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The two roos (confirmed!) have found a new home. Thanks for everyone's advice 🌼

Thanks, that's great advice.

Thanks for your help! Thankfully the farm I got them from as chicks are going to take them in so they will have a new home.

yes, here's my girl Molly. She looks pretty different as far as comb and wattles go.

My boy George (Brown) is most definitely a cockerel, but I want to make sure I've guessed Jude right (B+W mottled). He developed his comb and wattles a bit later than George (they are 7 weeks old) but not as big and red so I just want to make sure? I'm a first time chicken owner and...

I've got 5 straight run chickens who are coming up 7 weeks old now. I've got one really obvious cockerel and one who I am 80% sure is also a cockerel - His comb and wattles are larger than the girls but nowhere near as big and red as the first's. I am expecting to have to rehome of l least one...

Thanks, yes I should have clarified I’m just looking into the grounds for when they are older and in the coop outside. They’ve got paper towels and shredded paper bedding in their brooder for now 😊 Thanks for the heads up on storage, when the time comes I may just take freshly dehydrated...

I have 5 week-old South African indigenous layer chicks (not quite sure of the exact breed) that I got from a local farm. They weren’t able to sex the chicks when I got them but I just rolled with it without given it the consideration needed. I’m hearing that it may be difficult to keep a small...

I’ve got some week old chicks for the first time and am doing my research into what type of bedding works best for a coop. I have access to river sand but am also interested in trying out coffee grounds. Unfortunately bulk bags of grounds aren’t available in my area so I would just recycle the...