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I picke up a couple chixks from big r this afternoon to place under my broody hen. We first had to wash her under side and move her amd the bad eggs to another nesting box. Away from everyone else. After the bath and the move she settled down. We then went out after dark and switch out the eggs with the two chicks. So far she has taken to them. What do you think the odds are she will take them in. They are under her right now and she seems to be happy.
The breeds that big r teceived look like americauna, blue cochin, leghorn, black australorp and maybe buff orpington.
The woman behind the counter seems to know about chickens pretty well for a change.
SEE???? Now I want some more chickens (I LOVE my EE, and am always tempted to get more - they are the prettiest in my flock) SHame on you for feeding my addiction, lol
I MUST RESIST! (Especially since I am passing right by there this a.m.)
Hi Everyone,
You all have been busy since I've been goneso many new faces have popped up (YAY)! Anyway, on to beginner chicken business...
I think I've been hoodwinked.
6 weeks ago, I bought 3 black sex-links (at least that's what I was told). Of course, as a chicken beginner, I had no idea what the chicks should look like. Well, to make a long story short, I am beginning to transition the new babies into the "Big Girl coop" and I noticed that one of my new babies does not look like the others. I think I may have another cockerel.
So I'm posting photos to get your opinion.
Are they black sex-links?
Does the one with the black head have missing DNA (XY vs. XX)?
Also, now I am scared to mix the flock with the latest mareks posts, because I know my older girls received mareks at the hatchery, but I can't be sure the younger ones received it from the breeder. Any thoughts?
What did they look like at birth? Did the one in question have a white mark on it's head? Cacckle hatchery (video below) ends up with barred markings on the males, and females that look like most of yours. Maybe it's still female, just missing the bright gold. There is no "Barred" look to it, which the makes are supposed to have... Sex link are supposed to be fool proof. (Red stars are - yellow chick males, red chick females)
http://www.cacklehatchery.com/blacksexlinkpage.html
And Per Murray McMurray:
At maturity, Black Stars weigh a little over 5 lbs. The females are black with gold hackle and breast feathers, and they are egg laying machines. The males are black with white barring. (They will not retain the same characteristics in future generations.)
I think you have a hen, just with extra black on her head.
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