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Unless you are giving them supplemental light, they may not lay eggs until spring. Chickens need twelve to fourteen hours of light a day to lay. If you add light, you need to make sure that you do not stop until spring.

More than the color is the difference. Look at the shape of the body and the angle of the tail. The RIR in the bottom picture are bigger too. The Production reds have a curve to their narrow backs that swoop up to a high tail angle. The tails are also pinched.

I do too. Get on a list for Spring and you may need to drive to pick up the eggs. A lot of the RIR breeders do not ship eggs.

@chickenWill It is ok! A lot of people start off with production reds. The good news is that there are people on this thread that can help you get real RIRs.

Leggs should be yellow horn. The body does not make a brick so the shape is off. The color is light too. I think they are what is called a production red--At some time they came from a Hatchery. They are likely very nice chickens but would not do well at an APA Poultry show that judges based...

Go to Jimmy's page and click on more--There is productivity information there: http://jimspetsandpoultry.weebly.com/

It is best to get on a breeder's hatching list, otherwise you may need to wait another year after next Spring.

You should know by now. Post pictures!

I have read some studies that do not show this happening. What you are seeing is a statistical rule not death by temperature. I do not have them bookmarked or saved but I have read poultry studies that show temperature does not work like that for hatching. There is no significant difference...

If it were true, then the hatcheries would do it. It is actually a point retreat from the old heat changes gender like happens in some frogs. 1. someone posts that the correct temperature will make an egg male or female. It is pointed out that chickens do not work that way. 2. person not...

High heat would have to be very high--like 102. It would cause females to die too. It is more likely that you have hens that are laying more eggs that have female embryos.

If the membranes are already dried out, putting them into an incubator to raise humidity will not help. If they are stuck, you will need to assist them with hatching. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching Still put them into an incubator though. It is...

That is what I thought! What a hatching year.

How many do you need to process? The Fogle line is in very good shape. Walt Leonard recently posted that the best breeders do not hatch out hundreds of chicks a year. Maybe next year do not hatch out so many and hopefully you will have a better cockerel to pullet ratio. Get the friends...

Nice! Where did you get them?

They should lay eggs for you in a week or so more. Moving to a new place stresses them out so they take a break. Of course they will likely molt this fall if the are over a year old.

Yes, he is still a baby! Give him one to two months and post more pictures. He looks good so far(for his age).

Go into your profile and make sure that email notifications are turned on. Then check your spam folder. If that all looks good, post here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/975710/not-getting-private-email-notifications/130#post_15474830

The chick looks like a cornish. It looks like a pullet so far but check breed pictures of cornish the same age.

I was hatching for a Dorking breeder and she was doing single mating. She was having fertility issues too. The suggestion was to separate the male to a different pen(no hens!) where he could see her by not mate her. Put them back together for two days and separate them again, repeating the...