prepperchickens
Chirping
I decided to get a couple more birds after the tragic and soul crushing loss of both my little boys, my barred rock (2.5 wks) and my guinea (2 mos) males. They died protecting the girls, my little heroes. Amazing they will do that so young. Makes the fact that people off their roosters like mere nuisances even more sad to me. Anywho, I got two GORGEOUS silver sebrights, 1 week old, and to me it's already clear one is a roo. They also both have pasty little butts, or did when I got them.
1) about the pasty but- are bantams more prone to this? None of my others have had it. Is it because they're so short? They seem healthy besides that, and very docile. I've given them oatmeal, egg, acv, a nice bath and blow out (lol), but the little suspected roo has crusty butt again not on his vent but right under like his down is dragging too low to keep clean. Does that happen with banties? Also they both have gassy poop, lol, I can hear them whenever they go so I'm thinking they have a slight tummy problem possibly. But their poop isn't runny for the most part.
2) they are both pretty unsteady on their little feet. They can perch but I see them kinda falling over a lot and I'm thinking again it's due to their extremely tiny size and being so low to the ground but I want to make sure it's not abnormal.
3) sexing them is difficult I'm sure but it seems to me that the easiest way to sex any chick is to watch how they behave together no matter their age. One is smaller and has less defined edge outline lacing on it's feathers, as well as shorter wing feathers, but it's behavior is the giveaway. Baby Roos seem to be more pushy and friendly, less timid, this one is constantly trying to be underneath the other one lol, he like follows her around sticking his head under her belly and when she's asleep he tried to wake her up constantly. Basically male chicks seem to be the bossy assertive ones. He also scratches and struts a lot more. I was just wondering if anyone else sexes chicks via their behavior with any success. I'm new at this but I've been right 5/5 times so far. That is a pretty statistically insignificant sample size though lol.
1) about the pasty but- are bantams more prone to this? None of my others have had it. Is it because they're so short? They seem healthy besides that, and very docile. I've given them oatmeal, egg, acv, a nice bath and blow out (lol), but the little suspected roo has crusty butt again not on his vent but right under like his down is dragging too low to keep clean. Does that happen with banties? Also they both have gassy poop, lol, I can hear them whenever they go so I'm thinking they have a slight tummy problem possibly. But their poop isn't runny for the most part.
2) they are both pretty unsteady on their little feet. They can perch but I see them kinda falling over a lot and I'm thinking again it's due to their extremely tiny size and being so low to the ground but I want to make sure it's not abnormal.
3) sexing them is difficult I'm sure but it seems to me that the easiest way to sex any chick is to watch how they behave together no matter their age. One is smaller and has less defined edge outline lacing on it's feathers, as well as shorter wing feathers, but it's behavior is the giveaway. Baby Roos seem to be more pushy and friendly, less timid, this one is constantly trying to be underneath the other one lol, he like follows her around sticking his head under her belly and when she's asleep he tried to wake her up constantly. Basically male chicks seem to be the bossy assertive ones. He also scratches and struts a lot more. I was just wondering if anyone else sexes chicks via their behavior with any success. I'm new at this but I've been right 5/5 times so far. That is a pretty statistically insignificant sample size though lol.