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I think we are at 40 chickens right now haha

Ok a few I'm wondering on! At this age, I'm hopeful these are all roos. Nobody is aggressive or fighty. The white is black copper marans either with coronation sussex or light brahma. Dark grey is marans mixed with easter egger The maran/legbar crosses (solid black) are tricky because I...

Silkie mix, just not great layers. I have a few silkies for fun, but the rest of my hens are more economical.

Gahhh of course. I dont even like the grey one

The one black copper marans is obviously male but the other one I am unsure of. Also unsure of the grey chicken which is a mix (includes silkie and ???)

2 are straight black marans 2 are crested cream legbar with marans father I lost track of who was who after they came out of incubator. Would love guesses on these as well as gender!

Day 20 and we have 2 pips so far, video clip here:

Day 14 Candle today. Despite crazy issues keeping my temperature stable (sensor must be off), 18 out of 25 are alive and well. Of the original 25, 18 were shipped and 7 were mine. I lost 4 shipped and 3 of my own, so the shipped eggs are doing better overall! Here are some of the good and...

I used 2 meat thermometers and one mechanic's diagnostic tool (idk what the actual name of it is, but it has a million probes).

I am going to check again on Friday (day 14), I figured there had to be an error somewhere.

Ok I need HELP! Here is the link to my notes, but something wonky is going on. Several of my eggs seemed to have gained weight. I THOUGHT my incubator temp was accurate, I checked it with 2 thermometers the first day and all looked good, but today I put 4 probes in between 2 different...

I have quail rails, and was curious - why quails? What do you use yours for?

So jealous! I cant find a goose egg to hatch.

Hi buddypalfriend! Joined your thread. I threw... 21 or 22 eggs in the incubator yesterday. I think they were: 6 salmon faverolle 4 silkie 3 copper marans 3 crested cream legbar 2 easter Eggers (All ordered on Ebay) 4 of my own barnyard mix Should hatch 4/24!

Of my 2 black copper marans, one is clearly a roo. They're both the same age, but the other one I'm struggling with. Not crowing, not as red or comby, not as big, but tail feathers seem long. What do I have?!