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Nana K said:
Thank you, that's what I was thinking. Almost 7 weeks old and still confusing me. Pretty sure NN, King Corey, is a male. However, first to feather out but growth and legs telling me boy. My other questionable one, Chip, wing feather and tail slower, got waddles earlier and has big legs. However, comb and waddles still pale and carries itself like the girls. It's a wait and see with that one. Would like to know what the feather pattern is called. Really pretty. Male or female it's gonna be gorgeous.
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I'm voting pullet so far. Gorgeous.
 
So heat question. My almost 7 wk old chicks were hatched in a 3 sided brooder with a broody hen. I moved them at 3 days old to a coop with Mama. She is still with them but showing signs of wanting to be with the other flock at night. I have chicken wire separating them. I put a radiant heat source in the coop because it's a small coop and the chicks were sleeping next to Mama. Temps are dipping down in the lower 30's. They are pretty much fully feathered and are outside all day long, regardless of the weather ( tarp over run). The heater does not really heat the space just if you stand in front of it. So here is the question. Should I turn heater off so they are prepared if Mama rejoins her group. There is ventilation but draft free. They are not roosting yet. Any advice is welcome.
 
Nana K said:
So heat question. My almost 7 wk old chicks were hatched in a 3 sided brooder with a broody hen. I moved them at 3 days old to a coop with Mama. She is still with them but showing signs of wanting to be with the other flock at night. I have chicken wire separating them. I put a radiant heat source in the coop because it's a small coop and the chicks were sleeping next to Mama. Temps are dipping down in the lower 30's. They are pretty much fully feathered and are outside all day long, regardless of the weather ( tarp over run). The heater does not really heat the space just if you stand in front of it. So here is the question. Should I turn heater off so they are prepared if Mama rejoins her group. There is ventilation but draft free. They are not roosting yet. Any advice is welcome.
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Chicks raised with mama hen acclimate to the temperatures faster then chicks raised in a brooder. So extra heat isn't necessary.
 
MysteryChicken said:
Chicks raised with mama hen acclimate to the temperatures faster then chicks raised in a brooder. So extra heat isn't necessary.
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Thank you. They seem so hardy just wanted to make sure. I have a little NN that seems to chill easier than the others but she puffs up and puts her head under her wing. I will turn the heater off. Again, thank you.
 
Nana K said:
Thank you. They seem so hardy just wanted to make sure. I have a little NN that seems to chill easier than the others but she puffs up and puts her head under her wing. I will turn the heater off. Again, thank you.
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If you think they are acting cold though, I'd be ready to turn it back on.

We use a cozy coop radiant heater for young chicks that are out in the cold weather in grow out pens. One orphan just got booted out by both of its mums at 6 weeks old and is now in one of those pens with a few other chicks shivering out in the rain until it learned to go into the hutch where that heater is. At night, they'll huddle up to it, but by day, they run in and out of that hutch staying for about a minute, then back out again. They've learned. :)

It's better that they aren't too cold to move around, eat, and drink, or worse yet, get sick.

I say it's your call.
 
Debbie292d said:
If you think they are acting cold though, I'd be ready to turn it back on.

We use a cozy coop radiant heater for young chicks that are out in the cold weather in grow out pens. One orphan just got booted out by both of its mums at 6 weeks old and is now in one of those pens with a few other chicks shivering out in the rain until it learned to go into the hutch where that heater is. At night, they'll huddle up to it, but by day, they run in and out of that hutch staying for about a minute, then back out again. They've learned. :)

It's better that they aren't too cold to move around, eat, and drink, or worse yet, get sick.

I say it's your call.
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My 2 that get cold, won't go in the coop to warm up during the day period. I even placed a roosting bars and their water there to give them the idea. I have warmed my hands while they watched and touched their feet, still no concept. Was feeling like waste of electricity. Tonight when I closed them up, 4 with Mama, two over in their own box. So we'll see how it goes.
 
I am really confused regarding these babies. They are growing so fast and seem to change by the minute. I have searched the Internet with no avail. My NN with Bowtie was a pink chipmunk at hatch. Was the first one to wing and tail feather out. Has a peacomb. I do believe it is a male due to size and comb growth. I pictured him earlier. Another chick was a cream colored chipmunk that wing and tail feathered slower. The comb grew and waddles started at 3 wks. It is a BIG chick. However, I am leaning toward female. I understand that barnyard chickens are an anything goes with breed but is this possible that this BIG slow grower is female? Today the comb pinked up a bit but it's cold out and now brown feathers are growing around the eyes. I actually thought it was dirty, lol. It is a duckwing pattern...started off silver but gold or tan color is coming through esp on wings. Blue/grey legs with yellow bottom. This one is just unknown in all aspects. Beautiful baby! Thoughts?
 

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