Recent content by shawnanjohn

Eh I’ll keep watching as they develop. I crest sexed them following the guides after hatch. I’ll just keep collecting data and eventually be able to do it with confidence. They are about to move outside full time so no more obsessing over my bitties lol

My 3 week old polish babies are out enjoying playtime and I noticed obvious differences in their tail feathers. They aren't old enough for sickle feathers but the shapes are quite obvious even with the 2 frizzle babies in pics 4 and 5. Is this a thing? I keep posting these guys as they grow as...

Another week past another set of pic updates. It is pouring here so they are stuck inside and not happy about it. We may have to add another outside gro-up pen for them since it is warmer out there then in here. They are all so beautiful that I am not looking forward to seeing who goes to...

I am going to keep updating this post so others can watch the development, we are in the ugly phase of balding old man heads and baby fluff coming off like a husky in spring. Today they had their first outdoor playdate in the dog crate next to the beginner coop. My older chicks are scared of...

The last gray chick throws me off. I Google a bunch but can’t find a laced blue for the polish so I guess I will wait and watch. The roos were white/ wcblue/wcblack but hens were mixed for colors so anything is possible.

Is there a color chart for polish chicks? I have 6 chicks hatched last Thursday from eggs I purchased online and am trying to figure out the colors they will be. I'm thinking the first 2 solid white, white crested black, white crested blue, white crested black frizzle, last one idk maybe a blue...

Well we made it to 12 weekish so far just the d'uccles look to be girls. 2 of the silkies I'm pretty sure are roos and 2 hens. I'll update their pics. My big black pics4,5,6) silkie whom is huge then the dark gray(pics 1,2,3). Both have combs and wattles forming while my bitty black and lt gray...

I'm having the same issue with the bantams I just moved out. I've always locked babies in for a few weeks then opened the door and done. These little messes will not go in on their own. I'm on my 3x locking them in after this I give up! We have been calling it bantam brain.

Yeah 3 and 4 are on the list. 5/7 I think I’m in denial over lol.

My first time with bantams so would like others opinions that are used to these little things. First round of culling this weekend, but want second opinions on obvious roos before I make a boo boo. The silkies we will wait out most likely because I just dont get it. Praying the polish is a hen...

The GLW Im pretty sure of too. I wish it would throw some green or something to put the nail in the coffin. I ordered some crow collars for the day it happens. I dont understand how I can see the signs in other people's birds but not my own smh.

Update it is now they are about 10-11 weeks or somewhere abouts. Nobody is crowing but the glw is very forward. Themy partridge cochin caught up with the white and they now how similiar comb and wattles. Still waiting to hear a crow or 2 before freezer camp.

after we finished talking the other day about the my 2 cochins being opposite in personality it started to click... crap.. dude looks like a lady. I wish you were closer you could take him! No boys allowed in my town. I don't know about the GLW I have been googling and comparing and it may need...

Cockerels or pullets? I ordered all pullets but well nothing is perfect. About 6 weeks old. I'm pretty sure the wyandotte is a pullet she has one spike starting to come in on her comb but it is still nice and orange. The cochin has the only set of pink/red comb and waddles out of everyone but...

As long as she doesnt turn out to be a he is my only worry with her spunk. She has the reddest comb out of everyone but it is small so we are watching it. We figured the wyandotte would be top hen. She was fiesty when we first got her but has settled into middle of the pack. I agree with you-...