Thank you everyone. They are almost three weeks old now and doing great. I had them DNA sexed by egg shells and it turns out that little silver one that I wasn't sure would hatch is a pullet! And the other one that hatched right before her is a male so I ended up with one of each. I'm glad I...
I haven't tried candling since putting it back under mama, but so far there is no signs of anything from that egg or the other she is sitting on. Today is day 20, so maybe tomorrow or the next few days something might happen. Is it okay to candle again at some point? I've been afraid to touch it.
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I’m a newbie at this. I have a silkie who has been sitting on a couple eggs for 17 days. This afternoon my dear boyfriend thought he was removing a fresh egg laid by another chicken from the coop and left it sitting in a basket outside on our patio. It had apparently rolled away from the...
Thank you! That's what I was hoping. All six were supposed to be pullets but after #1 and #2 started crowing I was worried that not only are they roosters but that maybe the rest of them were too!
#1 Barred Rock 9 weeks old
#2 Production Red 9 weeks old
#3 Buff Orpington 6 weeks old
#4 Easter Egger 6 weeks old
#5 Barred Rock 9 weeks old
#6 Production Red 9 weeks
Any help in identifying their genders is greatly appreciated!!!