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I looked at the topic of how to provide 'good' pictures and I'm trying to figure out how I can do that without escaping chicks. Their...

If you post pictures of them we can try to guess but you might not be able to tell until 6-8 weeks or later with EEs and OEs. Sometimes...

At what age... ROUGHLY... will I be able to see sex differences in EEs? EEs seem to be so special (read: difficult) because they are...

Exactly!

So i'm not too far off with my wonderings.' Thank you for your response.

The chick could have either pipped the wrong way and caused the yolk to leak, drowning it. It could've pipped prematurely. Or it...

Just hatched 13 of 14 eggs. Transferred the chicks out to brooder. The remaining egg had yolk all over it and it was stuck to the...

You can't use anything like the wing test or colouring for EE's as they are really just mixes and haven't been bred for things like...

Thats a good idea. Thank you. Yes. They have layer pellets and extra calcium. It looks like a problem across all 3 girls that I have...

So basically you just add more eggs as you go? I have never heard (!!!) of this. How long do you allow the new additions to go on? I...

You could set them, then just be sure to candle them in 6-7 days and then you can ditch all the clears. I'd mark those with a pencil...

i dont waste time and space with abnormal eggs, id rather stagger set for another couple days than have weirdo eggs in the bator lol ..

When preparing eggs for the incubator, I ran into several eggs that appear to have been 'healed cracks' from somewhere in the hens...

Thank you so much for your help!!!

Pullet, and so are all the fully visible birds in the first picture.