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    Not Sure if You've Got a Pullet or a Cockerel? Click here! thread 3

    bump. gender?
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    Not Sure if You've Got a Pullet or a Cockerel? Click here! thread 3

    bump...oops
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    Not Sure if You've Got a Pullet or a Cockerel? Click here! thread 3

    This is Pixie. "She" is 5 1/2 weeks old and hatched from eggs I got from ebay. I believe her to be a frizzled, blue Cochin mix. Feathered feet point to Cochin, but the top knot throws me off. Anyway, her comb has recently turned very red and this makes me wonder if she is a she or not. She...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thanks,Curious. I am only keeping three of the eight, but I might as well let Poofy do the mothering duties until I find the rest homes.
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    Help with chick breed, please.

    Seems to be a blue frizzled Cochin mix with a top knot. Very cute and very skittish.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I'll join in. My Polish went broody for the first time about a month ago so I broke down and bought some fertile barnyard mix eggs from Craigslist. I gave three to my broody and did my first "dryish" incubation on the remaining nine. At ten days I found 2 eggs to be clear (one under the broody)...
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    Day 4 candling - signs of life (and not)

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    Day 4 candling - signs of life (and not)

    Carpenter's level -- got it! Those are pretty birds. I love their chocolate feet and faces. What breed are they? Are you using a playpen for a brooder or just standing next to one? I just put my chicks (2 @ 11 days old; 1 @ 9 days old) into the outside brooder I made. They are separated...
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    Day 4 candling - signs of life (and not)

    What are "carpenter's level air cells"? Glad you got a couple of babies and good job saving the wrong-way chick.
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    Day 4 candling - signs of life (and not)

    So, what happened? Any babies?
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    Help with chick breed, please.

    Thanks. Really hoping for a silkie cross.
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    Help with chick breed, please.

    This chick hatched from a small whitish egg 6 days ago. First pic is at day one, the two on the table are from today (day 6). She seems to be a bantam with a bit of a top knot and feathered legs. I bought the eggs from a seller on eBay who said in her ad: You will receive 12+ eggs from my...
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    Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member

    Thanks, ronott1. This poor chick was sticky and now much of the feathering is glued/hard crusted to its body. I have used some warm water and a soft toothbrush to help alleviate this issue, but it is slow going. Then I pop it back in the 'bator. It certainly is a loud chick!
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    Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member

    I'll join the club now that one of my Rock Island eggs from my local health food store just hatched at day 23. The store I got the eggs from is called Good Earth, so the chick is named Eartha. She is the only hatch out of the dozen, but most of the eggs I bought from an ebay seller didn't...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    10 chickens 1 silkie 1 salmon faverolle 3 ee's 1 naked neck 1 polish 2 rir 1 buff orpington (Fridgie-the-wonder-chick -- hatched in the fridge) 10,935 total
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