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Chicken is in her second season. Very pale comb and loosing feathers. Poop very red/brown but we also just painted the coop red so not sure if related. She seems to be pecking around the yard just fine.

About two months old at this point. Blue andalusean (sp?).

Thank heavens cause I bet her $50!

My 7 year old insists this is a hen based on the fluffy butt. I say rooster based on comb and wattles and coloring. Chick is about 8 weeks old.

Thanks everyone for your help! I'm guessing there's one more rooster lurking in the bunch, assuming it's 50/50 split when hatching.

I thought those were brown??

We got a "variety" pack of hatching eggs (breed stamped on egg) but this one (black and white)seems to make no sense. Based on other positive IDs it's got to be a Welsummer or Speckled Sussex, but it doesn't look like either of those (to me). Also...it looks a little roo-like.

The beak finally popped through but not much progress has been made. I'm relieved that there's a good oxygen source now, but that's gonna be a tired chick. Will wait and see how things look in the morning.

I see a beak!!! I'm so relieved :) Two of six hatched, two peeped, waiting on other two. Thanks for being here, it helped me feel less panicked.

I know, I know, I know. We DID track the air sacs but I didn't think to actually draw it on the eggs. We've kept the brooder upstairs (which has a dedicated split unit) so the external temp stayed at 72 the entire time and the internal temp remained at 99.6 the entire time. Because we love in...

No idea on humidity (I'm a newbie!). But I can't see the chick's beak. I believe I can see a feather poking through though.

Pic is of Wellsummer egg who pipped about 8 hours ago. Our Blue Andalusan hatched overnight so I'm not sure what things are supposed to look like, but to me it looks like the membrane is intact and possibly in the wrong position.

This is what it looks like now and I'm a bit worried. I don't think the pip is in the right place and am worried that the membrane is drying out. It's been this way for about 8 hours now

We are incubating 7 eggs and the automatic turner is working well for all but the Welsummer. The Welsummer egg is very oblong and of even width, so I'm wondering if there's not enough of a convex surface to work with the turner. Suggestions? The Welsummer is the dark brown egg on the right.