I just bought 4 new chicks at TS and they're called "polka dots or Smokey Pearl pullets.
They're amazing. Not even 2 weeks old, they're flying around in my TS tub and eating and drinking a lot more than my girls I bought in July (Australorp pullets/Silver laced Wyandottes).
Sitting in my hand...
They're beautiful ❤️ I also wondered how pasty butts are cleaned by hardware store personnel. I just bought 4 new chicks and they all had pasty butts 😱 Their butts were a lot worse to clean than the first chicks I bought last July. I thought about volunteering to clean all the pasty butts...
For some reason my girls really don't like sunflower seeds, maybe because they're about 7 months old??
I ferment the daily feed, add cayenne spice, cinnamon spice and uncooked oatmeal. They love it and saves $$.
I do have a question about rooster behavior (I'm a newbie) biting my Wyandotte by the neck. He has done this twice. She's screaming. My husband said the rooster was trying to have sex.... she's maybe one week older than the rooster. I have seen him tidbitting around her a few times in the last...
I bought Sweet PDZ and added to my run yesterday because we had to remove the Bermuda hay. I'm allergic to dust, etc. and spent a week in the hospital with an asthma attack. I probably will try aubriose as well. My run was super duper muddy from our Georgia rains and my chickens had mud caked...