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  1. redinator

    9 week old Game Bantams

    They are, but super skittish. Although I guess a skittish male is better than an aggressive one.
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    9 week old Game Bantams

    I guess with the shortages this year TSC company could've gotten chicks from other suppliers. I'll wait a bit longer to find out, thanks.
  3. redinator

    9 week old Game Bantams

    I didn't see those listed on Hoover's hatchery website. They sound interesting, do you have link for those breeds?
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    Male or female?

    There's always one, lol.
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    Male or female?

    My last cockerel heavy batch were RIRs and I was not sad to see them go. They were a brazen bunch, turns out the pullets aren't much better.
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    Male or female?

    It can happen when you purchase them too. It does hurt a bit more when they're your own though.
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    Blue Jersey Giant 8 Weeks Old, Gender?

    I'll give it a go tomorrow. There's a few others in the group I wasn't able to get good pictures of today. They were a bit unsettled because I shifted everyone around to make room for some recently hatched chicks.
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    Male or female?

    I've been there several times this year. It's kind of a dreary place to be.
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    Blue Jersey Giant 8 Weeks Old, Gender?

    I sure hope so. IT has been a very sweet chick from the start, which makes me suspicious, lol.
  10. redinator

    9 week old Game Bantams

    Getting good pictures of these two chicks is like trying to capture a lightning strike in slow motion; possible, but not with my equipment (cellphone), lol. I got these two in a SR batch of assorted bantams at TSC. They are currently 9 weeks old. I know one is a male, that's been obvious since...
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    Blue Jersey Giant 8 Weeks Old, Gender?

    This is my 8 week Blue Jersey Giant. If I remember correctly they are slow to mature, so the red, but still small wattles has me leaning male. The comb isn't red though so I'm wondering what others think.
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    Pullet nasty to chicks

    I don't know if that information is correct, it's just what I was told. Here's a bit of reading on the subject of a drakes genitalia if you're curious: https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/duck-penis-corkscrew
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    Redinator's First Hatch-Along w Bonus Broody: Extended Edition

    In retrospect I should've waited to move them after dark, but the chicks are hard to see in the grass in daylight, so I didn't want to take any chances and not be able to find them. I'll move the incubator chicks out tomorrow evening when I have time to watch and observe Sweety's behavior...
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    Pullet nasty to chicks

    I've also heard that having drakes around hens is lethal when, not if, they try to breed them. Edit: Chicken hens to be more specific
  15. redinator

    Pullet nasty to chicks

    What I'm hearing is I need to get a goose.:hmm I'm still figuring out chickens, lol. A friend keeps telling me I need ducks . . . I'm not sure of his reasoning, but he almost had me convinced until I smelled his duckinglings in the brooder . . .holy moly . . .they stink. I brood my chicks...
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    Redinator's First Hatch-Along w Bonus Broody: Extended Edition

    Thanks, I'm nowhere near finished, they're gonna be some very happy chickens, lol. Edited typo
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    Redinator's First Hatch-Along w Bonus Broody: Extended Edition

    I needed a chick break after all the heavy lifting. The 8 and 9 week olds are experiencing a bit of middle child syndrome, so I spent some time with them in the new run.
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    Redinator's First Hatch-Along w Bonus Broody: Extended Edition

    I guess they're good if you have a larger flock and free range, but aside from that, I can't think of any.
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    Redinator's First Hatch-Along w Bonus Broody: Extended Edition

    Fresh sand, soil and pelleted bedding has been laid in the newly dubbed 'broody run'. To say this run has been neglected while I was incubating and playing chicks would be an understatement, but now it's back to being clean and refreshed for the new babies.
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    Redinator's First Hatch-Along w Bonus Broody: Extended Edition

    The boys are horrible. I had other chickens peck at me but never grab and bite. When I got the reds I got a straight run batch, 10 males 6 pullets. One latched onto my finger and wouldn't let go. I had to smack him to get him to turn loose. I was not sad to see them go, and I'm pretty sure they...
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