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I had one from meyer's that was stunted and she ended up outpacing everyone around week 12 after I got her some nutridrench and vitamins. Hopefully she's just a runt and will catch up soon, and hopefully the flock mates aren't too mean to her!

Stuck working today, but yeah he's hobbling around outside my office but no broken toenail thankfully. He's also been mounting the hens more so I'm wondering if he got bucked off by one of them and is just learning some of them aren't ready/unwilling (5 months old almost). I'll see if I can...

Tbh we have raccoons,foxes,bears and hawks. Hawks are the one I'm most worried about and then a fox as they are the most elusive in my opinion. My roosters have always kept keen eyes on hawks and generally scream for everyone to hide when even a jet passes overhead lol. I think predation is...

...some Blu-Kote and let it dry before letting him back into the coop. He's now just sitting down in the shade, but is there anything else you'd do to help the wounds heal? *Also just a side note I checked for bumblefoot and there is no rounded/inflammation just the blood just as an fyi! Thanks!

Nice! they look to be happy. Airflow, Clean Water and Food and they generally are going to be happy little ladies! I've found my pups love the chickens more then their cat/dog siblings. It took me a good two weeks of acclimating and correcting my dogs outside for me to fully trust them without...

6 week old chickens can withstand 50-60 degrees easily as long as they are feathered out in which they look that way. Water, Food and Fresh Air make for happy babies in my opinion.

Also just a note the ladies are almost ready to start laying. How time flies! Looking forward to see what colors they lay and hoping I get some of the good genetics for the BCM's :D. Have a great Thursday! The rooster has been awesome so far and no real aggression, and he is very vocal/observant...

Congrats on the BCMs! As far as size Marans as a breed are large breed as EE's typically females range from 5-6 lbs, marans can be 7+. As far as dogs go birds at all ages are going to be weary of new objects/animals. I would be very careful with a dog that is not accustomed to small birds as...

Hey all, While new to the area we have a new friend roaming around the neighborhood. We have 20 or so houses up in our local mountain and it's relatively rural and quiet. Yesterday my wife was outside and opened the door and noticed the neighbors out with a spot light so she grabbed it while...

Oh wow he's got some beautiful coloring for five weeks!

This is pretty normal. As long as they are eating/drinking running around while awake normal. they sleep a lot in the first few weeks as they are growing rapidly! Hopefully your side kick sleeper grows out of this :)

Yeah generally the SOP you aren't going to see until their first full molt at that 18 months mark for feather coloring. I've been fortunate with my batch of ladies from Meyer's. Even the Blue Copper Marans are beautiful. I'll try to get a picture of my rooster that's better but he is...

Wrath is a wealth of knowledge here too. It is not uncommon for the BCM's to have some white feathering under 10 weeks of age. As their primary feathers come in they will shed the white generally. I had two that had white wing and facial feathers for a bit like around 8-9 weeks they shed. This...

She looks very cute! Yes I would agree she's got some of the characteristics of the BCM (Black Copper Marans). Would love to see when she gets to be 12 weeks+.

I just got some chickens a few months ago and plan to start doing composting asap. The beds are in great shape thankfully, and they haven't been used in two seasons so just having to prep cause it's still getting below freezing somedays up here in the mountains. I should be able to start...

Honestly not sure how to answer this as there is so many factors I can give you some research to do to guess. But also you won't know until the eggs come out as there is a 25/25/50 chance for Green/Blue/Brown depending on what you breed to with EE to EE. And then you can look at the charts for...

It'll be interesting but egg genetics aren't super rocket science it just depends on if you truly know what he was bred with before and what the one you are breeding him to. As if they have recessive/dominant genes you can basically do simple charting and find out what you'll get. But again...

Also on another note that rooster you have above looks awfully a lot like most black copper marans. So if he's second generation BCM/Egger the egg colors are going to be all off because marans have way heavier bloom them the average layer.

This might help you a little bit on guessing. But unless you know what exactly his lineage is you will never know.

I moved mine out in upstate new york at about 5 weeks old. Just made sure they had ample air flow, and their heat plate has been in a corner of the coop as it's gotten sub 20 a few times. But they have been just fine. If they get too cold they will just ball up in the coop. Mine are around 8...