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I meant the coop has no drafts at night. And definitely lots of ventilation. I have never had sick chickens either so it’s why I’m wondering if the two new ones brought something on to our property with them. Of course they get drafts when out of coop during the day but at night they are...

Also, why do you think the other one passed away? Could of been secondary infection but had shown no signs of being sick prior. I had her inside one night and she passed over night. We were meant to take her to the vet that day. I’m just worried they will all die 😢

It’s cold. We have sunny days at the moment but freezing and frosts through the night. They have great ventilation but draught free where they perch to sleep. Come out of coop and free roam through the day.

Edit: we are in New Zealand so no avian flu. Long post sorry. Ideas please. Wrote this up but never posted yesterday. She still is picking at food today and I feel like no improvement in the mornings. Still sounds rattly. At night she seems to be settled more and less rattly and snotty. 2 more...

8 weeks old. Safe to say pullet? First time having Orpington babies and people tell me it’s hard to tell gender with them but she barely has any comb and she is now 8 weeks old today.

Not quite 4 weeks and looking like I was wrong about 1 cockerel and 1 pullet? The one I thought was a pullet (light one) is getting little wattles. I’m so unsure of this breed though.

Oh yes I am totally aware of that. We have raised chicks before but they were a wee bit older. One cuddly cockerel ended up being rehome for that very reason eek

Pekin and unsure of colouring etc as the lady we got the eggs from had a few different pekins but no Brahma mentioned

Not that I know of. We got Pekin eggs to sit under our broody hen. No Brahma mentioned. Will be interesting to see what they look like. They have changed so much already

Thank you 😊 Just what I thought. My granddaughter will be delighted as she wanted the other one to be a pullet. We are absolutely adoring them either way.

We have 2 babies that hatched nearly 3 weeks ago and I hear Pekin chickens are easy to tell the gender by 3 weeks. I’m thinking the black one is a boy so far. Any ideas or too soon to tell?

First time poster long time reader. I know it’s early as they are only 3 weeks but any ideas on gender yet? I’m thinking the black is a boy. I hope pics can be seen here as not sure I have done it right. I may need to add them to my YouTube