Recent content by Taysherm

I would guess pullet. By this age you should see a more red comb with 3 rows on a cockerel.

The hatch is going very good. So far 12 of 25 are out of their shells. One isn't right, but I'm going to wait until the hatch is over to see if you guys can diagnose the issue. She can't seem to use her legs and just flips over backwards. She's one of the more beautiful chicks, so I would hate...

We just had a Porcelain D'uccle hatch! This is getting exciting.:pop

Here is a picture of chicks one and two. Perhaps my wife will keep sending me pictures as they hatch.

Thank you abraga. The first chick out was a barred rock. Only one sedans egg made it to lockdown, and it has yet to pip. I had to go to work, but surely I will have an update when I get home this evening. When I left there were 5 external pips (3 barred rocks, 1 bantam Easter egger, and 1 gold...

Our first chick has arrived! This was the second to externally pip. There are currently 2 pips and 1 chick. The incubator is doing an excellent job of keeping temps and humidity. The only thing I've encountered that's troubling is the fact that I can't seem to keep the cat from trying to get...

Our first pip is visible! It's a day or two earlier than expected, so part of me hopes this one is slow to hatch. However, it was summer when these eggs were collected, and maybe, just maybe they started to develop before hitting the incubator. I guess I'll know once I meet this little barred...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hands-on-hatching-and-help.1081034/page-1139

These look like my feed store quality birds. I don't show, so my feed store birds work great. You can't eat those awards anyway, and all eggs taste great! I'd say you got one heck of a deal!

Also, I think they're all pullets at about 18 weeks old. A few more weeks (4-6) and they should be laying.

She's definitely a mix. The bluish legs, pea comb and colors make me think Easter Egger, but I don't think you're going to get blue eggs from her with that much yellow in her legs.

At our house most eggs get boiled for deviled eggs. My kids could eat eat a dozen a day. Of course on the weekend I like to make sunny-side up eggs. I could eat 5 or 6 myself, but usually I guilt myself into stopping at about 4.

We got 4 eggs today. 2 from leghorns and 2 from RIRs. That would indicate that our other RIR still hasn't started. We're also impatiently waiting for eggs from 2 EEs, 1 barred rock, and one buff brahma. I'm guessing our brahma is a long way from laying, but the EEs look like they're getting...

Thank you for the continued advice Alley. I've read a lot of mixed things about bantams, so I thought I would go earlier than later. Is there a sure fire way to know when to start lockdown? I don't want to rush it if it isn't needed. I certainly don't want to drown or endanger the hatch by...

Also, 2 of the eggs that I removed had floating, detached air cells. I considered them as scrambled in the shell from the shipping process.