#chicks

  1. Chickiesnca

    Sexing 5 week old chicks

    Hello all! I am aware Silkie chicks are very difficult to sex up until they are mature. However, I am very eager to know the sex of my two silkies. They're both about 5 weeks old and I was told they were both hens but am skeptical about the accuracy of their sexing. Does anyone have any other...
  2. Chickenlover8814

    Help Needed!!! Broody hen!

    Hi everyone, I have a Blue Cochin hen that went broody about a month ago. We gave her some fertile eggs and she ended up hatching 4 chicks (all black and gray). She is a wonderful mother providing heat and warmth as well as feeding her little ones. It has been about a week and yesterday I was at...
  3. teira

    New Flock Members!

    I'm definitely not a crazy chicken lady... I love a good rainbow flock! I am thrilled for these babies to hatch, two easter eggers, one olive egger and a good old Speckled Sussex! This is my first online hatchery experience, I've heard good things from Meyer Hatchery but I'd love to hear your...
  4. AvaPrentice

    Introducing a bought hen and chicks to a cockrel

    Hi there, Last week I bought 4 hens and 11 chicks at auction. I've had the coop and run sepereated so that they can all see each other but they can't get to each other yet. I bought four pekin bantams, and an unknown breed of hen and her 11 chicks. The hen and her chicks have been living...
    • AvaPrentice
    • Thread
    • #chicks aggression bantam fighting hens introducing new new additions to flock
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  5. Swastik Choudhari

    Small mother big chicks..?

    Hey i m new to chicken keeping...i have chicken who is laying and by looking at her behavior i think she will go broody soon...she is a native Indian chicken( also known as country chicken or Desi chickens) .... I m thinking to give her eggs of Aseel/Asil wich are at their adult size are 3× or...
  6. Swastik Choudhari

    Post 2018's chick pic here..!!

    2018 chicks update...post your chicks pic..lets see each other chicks..! New member to BYC and i m enjoying it..!
  7. Swastik Choudhari

    Fried egg for chicks..?

    Hello my chicks are two days old..can i feed then fried eggs...which i will scrambel....or only hard boiled eggs to be feeded...?? Any reply appriciated.
  8. Goldenrose

    Help! Introducing new chicks to a mama hen

    Hi, I really need help on introducing chicks to my hen. I have a Bantam Hen Who has 3 chicks of her own about 3-4 weeks old, and today I bought 2 Shamo chicks from a pet store. I want to put the new chicks with my hen but she just attacked them, and they’re just like 5 day old chicks. Any...
    • Goldenrose
    • Thread
    • #bantam hen #chicks #hen #introducing new chicks to a mama hen #shamo chicks help
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  9. Thehappyheifer

    Picture heavy

    I went a bit crazy with pictures today while doing chores. I'm looking forward to seeing how these babies turn out, and , well Madonna and Priscilla are always down to pose for me. The hens and new chicks:
  10. J&Kfeatheredfowl

    How many chicks can a large fowl broody raise?

    how many can a large fowl broody raise? Will this number change depending on if they are chicks or keets, or mixed? Can a chicken even raise keets? When I was on holiday a bantam chicken had escaped from the zoo and lived wild in the botanical gardens, it had 12 chicks with it, all healthy and...
  11. Lavender Ro

    Question

    Do you guys know what I would get if I mixed a Plymouth Rock Rooster with a Silver Laced Wyandotte hen?
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