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I set shipped eggs last week that were delayed in shipping and arrived looking like they had a rough journey. They were well packed and none cracked. Today I candled them. Of 7 I had two blanks, 1 blood rings, one really dark egg that is unknown, one that looked typical and two that looked...

Bandit and the girl who really wants bandy to be a hen.

Okay friends, it's been a week since our split gender prediction. Here is Bandit the Dark Lord today at 5 weeks and some change (hatch date around the 17th of April I think) I thought Bandit as a likely cockerel early but today I'm thinking pullet. Virtually no comb and wattle growth since last...

Not the clearest pictures still--taken with my Phone. [/IMG]

Thanks for everybody's input. I go back and forth but perhaps patience is in order. I'll post an update whe bandit is older.

What do you think, cockerel or pullet? 4 weeks Bandit the Dark Lord

My four week Isbars. One is noticeable bigger than the other.

My birds leave the iris leaves alone but picked off each flower bud. we've had good luck with a lot of herbs, raspberries, blackberries, forsythia, fruit trees and maples. We don't have many birds though in the run.

I'm interested too. My kids and I want a crested polish but from what I've read they don't do great in the cold. I'm quite hesitant to add a hen that isn't well suited and becomes a vector for illness to enter my flock.

Do you hatch chicks?

I've read BYC for years but am making my first post. I have owned three darling hens for 5 years. A pair of unleashed dogs broke into our coop and killed two of our girls on September 11. We have since increased our chicken security and we're ready to replace Lucy and Spring. I'm looking...