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    Breed ID for BYM chicks

    That's kinda what I was thinking too. I have no idea what the little mottled one could be, just that it's tiny. And the comb is mottled as well.
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    Breed ID for BYM chicks

    I have 2 BYM chicks, roughly 5 weeks. Lady is bought them said these are the possible breeds: Black Copper Marans, Barred Rock, Easter Eggers, Rhode Island Reds, and Ayam Cemani. We think the grey one is part Ayam going off the skin color but not sure the other half of breed. The black and...
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    Welsummer roo x black copper marans hen sexing

    She was previously with a Barred polkie roo but i thought we had spaced it out enough, im glad you mentioned that though bc i completely forgot that. 🤔 the last time she was in a pen wiyh him would have been February 8th, and I set eggs on March 5th.
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    Welsummer roo x black copper marans hen sexing

    Yeah i know welsummers are auto sexing but i wasn't sure when bred with marans if any of that comes through. Main reason I'm asking is the 2 are the same and one is barred and typically that could mean something 😆 The barred one also has tail feathers coming in already and the other 2 don't.
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    Welsummer roo x black copper marans hen sexing

    We hatched 3 chicks from this pairing & I'm hoping someone who knows more about genetics than ido has a guess on sexing. Chicks are 10 days old. #1 & #2 are black with brown/rust on wings & #3 is black with white barring. What little info I've found so far seems to indicate the barring could...
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    Thoughts on failed hatches?

    I definitely want to calibrate and test temps before next hatch and also make sure I'm not getting hot/cold spots. Nearly everyone who hatched day 21 was on the left side section and from 2 hens.
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    Thoughts on failed hatches?

    Sorry, I didn't mean to indicate the whole hatch failed. Just curious if there was anything I missed on the ones that failed to hatch to watch for next time 😊
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    Thoughts on failed hatches?

    1st incubator hatch (used broody hens last year) I started with 43, ended up with 24 fertile, as 2 girls haven't been with the rooster long. 9 hatched on day 21, 11 hatched on day 22, 1 hatched early on day 23 and 1 i had to assist hatching in the evening. 2 failed to hatch. Would love input on...
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    Silkie Sexing 16-20 weeks

    Buff #1 was female & Buff #2 was male. Mavis, Truffle, Dorothy & Peaches all went roo on me. Dorothy I was certain was a hen until the last 2 months, he grew spurs and hackles & started crowing overnight it seems. He's now Dopey. Truffle literally shows his colors today. At like 15-16...
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    Silkie Color Help!

    10 month update! Wanted to add some full grown pics for anyone who stumbles across this in the future 😊 Olive: olive egger, welsummer/Easter Egger mix Polish/Silkie #1 & #2 (Dark 1&3 above), both satin cuckoo roos, mottled skin, straight combs, clean feet: Silver Partridge Satin...
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    Thank you!

    Thank you!
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    Silkie Color Help!

    So clutch #1 is 6 weeks old, clutch #2 is 4 weeks old. All are satin feathers, all feathered feet except the 3 polish silkies, 2 silkie & 2 polkie have light skin & the rest have dark. In a strange turn of events 😅 all 4 dark/ black chicks have some crazy colors coming in (3 polish/silkie...
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    Silkie Color Help!

    2 more hatched yesterday, still waiting on 1 egg (different clutch, same pen) Dark #4, with red on face/head but silvery body, silkie: White silkie:
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    Silkie Sexing 16-20 weeks

    Here's is another view of Peaches 🍑
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    Grow with us! Week by Week Progression of Straight Run Chicks.

    2 & 4 look like my Welsummers did around that age and I'd say roo for 2 & hen for 4 Dolly (hen) Loki (roo)
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