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Beautiful girl. She looks a lot like her mother(?) that you used to post a lot on here, I think her name was Icelynn? Is she still doing well?

Here are normal toes. I'll have to go take a pic of my showgirl's feet tomorrow, he has fused 'lobster' 4/5 toes (plus a 6th toe on one foot, which is why he's just a funky pet, not for breeding!)

Love them all, especially those whites! Whites are my favorite as well.

Gorgeous girl! Love that proud chest :)

If done early enough, the rooster will not crow, and tends to not have aggressive roosterlike tendencies (no testosterone) which allows people in places that ban roosters to have one. It is mainly done with meat birds though, as capons grow larger and have more tender meat. I've wanted to try it...

It sure would! Our LF wyandotte rooster we processed last week was only about 7 or 8 lbs, and he was a pretty big guy!

One of my four week olds has within the past week developed a a slight crossed beak, the bottom half has slightly shifted to the side. I didn't notice it until I picked it up and looked at it head on. I was wondering the same thing about breeding them, and now I have an answer. I have several...

I bought a pair of sebrights at a show once, the hen laid one egg about a month after I brought her home then...nothing. I had her for about 11 more months, then a predator got her. NOT A SINGLE OTHER EGG IN ALL THAT TIME. She ate fine, had plenty of room, free ranged just about every other day...

My whites have almost constant access to sunlight their entire lives, I haven't noticed any yellowing, and I definitely don't use any product on them. I know blacks can look bleached, but I haven't seen it happen with my whites.

I would say so, if no progress has been made up to that point. Hoping for the best what kind of chick is it supposed to be?

I almost gave up with my first silkie hatch, I was about to throw them out (they were 3 days past due) when I heard peeping coming from the incubator! Don't give up hope yet, some chickies take a little longer than normal. Especially with a lone egg, I would think. Usually the hatching of the...

any progress yet with the little eggie?

Haha, most of the time, I forget the exact hatch date, (especially with broody hens) and get surprised with a nest full of chicks or poults one evening. I've been trying to keep up with it in my phone calender now that I'm hatching so much more, but I haven't had a hatch happen on the day...

I am hoping with you that at least one is fertile. However, a growing aircell does not necessarily mean a developing chick. I'm fact, that is how you grade eating eggs for interior quality by candling. The bigger the aircell, the older the egg is and less desirable it is for eating. That's also...

Speaking of broodiness, I have 2 silkies on eggs now, crazy birds. One is on turkey eggs, the other is on assorted LF eggs. I have another wyandotte cross hen on more turkey eggs, another silkie and another wyandotte cross are showing signs of going broody, and tonight I had to physically remove...

Large fowl. Basically, "big chickens"

I had 7/9 hatch last time. They were pullet eggs, and it was the first time I'd used the incubator in 2 years (I have a nearly endless supply of broodies) so I was pleasantly surprised. The two that didn't hatch were fully formed. One pipped but quit. The other didn't make it to pip.

For candling, I start on day 3 (that's when I can get the barest glimpse of development) and candle very nearly every day after. I don't do anything special, I just usually cut the lights off in the room where I have the incubator and candle them (with my phone's LED light) right there. I...

The Asian ladybug is still a type of lady bug or lady beetle. That is what we have here, they do have a variance in color (ours are mostly orange) and a lot of white on their faces, and do indeed nip you and emit an awful smelling liquid when touched. They breed on our large layer coop, in the...

I don't like them either! Nasty, smelly things. They bite too. I don't mind them outside, but when they're EVERYWHERE, in the house, car and flying all over you they become a terrible nuisance.