…but it looks like the 3 or 4 black copper marans that hatched are pullets. I integrated all the chicks last night and they slept in the big coop with the adults. I’m really hoping they all go in tonight on their own.
Only 1 pointy marans egg out of the basket hatched. So, I expected only 1 cockerel out of all the chicks that hatched.
I think there’s about 16 chicks running around and about half look like cockerels. I don’t have any good pics but they look a lot like this guy.
The chicks are about 4-1/2 weeks old now and the second broody hen has stopped taking care of the chicks today. I’ll see if she decides to roost in the coop tonight.
I’m definitely seeing atleast half of the marans x whiting true blue chicks are cockerels.
Making some deviled eggs
There was only 1 marans chick that was from a pointy egg. All other chicks should be pullets according to the egg shape index theory. Most of the air cells were too hard to identify in my dark brown and green eggs. That seems to be a lot easier to identify in white eggs.
From what I can tell so...
Ok, the egg shape experiment…
I’m seeing some birds with vibrant yellow combs right now, but none have turn red yet. Some I suspect as boys…thick legs, wide and vibrant combs.
@Ladybird CA I’ll try to get another video this week showing closeups of all the month old chicks. Would be amazing if...
I agree it has been lost. I might have spoke on it before, but my family raised quarter horses and game chickens when I was kid. And they didn’t have coops or nest boxes or feeders.
I was shocked as an adult getting back into chickens that most people keep their chickens penned up and...
Best of luck with your break from making content. I have a channel where I just document the chickens, no talking and it takes up time to film, edit, upload etc. and then when you get fans, they have a million questions.
The videos probably inspired people to do something similar. I saw some sponsored post on Facebook for the “Jack-o-raptor” which seemed like another Terrorfowl.
95º+ weather here already. Chicks staying hydrated at the water stations.
Check out the copper mark of the beast on that one chick, that chick is one of the half maran/half whiting true blue.
Getting about 6-7 eggs a day from 10 layers.