Feather sexing doesn’t work unless bred for.
Right now nothing says cockerel, or pullet. Seems like you’ll have to wait a little longer.
These look quite underdeveloped for 5 weeks. Feathering rate is different for almost every chick, but these seem behind in both feathering rate and size
Ugh, I’m terrible at keeping up with threads. Sometimes I completely miss the notifications, other time I open them, react, make a mental note to reply later and completely forget about it later.
Apologies.
Over two weeks old now, possibly closer to three! How are they? Their colours should be...
The biggest question is, do you want them to stay broody? Do you want to have more chicks and/or are able to care for them? If the answer to that is no, then breaking them would be the best option.
I might be misunderstanding your post, and what you say about taking them off the nest every...
Looks great! Thanks to you, he’s having a great life now.
Coconut huts are always an idea. You could even plant some moss, anubias, bucephalandra, hygrophila, or whatever type of epiphytes you like on top of it.
Another idea would be a few low growing crypts. Something like a few parva. They...
First chick is a Mille Fleur D’Uccles. Second chick is a white Pekin/Cochin bantam. Third chick is an Old English Game bantam, probably black breasted red. Fourth chick is a black Pekin/Cochin bantam. Fifth chick is another OEGB. Looks to be white, or Red Pyle. I’m not sure about six. I’ll go...
Feather growth says nothing about gender at this stage, especially when it isn’t bred for (which it isn’t, in your case). So the chance of either being pullets is the same as the day you got them.
Not sure if a visual would help to show how unreliable feather sexing is at this stage.
Notice...
You’re probably right. If I don’t respond for a week, you know who found me🤫.
Probably a bad time to mention my Gyro order :p .
Now the question remains, do you like Coke:D?
Well, I don’t know about creative, but certainly trashy :lol: .
Entry 1, the old desk (outdoor) brooder.
In later years, when bigger batches hatched, we extended the wire to make a U shape about 1.5 meters at the front.
Only the bunch in the photos were able to escape, and after about a week...
Some more info would be very helpful. What are your overall goals? Silkies are widely known as good and reliable broodies, but they wouldn’t be the first choice for someone trying to establish a free range survival population.
Are you interested in bantams, or Large Fowl? What are your keeping...
Dumpling is for sure a cockerel.
Peep looks like a pullet so far, but you could update in a few weeks.
Tail is rather irrelevant until much later.
First gender specific feathers start at around 12 weeks of age, and are found on the hackles and saddle areas (neck and back feathers respectively)