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Just a side note about using the paper towel over the shavings. I haven't tried paper towel but what I use is those puppy training pads. They are the perfect size for the bottom of my brooder. Then I just roll them half way up, set the other one down and continue rolling as I finish laying the...

I am on day 24 and my last one of 18 just got out of it's shell. It ended up very dry and so what I did was break away as much of the shell that I could (without pulling) and then laid the egg of a wet paper towel. The little guy is out now!

Anyone???

Here are some new pics. They are 1 week old now and I am wondering if anyone knows now. I have someone interested in purchasing some but cannot have males. The first one is the one with chipmunk markings and the other one is the one I think is a female.

I was told with this pairing that I should be able to tell the sex by the colours. This is what I was told: "red chicks would be female and white chicks would be males". My problem is, I'm not sure which are red and which are white. They each have a little bit of red in them but the ones that...

I have 6 newly hatched chicks and I'm not sure what sex they are. The are the offspring of a partridge chantecler roo and a white americauna hen. Pic 1 and 2 are of the same chick. They kind of have chipmunk markings. Pic 3 - there are 4 chicks like this, no real markings, a little darker on...

Thanks, I will try that.

We have babies!!!! Out of the 16 eggs that were in the incubator, 8 have hatched and 3 more are pipped. It looks like I have 4 female dominiques, 1 male dominique and 3 female ameracauna x chanteclers. The other 3 that are pipped are ameracauna x chanteclers. I also have 2 chanteclers that...

I have 8 chicks hatched (out of 16) with 3 more pipped. 3 of the ones that are hatched have egg goo and shell stuck to them, how do I clean it off?

Hatch day starts this morning for me. I heard chirping from the eggs this morning but no movement or pipping. I have to go out of town this afternoon until tomorrow afternoon and I hope that they wait until I get back. DH will be here but I want to see them!!!The kids are so excited too. I have...

I too have seen these pictures and wondered if anyone who has made one could post a material list as well as some simple instructions. Thanks

Quote: Funny you say this because that is exactly what I've been doing since last night!

Last evening I officially went into lock down with my first hatch. I started out with 25 eggs (9 partridge chanteclers, 7 chantecler x dominiques, and 9 chantecler x white ameraucaunas) and I locked down with 2 chanteclers, 5 dominiques and all of the ameraucaunas because I can't see in them...

When I asked a similar question, I was given this answer: "If you set on a Thursday, you should be hatching on a Thursday". Hope this helps.

I had read a post on here (can't find it now) about what I would get from my chickens when crossed. Particularly, I am wondering about sex. I have a partridge chantecler that I crossed with a white ameraucauna and a dominique. Someone wrote how I could tell them apart (males from females) when...