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    Sex of dutch bantams, olandsk dwarf, and breed(s) of mystery mix cockerel!

    I was thinking my suspicions were too good to be true but it sounds like I finally had some good luck for once! The little cockerel doesn't crow yet but for the last couple weeks now he's already acting like the protector of his tiny flock. If he is brave enough to do something new, the rest of...
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    Sex of dutch bantams, olandsk dwarf, and breed(s) of mystery mix cockerel!

    The 4 Dutch Bantams are 4 weeks old and the Olandsk Dwarf is 5 weeks. The adorable obvious cockerel is 6 weeks old and his egg came from someone who was selling eggs from the following breeds: Mille Fleur D'uccle, Dutch Bantam, Gold Sebright, and bantam Cochin. I'd love to hear guesses on...
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    How Much Should Seramas Lay...?

    I have been eating them, they're delicious! I find that 3 or so of Pearl's eggs amount to one "large" size grocery store chicken egg, as opposed to the 5 to 1 ratio I always hear.
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    How Much Should Seramas Lay...?

    My first serama pullet to start laying, Pearl, has been laying nearly every day since she started! I've heard people describe seramas as good layers, others not, so I'm guessing it comes down to the individual bird. My other serama pullet Della laid her first egg the other day so I'm waiting to...
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    What breed is this bantam chick?

    I did hatch this chick. She was from a bantam surprise mix of eggs. The breeds the seller said were included were Mille Fleur D'uccle, Dutch Bantams, Gold Sebrights, and bantam Cochins. I only had one hatch because of a massive temp spike in my incubator. If she looks mixed, maybe two of the...
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    January 2021 Hatch-A-Long

    It's happening! I came home from work and found that two of my Dutch Bantams hatched! Three more have external pips and a fourth is rocking like mad! After my terrible hatches in December I'm so happy that this one is doing so much better :wee
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    Sorry for the late update! I ended up with only 1 Olandsk Dwarf chick hatching. The crossbeaked wrong end pip chick died overnight after pipping. The three I suspected were dead in shell had indeed quit, I did eggtopsies and found 3 fully developed but very gooey and horribly positioned chicks...
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    What breed is this bantam chick?

    Mystery bantam! From 1 day to 1 week to today. Hatched December 25th. She's changing so fast. Also she has feathering on her legs, the pictures don't seem to show that clearly.
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    To my surprise, I have one external pip..who pipped on the wrong end of the egg and appears to possibly have a mild crossed beak. I can't catch a break it seems! The membrane on that one was VERY dry and rubbery looking, so I did pop the egg out quickly to moisten it with some coconut oil...
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    My 5 Olandsk Dwarf eggs that made it into lockdown are looking good. I've heard that they tend to hatch at 19 days like Seramas, and if that's the case they're due to hatch tomorrow, but they don't look quite at that point to me. I'm betting on day 20 or 21 for these guys. Fingers crossed all 5...
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    My sweet little singleton chick all fluffed up ❤
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    Got another picture of the very lucky chick
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    The one and I suspect only one to hatch from the eggs due today. I'm not surprised because I had so many issues with these eggs at the start. This one was with the batch of eggs that nearly got cooked! A Christmas miracle any hatched at all, I'd say! I noticed some teeny wet feathers on her...
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    Eggs due to hatch tomorrow, I moved them to my little Brinsea so I can see! One of the mystery bantams internally pipped! I ended up with 3 mystery bantams and 2 Seramas going into lockdown. I fear two of the three bantams may have quit very late into the game, but I hope I'm wrong. With a...
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    Candled my eggs today and pulled a few obvious quitters. What I have left are: Due to hatch 12-25: 3 surprise bantam eggs and 3 serama eggs, all showing a lot of activity, but one of the seramas I'm concerned about because the air cell is VERY wonky and never actually reattached. Due to hatch...
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