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That's a nice ratio, what was your hatch rate in the different batches?

That snow/cold is very good for my self control. It's the only thing keeping me from filling my incubator!

Eggs laid at altitude are naturally more porous to allow for air diffusion at lower pressure. A couple thousand feet doesn't make a huge difference, but 5000 does. It also messes with humidity loss during incubation.

I'd love to know how he compares and what his faults are. I have no experience comparing to SOP though. He came from Alchemist farms. The other rooster that hatched was very similar with a few more tiny points on his comb and slightly darker plumage. Sadly I culled him as he had persistent...

I think this guy is such a pretty rooster, 24 weeks old. He is very alert, eyes always on the sky as seen here. He has shown absolutely no aggression yet. Just wish I'd managed to hatch some females!

Did you bring me seeds or are you fooling me? 10 week old cockerel

Thank you, the breeding priorities was especially helpful.

Mine were definitely autosexing. One of my two I correctly identified based on the bit of bright yellow fluff poking out of the pip hole! I did have horrible luck with shipped eggs. I had 2/24 hatch - and both of them were malpositioned. I had six breeds and only Bielefelder's hatched so that...

These are my first chickens, so I'm really still working things out and deciding what I enjoy. I do want to breed for fun though. Aggressive roosters are a no though - hence I'm wondering if I decide based on personality. Second to that, I would like to conform to the standard. Only problem is I...

Any tips on picking between cockerels at a young age? Looking at everybody's pictures, mine don't seem to have much red in them. Here's a poor picture of mine at 8 weeks. One has grown faster, the other is slightly tamer. The tamer one has more red in him than the large one. Any idea what age...