Update!!!
For anyone interested, at 10 weeks old, I feel certain that we have 4 pullets. I don't know how we got so lucky, but I'm so happy.:celebrate Thank you to everyone who replied with their guesses. :D
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I have 4 mixed barred rock bantam chicks and can't seem to tell what's what. They all have the same dad (my purebred bantam barred rock cock "Sheriff"). The biggest one (Pistachio) has an unknown mom, but one of my large fowl hens. The other 3 (Penguin, Pickles, and Pepper) have the same...
Yeah, I can see why it looks like that (I'd think the same thing), but the first 2 pics I'm candling it from the top at the air cell. The last pic is candling from the small end. The eggs are actually from my coop. The little guy is active in there and everything else looks good. Those lines are...
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I am incubating 4 eggs. I was candling day 7 to check them and saw something I can't figure out. I see veins and movement, so I know its alive, but there are 2 weird small black lines in the egg on the one side. When i candle the egg from the small end i can also see a little "dip?" where...
I need to rehome my 3 Roosters. They are purebred and sweet. 10 weeks old. My only other option is to take them to the auction, which I'm trying to avoid for my daughters. They would make great roos for showing at fairs. Let me know. Would be willing to drive partway to drop off. I'm in Florida
So, here's my final post for anyone interested. For the 2 older chicks (now 12 weeks old) Deputy and Tilly, we ended up with a girl and boy. No surprise. The other 4, I think, are 3 roos and 1 pullet. They are now 10 weeks old. Marshmallow (white cochin) is definitely a girl. Hey Hey (the white...