What are the ages of these chicks?

[blackwingedwolf]

I got these chicks three days ago on Saturday, and the feed store owner didn't tell us what age they were. I have a Red Sex Link named Camellia and a White Leghorn named Orchid. They seem to already have their flight feathers, and I tried looking up the life cycle of chickens, but I found nothing... I don't want to change their food too early from chick starter to the pellets for older chickens. Here are some pictures.





And don't worry They are perfectly safe with the dog. I was surprised at how fast they became friends. The chicks are almost getting daily rides on the back of the dog!

 

[browland84]

I would use chick starter. They have medicated and non medicated. Your preference. I use medicated. They look to be maybe 2 weeks old? They still have some fluff

mine are 4 weeks and almost all feathers

 

[Tumbleweed Farm]

They are no more than 3 weeks old. Hard to tell what breeds.

 

[blackwingedwolf]

I was thinking that they were somewhere between two to three weeks. Thank you!

 

[Farmer Viola]

I'd say 3 weeks old, too.

 

[cschicks14]

That's too cute that they get rides from the dog! We are getting chicks for the first time this week, and I'm hoping my dogs get along with them.

 

[blackwingedwolf]

what I did with my dog was let her sniff them by holding her neck (just in case she tried to bite them and it was easy since she was a chihuahua) and watched over them carefully as the chicks roamed around their new backyard home. I stayed close and told my dog to "behave" in a threatening tone whenever she got too close to sniff at them.

I did this for about three hours+ with breaks in between. They get along fine much better now, and it's only been a few days! I'm going to continue this process while they grow up. And who knows? Maybe Camellia and Orchid will get bigger than her one day!

 

[cschicks14]

oops...just saw this. Thanks for the pointers! We are going to introduce our dogs to the chicks later this week. I'm hoping all goes well!

 

[MountainOrchard]

[COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR] So cute!!