Gonna rant & rave here just for a minute.
Adopted 6 tiny chicks this evening. Guy had gotten some fertile eggs from a friend of his to hatch for his church's children so they could witness the miracle of life. Then give them away because they don't want to deal with raising chicks, heat lamps, cleaning, etc. If you didn't want to deal with raising the chicks, why on earth did you hatch eggs???? These are the tiniest chicken babies I've ever seen. They're 2 days old here. I swear that 2 of them are actually today's hatchlings based upon how the fuzz is still stuck to their head. He didn't even know exactly what kind of chickens they were.. he thought they were silkies, but silkies have 5 toes & black skin. After doing a little bit of research, I am now the proud mama of some cochin babies.
So I had to move some chickens around for these little itty bitties. Anyone know how to sex chicks?
Brought up the white orpingtons, the black sex links, the buff orps, & the light brahmas. I put them in the bunny hutch upstairs and I think they should be OK in there. It's well insulated on the enclosed (non-wired side) so I hope they won't need the heatlamp. Plus that room gets pretty gosh-darned hot in the afternoon (faces south & no sun protection, so it beats pretty warm in there).
