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Update (8 weeks). She's a pullet. I picked up 11 chicks this spring, and with that many I just always expect one to be an accidental rooster. But I think I picked 11 females this time!

A little bigger sometimes, but not that big. Not at 7 weeks.

Seconded. They are definitely both boys.

I vote sapphire gem as well.

It has to do with the extra calcium in layer feed. They don't need as much until they start producing egg shells every day. I don't think being on layer feed a little early will harm anyone, especially if you supplement some high protein treats. But it's probably simpler to just keep them on...

I'd say she's a prairie bluebell egger. Definitely some type of easter egger with those green feet, and the gray and salmon parts of her look just like my prairie bluebell. Her coloring is really unusual and pretty.

What do you think about Lavender? S(he) is a wyandotte, 5 or 6 weeks old. Bought as a sexed pullet. So far overall she looks like a pullet to me, but the comb looks very wide and puffy, and I'm not sure about this comb type. I'd love to see your comparison pictures.

What fun! My favorite is the little brownish guy in picture #10.

That sounds awful. Shipping is always hard on chicks, but that should never happen. You need to contact the hatchery and let them know so they can figure out what went so wrong with shipping. I have gotten chicks in the mail twice, and only lost one once. They were never in transit for more...

When I integrate chicks, I use a rabbit hutch with no bottom that's raised a few inches off the ground. (Any sort of cage up on blocks would work.) Little chickens can run underneath if they want, and big chickens can't fit through. I also put the little chickens' food and water in there, which...

Do you have an update on the egg color from these two? I have an olive egger pullet now who looks very similar to this, and I'm trying to guess if she could be a BCM x CCL mix.

I wondered about that because of the name. She has 4 toes, not 5. And her skin is very white, not black. But mystic onyx can have a little crest like hers. Supposing she IS half mystic onyx, and supposing she really is an olive egger, what blue egg breed would explain the leg feathering?

Yeah, you got a roaster for sure. Cornish Cross. Sorry, and enjoy your stew.

She's in charge of "her" flock and he's the new guy looking to take over. Perfectly normal behavior, and they'll probably work it out.

I bought this chick labeled as an "Onyx Olive Egger" from a farm store in Colorado. She has white black washed legs with two or three feathers on a couple of her toes. Single comb that is black in color so far. Plumage is coming in mostly black with faint flecks of copper brown here and there...