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    Experience sealing cracked egg with wax?

    Wow, thank you! I’ve been wanting to get this brand for my daughter actually. Now I guess it’ll be dual purpose! ;)
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    Experience sealing cracked egg with wax?

    Hi there, just candled a clutch of eggs to start in my incubator and noticed one egg has three small hairline cracks at the wider base of the egg. The cracks are barely visible to the naked eye, and I can barely feel them when I run my finger over them. I haven’t loaded the eggs into the...
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    10 week old Barred Rock - male or female?

    Wow yes, their barring is much darker! Thank you, that does help.
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    10 week old Barred Rock - male or female?

    So you’re thinking pullet? Really no other signs other than large comb and wattles. I do have to say the comb on this one looks much redder than yours did though 🫤
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    10 week old Barred Rock - male or female?

    Oh wow, they are similar. What did you mean to say about the dark pigment in his/her beak and legs?
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    10 week old Barred Rock - male or female?

    This bird wasn’t labeled as a Barred Rock, I just guessed that’s what s/he was based on her markings. I put an order in with the farm for two Easter eggers, two olive eggers and four buff orps. When I picked them up they said they had “thrown a couple extra in,” so I left with 10 chicks. I...
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    10 week old Barred Rock - male or female?

    Thank you! Wow I’m thinking Cuckoo Marans too now that I’ve looked them up. Do you say cockerel based on the comb/wattle growth?
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    10 week old Barred Rock - male or female?

    The barring seemed whiter than it should for a pullet to me also but I’m super green so I came here 😅
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    10 week old Barred Rock - male or female?

    Oh thank goodness! First time chicken keeper here, we ended up with a very aggressive Easter Egger roo and I was worried about this one too based on growth/comb. Thank you!
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    10 week old Barred Rock - male or female?

    Photos of “Wrinkle” today at 10ish weeks old, and at about 1 week old. Comb and wattle are very developed compared to the other pullets but this is the only Barred Rock I have so nothing to compare to!
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