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Oh these photos are a couple weeks old so they are indeed 10 weeks in those.

They are 12 weeks this week. i also think the grey one is a female, she is always hiding under the black one and is more shy and calm. The black one in the other hand is super tame and jumping on my back and chilling there.

Cockerels or pullets ? Im sure that the black one is cockerel since he crowed. But im not so sure about the grey one. What do you guys think?

i would like tips for building cold climate coop. we are talking -30 degrees celsius (-22 degrees Fahrenheit for you from the US ). i was thinking if it is possible to convert a playhouse to a winter coop. we also have some room in a shed that could be possibly converted to a coop. i would like...

yeah i inspected her and didn't see anything unusual.

Ah okey. thank you ! but do they get all the way to the tail ? and he/she only started doing it when i brought them inside.

yes, they were on some stones where there is ants.

Hi guys! i have currently 3 silkies who are 3 weeks old. i have let them run outside almost every day for a couple of hours and then bring them inside back to their brooder. Today after they came inside i noticed one of the chicks scratching its tail and feet and screaming. the others are not...

I just had another of my chicks hatch and she had the cord still attached and ripped it off. I think its not bleeding tho. Should i do anything.

okey, thanks for your help! there is only pipped as of right now and she is taking her time so i have plenty of time to think about this. i read somewhere about that blowdrying thing, i think it should work. and thank you for the welcome :hugs

Its one of those cheap chinese 7 egg incubators, some people have problems hatching with that but its working for me:) i will look into that thread. What you think abou the blow drying thing ?

so what should i do ? the incubator is so small that the chick cant probably even stand up.

I know you are supposed to keep the chicks in the incubator until they are dry, but as my incubator is so small and there is barely room to move i would like to know if its okey to move them to the brooder straight away. Maybe even blow dry them just in case?

okey. i hope so. thanks for helping!

yes, they seemed alright.

i dont know if they sell smaller ones at the shop near me. i have the water well filled up and a wet piece of paper in there. there is no condensation on the incubator but i think that is because of the fan, right ?

I have a hygrometer/temperature meter but the part that measures the humidity is in the unit itself and the sensor that measures the temperature i can but in my incubator. i can't fit the unit in my tiny incubator so i cannot measure humidity and i started lockdown today. what should i do ?

yeah you are right i live in a very cold location, but in the summer its hot and since it has rained two days in a row its rather humid in here. And i am hatching silkies. i could try the rice thing, but i think it wont work because the whole house is like a rainforest.

Yeah. that's the thing. i'm not even putting any water in. i decided to go with the dry method when i started incubating these. The humidity was fine (around 45%) until it started raining and it climbed up to 62%. but i put a fan in the room to see if that helps and it has gone down to 60% now...

I have a question about humidity. I am currently hatching some silkies and i've had a good 40-50% humidity, but since it has rained like two days where i live, the humidity has risen to around 60%, will this be a problem since i am only at day 13.