New chicken tender!

[margiejoe]

Welcome to the coop! I use the Forums and Articles tabs at the top of the page to do research. You can get lost for hours. It's nice to know you are minutes away from getting help with questions and emergencies! I always check in the "What's New" section as well at the top of this page. This way I can read how I may have a similar question or help give some advice.

Thanks for the tips!

 

[NagemTX]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[margiejoe]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Awww.... what a cute bunch of birds you have there! Thanks for sharing them. Make yourself at home here, we saved you a spot on the roost bar. Welcome aboard!

Thank you!

 

[SilverBirds]

Hi! Thank you! Yep I know the two marans and the barnevelder up front are boys. I have another barnevelder I am positive is a female (not the one in the photo), but then I have two that I am unsure of! I was going to post some pictures and ask! The one you id'd as an easter egger was my mystery chicken!! So thank you for that lol. I also don't know his/her sex. They don't have a large comb but their tail feathers are suspicious.

EE looks like a pullet. If you have anymore that you need ID you can post their pictures in the What Breed Or Gender is This? section.

Edit: Never mind, I see you already found the ID section!

 

[janiedoe]

Thank you! So the original plan was to have the breeder re home them, because I cannot keep cockerels where I live (city law). But, I have a predicament, because it's looking like almost all of them are male! I have only 1 that I know for sure is a female, and I am worried about her being alone. I was considering getting some new chicks right now, and then once they are old enough I can move them to the coop and rehome the roosters at the same time. But I was hoping to get advice here on what I should do! Is it normal for the hens and roosters to live separately? They all seem to be pretty good friends right now. There is one rooster I really love and I am hoping he can stay maybe if he doesn't crow

I've had a lot of roosters, but never one that didn't crow. If you can find some pullet chicks (at tractor supply), you could raise them in a brooder, inside the coop, with your lone female. By the time they are old enough to leave the brooder, she will be used to them, so she probably won't bully them too much.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hi, and welcome to BYC! We're glad you joined us!

 

[margiejoe]

I've had a lot of roosters, but never one that didn't crow. If you can find some pullet chicks (at tractor supply), you could raise them in a brooder, inside the coop, with your lone female. By the time they are old enough to leave the brooder, she will be used to them, so she probably won't bully them too much.

Thank you so much for the advice!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us