Rural Gardening: Should I remove these chicks?, 1 by TamaraFaye

TamaraFaye wrote:
FYI, yes, those are OEG Duckwings. see the color of the legs? the fine colroing around the head is common color in many breeds... which is why they look like so many others. even seabrights can look that way at first, and cmapines, and others that color, which i believe comes out like a mottled brown, but not partridge.

well, congrat ont he house and your chickens! surely you can list the chicks or the old hens for sale. you should sell the hens, raising hte chicks and getting to know their personalities will make all this work more fun, and then the chicks will be easier to manage...

when you separate the mother hen, the chicks will get cold. sound slike they are about three weeks old now. so they still need 85 degrees F at night. electricity will be needed for a heat lamp. so perhaps mama just needs a break, let out in the day and put in with the chicks at night. and to be sure they don't get over pecked, make a small box where they can get in and she can't in case they need a break from her. or get a small piece of wire with holes big enough fo rhtem to get through, and make theri own section out of the wind...

i ahve some OEG, they are blue wheaten. sure wish they would set on their eggs!!! we will add a new color this fall, not yet ABA accepted, it is called chocolate!

welcome to Dave's
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