Can someone guess the sex of these three polish chicks? They are between 5-6 weeks old. Two are Silver Laced, one is white crested black.
Silver Laced #1
White Crested Black
Silver Laced #2
One of my Japanese bantam eggs externally pipped early this morning. This is day 21, no further progress after about 12 hours. When should I assist? Wait for 24.hours? I heard Japanese bantams can have a hard time hatching because of their short legs and often die after they pip because of this...
I have a broody silkie that I was able to obtain a few fertilized eggs locally for hatching. She had two eggs under her on day 22 yesterday. Late last night, around 11-12pm, I beleive one of the eggs was hatching, I could hear what sounded like an egg being cracked/zipped slowly and the hen was...
I bought a barnyard mix of bantam hatching eggs. These were listed as possible Cochin, Silkie, D'Uccle, or Easter Egger. I was able to hatch 2 of the 5 eggs. One of the chicks is grey with feathered legs, the other one is black with naked legs. Both have four toes. What breed or mix do you think...
I bought these bantam chicks from Tractor Supply exactly 3 weeks ago, so I'm guessing they are 3-4 weeks old. I heard that you can sex D'Uccles at this early age. Here are photos of my 5 D'Uccles and 1 OEG. Let me know what your best guesses are.
Chick #1
Chick #2
Chick #3
Chick #4...
Last egg left in the incubator. I noticed when I took chicks out that it was chirping and there was a hole on the bottom I didn't notice. Chick has gotten about this far in the process as shown in the photo.
It's got it's beak sticking out, but hole has been the same size for about 2 hours...
One of my Serama eggs on day 18 has started cracking on the outside but hasn't broken thru yet. It's been about six hours since.i first noticed the shell starting to crack. Is it normal for this to take so long. Here is a photo from early this evening
This is how it looks now, about six hours...
I recently bought six assorted bantams from Tractor Supply consisting of three different breeds. I think I may know what they are, except for the all black one. Can someone give me their thoughts on what three bantam breeds I have. Here is the black one first:
Here is breed number 2:
Here...