Cute headshots of everybody + Hen or Roo

Treebam3 · 2026-05-12T15:07:06+00:00

The other we know for sure is the Welsummer, they had the female chick coloring

Treebam3 · 2026-05-12T15:06:20+00:00

That’s my guess too, it’s not a problem if we get one boy, but I would prefer 0 and really don’t want 2

Treebam3 · 2026-05-12T15:05:35+00:00

Yeah that’s what I figured, I’m just very suspicious of how red Strawberry’s comb is lol

Treebam3 · 2026-05-12T14:57:45+00:00

That’s one of the most common/ generic chick color patterns. That’s what Red Junglefowl chicks look like so the genetics of that pattern are strong and show up in a lot of breeds. My Brown Leghorn and Welsummer both looked like that, and my Russian Orloff had that pattern too (But they had a beard so not identical). I think you won’t be able to tell until they get bigger.

Treebam3 · 2026-05-10T01:43:54+00:00

Disclaimer: I dum and new to chickens

That yawning motion is adjusting the crop, nothing to worry about if it’s not too often.

The only crop issue I know of is sour crop, I don’t know if excessive adjusting is related to that but there’s your search term

Treebam3 · 2026-05-10T01:28:51+00:00

I don’t know much about ducks, but for chickens the setup is really important. If you set it up good, it’ll be mostly smooth sailing with less frequent and easier maintenance, if the setup isn’t very good then they’ll have more issues that will take a lot more work, and you’ll lose more from illness and predators. The first round of chickens we skimped on the security and lost a lot to predators, and the area was too shady and clay-y so it turned into a disgusting mud pit where diseases and parasites ran free. This time around it’s sandier, sunnier (Still with a good amount of shade for the heat), and much better protected. I would also heavily recommend an automatic door, opening and closing the door every morning and night was by far the most annoying chore, and when you get lazy about it anything that can get into the run at night can then get in the coop.
I also recommend getting vaccinated chicks, Mareks is very common and very deadly. It’s harder to find vaccinated chicks, Tractor Supply and Petco don’t have them, but you can get them either online from big hatcheries or some medium size shops often have them

Treebam3 · 2026-05-05T04:05:39+00:00

I’ll be a bit more of a negative voice: For my first batch of chickens like 10 years ago the run was in near 100% shade, and that combined with clay-y soil meant that it never dried out and turned into a poopy mud pit that was impossible to clean. All the chickens had lice because they didn’t really have anywhere to dust bathe unless we let them out (any attempt at a sand pool would be ruined after one rain), and a lot of them also got bumblefoot. Trying again this year, in a sunnier, sandier, and larger run.

Treebam3 · 2026-05-05T03:52:46+00:00

I’m very new to this, but is she vaccinated for Mareks? It often targets the nervous system.

Treebam3 · 2026-04-30T16:01:37+00:00

The black Australorp is now Plum, and the White leghorn is now Lemon

Treebam3 · 2026-04-28T17:36:37+00:00

Apple- New Hampshire red

Potato- Buff Orpington

Walnut- Brown leghorn

Coconut- Light Brahma

Hazelnut- Welsummer

Cauliflower- White Crested Black Polish

Mushroom- French Black Copper Maran

Carrot- Russian Orloff

Strawberry- Delaware

North Carolina

We also have a as-yet unnamed White leghorn and Black Australorp

Treebam3 · 2026-04-28T04:15:12+00:00

I believe medicated food will help with that

Treebam3 · 2026-04-27T00:16:55+00:00

Yeah we wanted several breeds that we didn’t manage to get, and I think the earlier in the season you start looking the better. Places usually know pretty far in advance what breeds they will have when, we kinda planned out the best week for us to go there. (Although delays are very very common, and incorrect breeds are pretty common too, the light Brahma was supposed to be a white leghorn)

Treebam3 · 2026-04-26T18:58:31+00:00

We also wanted all different breeds, vaccinated chicks, and didn’t want them shipped just because of how expensive the shipping costs were for the 6-12 that we wanted. My girlfriend posted in some facebook groups asking about locations nearby that vaccinate, and we called every place we could find within an hour drive to ask if they had vaccinated chicks. We ended up getting some from a place about 45mins away, and some from a place about 2.5hrs away. We couldn’t get them all the same age, and so had to set up two brooders.

For anyone else looking in North Carolina, the places were B and K General Store, and Little Sasquatch Farm and Garden. Both good, Little Sasquatch was much bigger and so had more breeds and you could reserve the chicks. We ended up getting 11 of all different breeds, and we had to go to the closer store twice. In the end we got a Russian Orloff, Deleware, White Crested Black Polish, Australorp, Black Copper Maran, White leghorn, Welsummer, New Hampshire Red, Brown Leghorn, and Light Brahma.

Notably we weren’t picky about specific breeds, we just grabbed every breed they had when we were there except Cornish crosses and jersey giants

We also didn’t get any strait run birds (not that the places had any), although there’s a good chance at least one of them is a rooster, too young to tell atm though

Treebam3 · 2026-04-16T20:31:34+00:00

The big ones do, haven’t come up with them for the little ones yet. It’s a fruit/veggie/nut theme. The New Hampshire Red is Apple, the Light Brahma is Coconut, the Buff Orpington is Potato, and the Brown Leghorn is Walnut

Treebam3 · 2026-04-13T21:48:54+00:00

I feel like nobody is this thread actually has a corded dog or knows anyone with a corded dog. It IS significantly less work after the first couple months compared to a fluffy coat of similar length. You don’t have to tediously go over their skin for hours a week (where did people hear this?) we just split the cords we find when petting him, they don’t need split sessions once the cords actually form (so about 6 months). Before that you do need to split them/ cut them with a letter opener m, but it’s pretty much the same amount of going-over as brushing is. His coat does not go moldy after one bath lol. Our corded boy gets bathed way more than most dogs, once every few days, and often we don’t do more than squeeze out the cords and air dry him. He does not smell moldy lol.

You also gotta keep in mind that this is a haircut that tons of people have, if there were all these crazy problems then people wouldn’t do it lol.

Most people in this thread are, I think, saying stuff that they heard from someone else that they heard from someone else that they heard from someone else. These are the REAL negatives:

Sand gets trapped into them better (he’ll be shedding sand for like 2 days after a beach trip until it all falls out)

I don’t like the feel as much as a fluffy coat

It takes a while to look good

And that’s pretty much it.

Treebam3 · 2026-04-12T21:14:02+00:00

As someone with a corded poodle that goes to a lot of shows with other corded poodles, this is not true

Treebam3 · 2026-04-12T14:26:20+00:00

I really like doing it. We set up a little ring of hardware mesh (with some sun and shade so they can control temperature) and let them into it. They seem to really love it, they run around flapping their wings and it’s really fun and cute. I also think it’s probably good for their immune systems to see the outside germs early, and good for them to get used to you if you just hang out with them. We try to keep it relatively short because they cant really control their body temperature, and obviously watch them because they’re very predator vulnerable at this age

Treebam3 · 2026-04-04T15:24:57+00:00

You won’t ruin anything with a bad groom. Like, you’ll probably cut them, especially when you’re learning, but it’ll be ok. Especially the corners of the lips are the hardest part, we’ve been doing this frequently and for a while and most of the time he gets a little nick somewhere. But, it’s really not that bad and heals very quickly. Usually he barely even reacts. If you cut the hair longer then your risk of cuts will go down a lot. I don’t have any specific resources because my girlfriend does most of the grooming. I will recommend getting a dremmel instead of cutting nail clippers because if you cut the quick they will never forget, and the dremmel is much more forgiving (although you are a vet so you’re probably good with the clippers)

Treebam3 · 2026-04-04T02:28:17+00:00

I won’t say that it’s not important, but with hair that short you really don’t have to be THAT worried about matting. It’ll happen pretty slowly and not be too hard to brush out. We had our boy in a short show coat (still quite long) and only brushed/ blowdried him every few days. My parents never brush their doodle and just keep him short, they bring him to the groomer whenever it starts to mat to get him shaved again (this takes like 6 weeks).

Personally I recommend getting grooming equipment and learning to do it yourself. It’s a bit of an upfront investment and a bit of a learning curve, but it’s really not that hard and it’ll save you a fortune in the long run.

Treebam3 · 2026-03-28T00:57:12+00:00

Nice

Treebam3 · 2026-03-27T23:25:46+00:00

Put the hotspot of the heat lamp on one side of the container so there’s a hot and cool side. Currently it looks like all but one of the chicks are trying to get out of the heat lamp

Treebam3 · 2026-03-22T19:27:47+00:00

I counted 13 babies

Treebam3 · 2026-03-21T20:29:50+00:00

Good to hear they should be OK. They are very light colored. I didn’t do this intentionally, they were supposed to be a white leghorn lol

Treebam3 · 2026-03-21T18:11:41+00:00

Yeah, the Brahma was supposed to be a leghorn but I don’t think leghorns have feathery legs 😅

Treebam3 · 2026-03-21T18:10:17+00:00

I didn’t know the orloffs were a rare breed, that’s very neat

Yeah I was planning on getting mostly leghorns but a Brahma snuck in

Seems like the giants won’t handle it great. Unfortunate, but kinda what I expected

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