The sign said 'Ameraucana' but ...

[Carob2017]

Hello
Possibly the bigger Chick is a bit older than the others.
Cute little Chicks...EEs, who cares?...Enjoy them...

And we do! It's been quite the experience watching my family replace their normal TV/electronics/whatever with watching the chicks.

 

[lazy gardener]

AmerIcana = Easter Egger.

It frustrates me also that, while mislabeling the birds, they can't even spell the mislabeling correctly! Hatcheries should really be held accountable for their labeling.

They are way too young to be out in a coop - they should still be in a brooder at their age.

I have always been told chicks need supplemental heat until 4-6 weeks of age, unless, of course they were hatched by a hen who is supplying heat for them.

Are you saying you put 1 week old chicks in with adult chickens?

One must realize that there are many ways to brood chicks: While some folks choose to brood them in the house, many of us brood them out in the coop, with adult birds present. Of course, in order to do so safely, you need to make special accommodations for the chicks. Separate housing where they can go out to mingle with the adults, yet escape back to the safety of their "panic room". Of course appropriate heat in their "panic room". @azygous is the queen of panic room brooding, and has an accompanying article. Many folks who brood chicks in the adult coop do so with a MHP brooder as the heat source. My chicks are brooded outside, and would be shown "outdoors" especially if I was taking photos. Even here in Maine, my spring chicks get out onto fresh ground within several days of hatch. Thankfully, I have a green house for such excursions. Even without it, they are playing in their run at 1 - 2 weeks of age.

 

[chickens really]

I agree with everyone...We all do what works for our Flocks..
I have had Broody Hens Raise Chicks and take them out foraging with snow still on the ground..These Chicks did great...They are tough Birds...

 

[azygous]

Going back to the original post of this thread, the photo shows one chick significantly larger than the others. It appears that individual is about one week older than the others. That's all it signifies at this point. It's too early to judge gender.

However, watch the comb development on all of the chicks. An early indication of a cockerel is a yellow tinted comb when compared to washed out pink color of the pullets' combs, which are barely visible until closer to three or four weeks.

By age four weeks, a cockerel may have a more defined comb and it will be yellow-orange in color. By age six weeks, the comb has noticeably developed beyond the pullets' still inconspicuous combs and it will be a red-orange color to the pullets' still very pale pink.

 

[featherhead007]

I'm in the dog house tonight! my rooster attacked one of my tenants while I was away.
He was just doing his job watching over the hens,
and probably felt threatened..
When I arrived home, he came up to me and jumped into my lap, "to snuggle".. He is here with me right now as I am typing this. Yes in the house, not the coop... i think my Ameraucana rooster is just misunderstood. He even likes classical music!!