No crows yet, I think they are all pullets. No red combs or waddles. I'll post some new pictures later, they are over 8 weeks now. I'm pretty certain the white crested black is female, and I think the other two are female as well.
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
Yes, the chick ended up hatching ok, but I had to help him out quite a bit. The inner membrane was wrapped tightly around it. I believe it was shrink wrapped, had to peel it away.
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 am the third owner of this silkie, but I assume this is the first time she's tried to hatch chicks. I have had her for over a year. She is at least four years old, likely older than that. I doubt the final egg will hatch. What should I do at this point to break her broodiness? I don't want to...
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...
Posting an update to this to get everyone's opinion. I bought these a little over 6 weeks ago from TSC, so I'm guessing they are about 7 weeks now. I was able to re-home #2 from my earlier post that was definitely a rooster.
Porcelain D'Uccle #1
Porcelain D'Uccle #2
Mille Fleur D'Uccle #1...
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...
Thanks for the advice. This one hasn't zipped like all the others that have hatched. He started from the bottom then turned around and broke thru the other side. He looks like he's trying to kick out but he hasn't zipped all the way thru in one direction. This is what he looks like this morning...
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...
How do you tell the difference between a Cochin/D'Uccle and a Japanese/Old English game? Do I need to wait a few more weeks before seeing the difference?
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...