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I was told that I received one golden comet and one buff orpington chick. The one labeled golden comet is feathering out a very creamy white color while the buff orpington has some colored barring on its golden feathers. When I look up photos of Golden Comets, none are fair like my chick...

I've been feeding my chickies starter crumbles - nothing else. They all have developed large crops - I'd say large marble sized. They are noticeable and odd looking. My girlfriend told me to give them a little sandy grit from outside. They gobbled it up, but have not shown any difference...

Can everyone agree on how to tell Plymouth barred rock chicks apart? Here's what I've read on pullets - - will have black on fronts of legs and feet - will feather out more quickly - will have distinct spot on their heads - the head spot will be white? On roos, I've read - - slower...

My chicks are now two weeks old, but the person who pays the electric bills and does not love chickens snitched my brooder light! :mad: He says chicks don't stay at 90 degrees when they are raised by a hen - our 65 degree house should be fine! I have to admit, they seem to be ok - (they LOVE to...

We picked up our spring chicks yesterday and got one little Araucana bantam with the lot. I think my kids may have roughed it up a bit - I don't know, but it's not eating and running around like the others. It sleeps and sleeps, hardly moving if another chick steps on it in the brooder. I put...

My White Leghorn pullets are finally laying! They are the only ones who fly over the top of the barn stall coop (it's not yet fenced all the way to the ceiling). DH found a stash of frozen eggs outside under a pile of fence posts. Then I found a nest up in the hay mow (several eggs where...

I found and bought a terrific framed photographic print on AllPosters.com and thought I'd mention it to those who'd like to buy the chicken lover in their lives something nice for the holidays. It's called "Woman feeding chickens through the window of a barn..." The smile on the woman's face...

I hatched 8 eggs in June - 7 were roosters. I have found homes as pets for 5 of them - what an accomplishment! But I kept keeping my favorites and now am down to two - Buck Buck, who looks like a white leghorn and Prima, who is part auracana and very pretty. They live in a 10'x10' stall in...

I did a search and got no hits on this topic, so here's my story... Our pet rooster Buck Buck often holds his beak open and then shakes his head back and forth. It's quite funny. I almost thought I had a rooster with a tick. But yesterday as I sat with the good ol' boy in my lap, I noticed...

It's been awhile since I've posted. Last I reported by daughter and I had hatched 7 roosters out of 8 eggs! Five found nice homes and I presently have two boys and my one hen along with five other hens lent for winter or given to me for good. At 22 weeks old both roosters are still getting...

Let's post rooster stories... I ended up with 7 out of 8 incubated chicks being roosters! I was in denial for about 13 weeks and then had to admit that most of my babies wouldn't be laying anything for the frying pan... I have since found homes for five and have kept two hoping that they'll get...

Where is the website that allows one to order 3 chicks at a time? I was certain that I had seen a website that allows you to buy fewer than 25 chicks at a time. My son is interested in Silver Laced Wyandotte chicks. Thanks so much for your help!

Ok, here are two photos of "Prima" otherwise known as "Grandpa Munster." What in the world is she/he? We've seen her "talk/crow," but she has no wattles and a peacomb. She was quick to feather out. Chickens from the mixed flock included Araucana, Black Australorp, Barred Rock, Buff...

Our chicks are now six weeks old and we try to guess each day which will be hens, which will be roos. They are mutts that we hatched in an incubator. I'll try to post pics later, but can anyone tell me for now if they've ever had a chicken that has almost no comb or wattles, but has ear...

We are going away on a vacation. My chicks are two weeks old. We are wondering if it would be less work for the person house-sitting to have the chicks in the barn rather than in the dining room making a mess. In the barn we have 10x10 stalls that would be completely covered by 1" chicken...

Two purposes in listing this post - to show pics of my chicks - finally! And to ask about adding younger chicks to the brooder. A friend successfully hatched some hybrid DeKalb chicks a week after mine hatched. She'd like to be done brooding as they only wanted the experience of hatching and I...

My cross breed chicks will be two weeks old on Wednesday. I can't believe how a couple are feathering out so quickly. I think these two are Delaware crosses. I'd love to post pics but still can't get my Kodak Easy Share to sense that there are pics in the device and have spent hours trying...

Hey, my husband insists that he won't have to cover 1.5 inch slats in our stall with chicken wire because rats don't eat chickens. He's willing to put chicken wire from ceiling to stall tops, but doesn't believe me that rats will get in and get my precious chicks. Did I just hear this...

Hi, All. I've not been on the message board lately because playing with chicks is more fun than writing about them! Here's our final count - 8 beautiful chicks - 3 black and white, 5 yellow. Four of our eggs were yolks and 6 more had partially developed chicks in the eggs. After 24 days I...

I've hardly slept and barely eaten for two days... Here's how our hatch went: Two days ago, one little peep pipped and hatched. "She" was very active and rammed around the incubator peeping, sleeping, peeping again. She knocked into eggs right and left, but I was determined not to open the...