Posts by Pele

So, I injured my back at the beginning of the year (god knows what I did, it just started hurting).  An MRI shows that I have herniated two discs, and despite religiously going to Physical Therapy, I am still having...

Hi all, I got 5 poults out of 7 eggs from my hatch this go around, which is YAY!  The problem is that within 48 hours of hatch, one poult started to go downhill.  He'd be fine for an hour, then flop over on his side and start...

She's a Silver Laced Wyandotte, from a hatchery.

Your first bird is a male Silver Duckwing OEGB.  The others are Cochins, and are all little dudes.  They'll all take turns crowing.  For some reason cochin males aren't shy about sprouting combs early.  The...

How old is the rock?    And the second chick is not a Lavender.

Yep yep, classic hatchery quality Dark Cornish

Mixed breed roo. 

Yeah, I'm leaning towards roo on this one

Quote: Originally Posted by Sunny Side Up  I just think that if there were such a simple way to accurately sex chicks then the hatcheries wouldn't pay their professionally-trained vent-sexers the high wages that they...

Both are male, and both are EEs (sorry).