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8,812 eggs will be set

I bought some Brown Leghorn hens to add white eggs to the mix. Now, they are my favorite breed so I bought 5 White Leghorn pullets from TSC's chick days sale. (Has anyone else bought pullets from TSC expecting to gain hens only for them to be cockerels?) Of the five pullets, only one turned...

Thank you all for your sugestions. I guess the chick is a Blue Wyndotte.

Here are some pics of the legs. In person, they look pale yellow marked with black. I have another one that looks identical to this one. I bought them both from the same assorted bin. As chicks, they were both black with white/yellow chins and belly.

Thank you both for you suggestions. I never thought of a Wyndotte cross as a possibility, interesting. I didn't know that TSC sold mixed breeds.

Hello everyone, Please help!! I have a 7 1/2 week old pullet that I am unable to identify. I bought this week old chick from Tractor Supply out of the assorted pullets bin. I am not even sure if it is a pullet. Thanks

I also bought chicks from TSC. At my TSC, the yellow chicks were separate and labeled. The 1st chick coulld either be white leghorn or cornish x. I have two black chicks that I thought might be cuckoo marans they look like yours. Maybe someone will know for sure.

Ok so out of my 14 eggs set, 3 were found to be unfertilized leaving 11 eggs awaiting hatch. I checked the last remain eggs this morning to confirm that they did not make it leaving a total of 6 hatched chicks. This set was far better than last time with a hatch rate of 54% instead of 31%...

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Wow, did I set my eggs late? Mine aren't do to hatch until Saturday...

I too have set 14 eggs in the incubator tonight... 3 Easter Eggers, 2 Black Australorps , 4 California Whites, 4 Rhode Island Reds 1 Wyndotte. They were mated with either a Buff Orpington or Barred Rock rooster. (I need more egg layers so a mixed flock will work fine).

On day 22 and 23 a total of 13 hatched and are doing great in the brooder. Today is 24 and decided to do the float test the rest. 23 eggs are still to be hatched with 3 being sinkers and 20 being bobbers. The first of the three sinkers proven to be alive during the dissection and died soon...

The chick looks like has stopped breathing and undoubtedly died from the egg dissection.

I am on day 24 and had a few sinkers. So I began to dissect the first egg to see what went wrong. The chick is still alive breathing, (no peeping just body showing breaths of air). Now I have a half opened egg with the chick looking to be 2 days out from hatching laying in the incubator. I...