off to search the emergency thread to see if I can find any suggestions on what to do. Probably just have to be patience, which is something I totally lack.

 

[lalaland]

also, it is spoooky quiet outside - nothing is stirring, even the chickadees are quiet. makes me think there must be some big predators around

 

[Coffee 1st]

Pullet or rooster?


My concoction of the day: whey, rolled oats and butternut squash with a few cooked spaghetti noodles

I think I would eat that .. LOl..

 

[FoxyChicken]

Pullet or rooster?


My concoction of the day: whey, rolled oats and butternut squash with a few cooked spaghetti noodles

I'm in the same boat as lala... the saddle feathers look roosterish, but it'd be nice to see it in comparison to other chickens the same age. I am really not good at determining gender though, so don't count on anything I say!

 

[FoxyChicken]

Goldie day 12 update:
are you tired of reading about this? I'm tired of it!!

I don't know. That hen does not really want to eat. I am working from home today so later I can take her meal worms and see....she was eating a dried up birch leaf so I threw some scratch in her cage and she ate a little of that. will not eat the other stuff, except for apple...I can't find anything online about hens not eating at this point. She has a few droppings so is eating a little, but the droppings are small reflecting how little she eats.

Now that the snow has melted, I found a spot with a zillion feathers where the dog must have grabbed her. Seeing that many feathers makes me think she should be dead. Which is what I think everytime I look at her wounds

Off to search the emergency thread to see if I can find any suggestions on what to do. Probably just have to be patience, which is something I totally lack.

I'm really rooting for her, so I like updates!

Eat, Goldie! EAT!!

 

[scandiafowl]

@lalaland Right, and I'm struggling with this one. I bought what I was told were four pullets and if a rooster snuck in the bunch then a chat with the seller is needed. The last thing I need is another rooster.