My chicks are a little older now

They're 1 month and 1 week and my! how they've grown.
Updates:

• 1 chick died of unknown cause or heart attack.
• They put themselves to bed promptly at 9pm.
• I have 4 roosters and 5 hens.
• I have 1 chick so much smaller than the rest.

Here is Bandita (she's a girl) and she used to pass out under that light bulb after a full day.

Like, she would face plant (so cute).
Here they are at 1 month, and they're all buddies now. I left them out of the coop now cause the threat of crows stealing them away is less. Bandita is way small as compared to the rest.

They do my weeding for me.

REALLY! Look! They are in bed! It's daylight at 9pm, and the chicks are in their coop. They're better behaved than kids.

Cute story told by my neighbor Cosmina:
So, a chick somehow got a plastic bag stuck to its foot, so it was scared and running around trying to get away from this monster. It saw Cosmina, ran up to her panting, and tweeted at her to help it. Cosmina said that it was the most adorable thing because it was really panting and scared and knew to come to a human for help. She told me she thinks my chicks are smart. Uh oh, plans for chicken soup.....

Puii mei = my chicks or my babies

Puii [pooh-eeee] (the chicks)

Not an obsession, but these are my first chicks/pets.



I didn't know how chicks looked alseep so I took a picture. One dude has his beak in the corner. His? Her? I dunno.

Oh, so Dude (friend from home named Amanda) has dared to name like 4 chicks. I think they were...Blacky? Tacky? Macky? and something _ _cky.
But I am willing to let her name 1 chick and I'll tie a green thread or something, maybe a bandanna around it's head, so we know that one is her sponsored pet. I wanna see that $1 a month you promised dude so I can afford clothes and food for your chick and I won't eat it. You want a male too right? And yes, I think they will grow up to be black chickens.

So, since I don't know how to let you pick one (they're all babies still = blobs of black puff), name qualities in your chick and as they develop their own personalities, I'll match you two up (like in a reality love sitcom show): hoppy, sleepy, sneezy, really fluffy, small feet, etc....and I really have no idea how to know if it's a boy or girl. Hum...

*googling*

How can one tell if a chicken is male or female? In: Chickens and Roosters [Edit categories]

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You lift it up by the neck and if it's feet hang it's a boy but if it goes to the body it's a girl but be very careful with it's little neck!!! :)

Additional....

It depends how old the chicks are. By 4-5weeks, males will be large, aggressive and have tall, bright crests. Females are shyer, with not as bright crests.
By 10weeks the roosters will be obvious.
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*let's go test and see*