Our local feed store still has chicks but no one is buying them. Barred Rocks, RIRs, White and Brown Leghorns and Jerseys. They have dozens and dozens and they're all 4 weeks old and the brooders are getting cramped as they grow.... I bought 8 of the little ones about a week ago and I can't get it out of my mind that these babies may not be purchased.
Once I got them home the first thing I noticed is how flighty the little guys are. They have had no handling by humans other than to be captured. The next thing I noticed is that the 2 brown leghorns I bought were picked on. All their feathers are missing frim their backs just above the tail feathers. I'm hoping this is just feather loss from picking or stress and not some wierd disease I don't know about.
If anyone is in the sacramento area and wants babies or just feels like doing a good deed, please PM me and I'll give you the information of the feed store. They're selling them for 1.99 a piece and at 4 weeks you can pretty much tell the roos from the pullets.
Once I got them home the first thing I noticed is how flighty the little guys are. They have had no handling by humans other than to be captured. The next thing I noticed is that the 2 brown leghorns I bought were picked on. All their feathers are missing frim their backs just above the tail feathers. I'm hoping this is just feather loss from picking or stress and not some wierd disease I don't know about.
If anyone is in the sacramento area and wants babies or just feels like doing a good deed, please PM me and I'll give you the information of the feed store. They're selling them for 1.99 a piece and at 4 weeks you can pretty much tell the roos from the pullets.
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