I candled our 9 shipped eggs yesterday at Day 4.5. 3 out of the 9 had the dark spot and veining and looked great. One showed possibly a blood ring, but I wasn't sure. One had a detached air cell and no development. The remaining 4 had no development. Today I recandled just two of the ones...
UPDATE: I added pictures in post 4 below. I would love feedback on them if anyone is knowledgable please!
I just received some shipped eggs that were super well packaged, but took three days to get here, rather than the 1 day express it was meant to take (the post service problem, not the...
Hi all,
We have two 12 week old Silkies. One is white and looks a lot like a hen as she has a huge mound of fluffy white on her head and she is very small and petite. This blue one (below) is at least 1/3 if not more larger than the white one, and I've photographed the comb. It is a bearded...
I think this is likely just a bad version of a light brahma but wanted to get some opinions. We ordered day old chicks from an online hatchery. She is 6 weeks old today. In our order we had one light brahma and one mystery chick, and the mystery chick we received also had feathered feet and...
Hi all,
Well this little chick is only 3.5 weeks old, but it looks so much like a rooster to me. We ordered from My Pet Chicken and our neighbors also ordered a white crested black polish. I just saw theirs and she looks very different. Admittedly, the pair looked quite different from the...
First of all, thanks for the amazing wealth of info shared on this board! I have read and learned a ton.
My question is that we have 10 birds who are all only a week old and all together in a brooder. As they grow, I can't think of an alternative than to have two brooders and to split them...
We would love your help identifying this chick we got from MyPetChicken in an "assorted rare breed" selection. We were told she would be one of this lengthy list of breeds:
Buckeye
Ancona
Easter Egger
Ameraucana (Wheaten, Blue, Black, Splash)
Black Sumatra
Andalusian (Blue, Black, or Splash)...