NEED ADVICE

[cherrychicken]

I got 6 day old chickens last spring from this store called the feed bin. They told us that the bantams had 50% sexing accuracy and the standards had 75%. We ruled out the bantams because we really cant have a rooster. We totally lucked out and got 6 hens. Yay! So this year i have a few questions.
1. Is it easier to sex different kinds of chicken breeds?
2. Can our year-olds get a sickness or salmonela from the babies? If so, how long should we isolate the babies before hand?
3. Should we even get more chickens with the possibility of one being a rooster? I think it might just break my heart to give a little baby i had fallen in love with away.

Thanks so much!

-jenny

 

[FarmerDenise]

Yes, some breeds are easier to sex than others. Sexlinks are the easiest, because they are a different color as chicks.

 

[freddy22]

im sure your older birds can get get diseases from your younger ones but the likely hood of that is pretty low..

 

[cherrychicken]

Ok, thanks!
i kinda forgot about the sexlink part!

thanks so much! I need all the advice i can get!

-jenny