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I’m fully aware I gambled. Bin said “Fancy and Fun Pullets” but it was a fun surprise guessing game 😂 they’re roughly 9-11 weeks old now. Any guesses on breed and genders? I marked green and red to differentiate. They both seem to have rounded hackles but I know it’s to early to really tell.

I had eggs shipped and they arrived 2 days early. My incubator is running 2 days late. My incubator should’ve been here 2 days prior to the eggs. How long can the eggs sit without being in the incubator? How should I handle/store/turn/tilt them while I wait? My other incubator is full and I...

I’m really wanting some Serama babies for my fancies coop. However they are going to need heat. I have no power and no outlet outdoors to run a cord from. Any inventive and not $1000 solutions? It doesn’t need to be crazy warm, but enough that our nights dipping into single digits sometimes...

These were labeled fancy and fun pullets at Atwood’s. Any guesses? Breed and age.

This is my 2 weeks old silkie. Her two mates are fine. All hatched together. I’ve been feeding her Nutradrench since last night, yesterday afternoon she only had a droopy head. Today she’s doing front flips as well

This baby hatched out almost fully at 7:45 this morning. This picture was taken at 12:40pm. It’s been 5 hours and still not fluffing up? Is this normal? Also still has curly toes. My incubator is 99.5° and hovering around 70% humidity.

This may be stupid but my Roos favorite hen has this on her feathers. She’s the only one of my flock. Her feathers are crispy? feeling and discolored. I’ve not tried cleaning it off. Is this pests? Bad aim? It’s only right above and beside her tail. None of her feathers look chewed or shortened...

So I candles a couple days ago and candles tonight. The circle is where the embryo was. Is it normal for half to be empty? Also, these were under a hen *maybe* for 2 days. The rest weren’t under a momma. Will this effect lockdown? We have 15 days left in incubator to hit day 21. When do you call...

I got these babes 6 days ago in the evening. They haven’t had a roo since being here but had one at their old home. I have an incubator arriving tomorrow. So far I’ve only got one egg that hasn’t been refrigerated. I want to hatch out babes as I can’t have another roo so won’t be getting a...

I’m hoping to start a project line in about a year, so I’m doing all the research I can now in preparation. I don’t want to go in blind. My end goal is a frizzled colored egg layer (blue or green, but preferably blue) that’s bigger than bantie but tops out at 5lbs max (hoping for smaller so...

I’m hoping to start a project line in about a year, so I’m doing all the research I can now in preparation. I don’t want to go in blind. My end goal is a frizzled colored egg layer (blue or green, but preferably blue) that’s bigger than bantie but tops out at 5lbs max (hoping for smaller so...

I got her out of a straight run bin marked barred rock. I did my research and everything seemed to point towards barred rock pullet. Now I’m questioning. Pictures are most recent going to oldest. The very last photo is the day I brought them home on July 16th. I’ve had them about 3 weeks, not...

So I have one roo who won’t go up. He ends up on top of the coop and I have to drag him down and coop him every night. Well, tonight was no different. Except tonight Mr Pickles didn’t go up. And my dog got him. I don’t see any broken skin. A few broken vessels maybe and a featherless spot on his...

Any thoughts on age? What about gender? My barred rock seems a bit older. They were both straight run but I read up on traits to visually sex a barred rock and tried to go with a less “flashy” EE. I know it’s still early but hoping for some guesses. I can’t have another cockerel.

I’ve got my 1-2.5 week old chicks outside. There are 2. They’ve got the heating pad (pictured) in there with them on the floor. The door to the coop can close, the coop roof is hinged for access (to the coop and part of the run), and I’m doing hardware cloth all the way around. Will they be okay?

I’ve got 2 bantams. Their grow out/introduction pen is ready to go. They’re roughly just over 4 and 5 weeks respectively. Almost fully feathered. Off the heat lamp 100% for 2 days, have been weaning off for a week. I have this heating pad thing. They’re temp coop is fairly small so it’s not huge...

So I’ve got my flock, but want to make a wish list! I’ve currently got golden comet, red star, black star, RIR, sapphire gem, California tan, and two banty babies. I love speckled and multi colored babies, pretty feathering, frizzles, and anything unique. I also want good egg layers like...

This is little grey. She’s a bantam, I have no idea how old or breed/breeds. She’s always had droopy? Wings. Like she doesn’t have the best muscle tension on the outer portion and she def doesn’t have a normal use of her wings. She does flap but she never has them tucked up next to her body...

Hey guys! I got all my babies out of pullet bins and checked them over. These two however my husband picked up and trusted the bin labels 🤦‍♀️ I’m second guessing pullets. The one is a RIR and the other was labeled as a Sapphire Gem.