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Definitely an Ancona! I have an Ancona chick as well, now almost five weeks old, and she has actually turned out to be quite sweet and cuddly already. In the first couple of weeks she was pretty flighty and anxious but now she jumps up on me all the time to be pet. I’ve made it a point since day...

Thank y’all so much!! I appreciate it!

Thanks! What makes you say Olive Egger over Cuckoo Marans? I’m just interested to know what the little differences are so I can keep an eye out :)

Definitely! For some reason I didn’t even think of leg color when I got the chick and have just called it a Barred Rock for the past four weeks, haha! JedJackson thinks it’s an Olive Egger or maybe a Cuckoo Marans - do you have any thoughts on breed?

Also if you don’t mind explaining what makes you think Olive Egger vs Cuckoo Marans? Thanks :)

Thanks so much! I learn something new from y’all on BYC every day!

Thank you! If it helps this is what it looked like when I purchased it.

Oh oops! I didn’t even consider that. I got it from a local feed store which sources their chicks from Ideal Poultry. They post a list of chicks they get for the week so it SHOULD be one of these breeds in the photos from the week prior and the week I purchased it…it was in the Barred Rock bin...

I’ve heard that auto-sexing with Barred Rock chicks is about 80% accurate. This little one has had me wondering pretty much since week one whether it’s a pullet or cockerel based on the comb and wattles alone. Other than the comb and wattles I’m not really sure what to go off of at this point...

Awesome, thank you so much!

Update! Today I let the 3-week olds out to free range supervised but I let the 10-week olds come check them out. The 3-week olds have been in their own small coop in the big coop for a week now so they are all very familiar with each other but until today I hadn’t let them directly interact. A...

Oh yeah! That’s awesome! Congrats, they’re both beautiful 😊

Thank you! I’m unable to get a photo right now but maybe it was a mouse or rat…? It just happened out of nowhere and overnight. The brooder is in a small shed. It’s a large gerbil type cage. A rat or mouse would be able to reach through but I’m not sure they’d be able to actually get into the...

Two of my four 2-week old chicks have fresh wounds. They did not have these yesterday! The other two have no wounds. What could this be from?? Are they hurting each other? There was none of this with the other seven older chicks who were in the same brooder when they were little. I don’t think...

Thanks everyone!! I’m going with pullet for now then and will update to confirm when she lays an egg (or crows)!