South OH Chicks
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I switched from pine shavings to sand for the coop floor. I am hoping it will be easier to manage.
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Woot, woot! Wood County member here too! Where are you in Wood, if you don't mind me asking? We're a couple minutes outside of Tontogony, but have a BG address.
Hello and ! Love seeing so many Ohio members!
Hello! Don't we all keep adding to our flock. Glad you joined us on the thread!
Hello and welcome to the thread! Unfortunately, I don't know the answer to your question, but thought I'd say hi!
I switched from pine shavings to sand for the coop floor. I am hoping it will be easier to manage.
welcome and congratulations for the new surprise additions!!Hello fellow Buckeyes, I am Amy near Cincinnati, and I have had chickens for about 3.5 years, I keep adding to my flock slowly! I currently have 10 hens and 4 new babies, about 5-6 weeks old. The new babies I didn't "mean" to get, just went to visit a friend who had hatched a bunch of chicks and she gave me some babies. LOL you know how that goes. My first batches were all hatchery bought and sexed, so this is my first time with unsexed chicks. I think I should've gotten more, because I am worried that I have 3/4 roosters! This is also my first time getting chicks in the colder weather, so not exactly sure how/when to move chickens outdoors when it is so cold. I finally turned the heat lamp off the babies and they are ok in my 60 degree basement, so maybe I will wait another week or two and when we have a warmish day move them out. Or move them outside but resupply the heat lamp. Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself in this thread!
we're still doing the split shavings/ straw. Decided against sand as when we walk into coop and have wet boots, it'LL be a disaster:/ let us know how you like it!I switched from pine shavings to sand for the coop floor. I am hoping it will be easier to manage.
I posted on the what gender is this thread too, and got some feedback there. I think the consensus is that I have 3 cockerels :-(
At least the one white pullet is very sweet. Now I just have to decide if I want to begin keeping a rooster or two... definitely do not need three! I guess I will see how nice they are once they are full grown and then make my decision. I am tempted to keep the frizzle anyway, then I could make some pretty frizzle mix babies later on!
Thanks all for the warm welcome.
the main thing we watch for here is early comb development and personality. By 12 weeks they should be developing saddle & Hackle feathers if they are a rooster then the comb should be much larger than any pullets. I'm going to help out anytime now I can if you guys ever have questions on pullet versus roosterTrying to learn how to tell. Took mine to 20 weeks about to be sure. I was holding out hope for the second rooster. He didn't crow for the longest time. LOL
I live in Rudolph. My husband used to live in Tontogany