Thought it was a hen but now I'm not sure. Aggressive towards other hens and really picks on them. It also doesn't look like the other Rooster that I think is the same breed. This one has tail feathers, the other dosent. This one dosent crow and the other does.
I have a group of 11 mix breed, almost 6 weeks old. I got them all at the same time but I had to separate for a little while due to brooder size and some chicks were a little smaller than the rest. I moved them out of my house, and into their coop finally ( for obvious reasons) and now their are...
I am building my first coop and it is fairly small 3ft x 5ft and about 3ft off the ground. 2 windows for ventilation and a door with a ramp. My biggest question is how to finish it without making it impossible to clean. Looking at the pictures of small coops, I wonder how they clean these small...
I have 2 chicks that are just falling behind. I dont notice a bullying problem and I have the smaller chicks separate from bigger ones and a heat lamp on the smaller ones still. They are all about a month old. The two in question are a black sex link and possibly a buff orphington.
Smaller BO...
This is a chick that I got from the feed store, they were not able to tell me what kind of chick or if it is hen or roo. Anyone got some thoughts? There is another chick similar to this one but has a lot less color and is still mostly yellow fluff. Thanks!!
This is my first post to BYC and have been reading a lot on how to care for my new chicks.
I am new to chickens and I am trying to sex my 11 chicks that are all about 2 weeks old. I have a mix of sex links, astrolops, wayanotte, and leghorns. (My girls picked out the pretty ones). I also have a...