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Just had this duckling hatch tonight. Only females we have are 2 Cayuga. The father possibilities are pekin, Cayuga, or khaki campbell BUT the only drake running with the ladies was the pekin. We had separated the drakes because they were overbreeding our girls. Thoughts? The bill and feet are...

Ty. Hopefully at least one hen

Thank you.

Any ideas on gender so far? I know silkies are hard and these are young. So far no crowing.

Thank you. ☺️ The frizzles are turning out funny. It’s our first time with them. Anything special I should do?

And here are the two that are indeed frizzle Cochins. I forgot to add that the 2 new black Cochins were we believe the same age maybe a week younger? but rescued a week later with horrible poopy butt. My days are running together lol.

I was curious if everyone still felt bantam Cochins on these three now that they are 3.5 weeks old. The brown chick seems to look a bit different to me than the 2 black chicks. Thanks.

We use large rubber maid totes when they are tiny. Rather than white or red bulb we use ceramic bulbs or heating pad. We have a 4’ x 5’ wood and wire brooder with wire bottom brooder outside. We have a heat source and hay for bedding. Once no longer using heat and depending on the weather we...

Ty. I figured but thought I’d ask. Impatient watching these cuties grow.

thank you. They are not the best pictures but do the 2 black Cochin look like frizzles? That tan chick is one and the same. Ty. I was very confused with that one. We have 4 3.5 wk white silkies and 2 5 day old silkies. Any guess on the older silkie gender? I’m thinking 2 and 2 🤷🏼‍♀️

Are yours bearded? I “think” mine are. Did yours look fluffier on the legs then lose some of the furry lime fluff?

Luckily we don’t live in city limits and Roos are not an issue, unless we get too many of course. For future reference the bantams at TSC (maybe most feed stores?) are usually straight run due to their small size and vent sexing. How old are your silkies now? Ours are young but already so fun...

So we got 2 sets of straight run bantam chicks from TSC, they get their chicks from Hoover Hatchery. The first 4 are 3.5 week silkies, I suspect 2 cockerels and 2 pullets. The ones I think are the “boys” are bigger, stand straighter, bolder, feathering faster (especially legs), and I think...

I love the Brahma personality. The Roo in my pic is Goose, and he is puppy like.

Thank you. We were actually hoping for a couple cockrels. We paid for pullets at the store but I told them I thought cockerel at days old for 2 of the 3 darks we got that day. They actually said they would give us a discount next time if my suspicions were correct. We mostly have pullets and...