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  1. AinaWGSD

    What breed are these chicks

    Can you get clearer/closer pictures of each chick? I can't tell much from this one photo, except that the brown one seems to have red feathers on the shoulders that almost always indicate male.
  2. AinaWGSD

    I have very odd looking Barred Rocks....or do I? Guess who game.

    In my, admittedly limited (2 birds) experience, wyandottes are not big cuddlers. My current wyandotte (BLR) has pretty much never been one for touching. But she does seem to enjoy just hanging out next to me. She's been one of the sweetest birds in my flock, gets along with everyone. My first...
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    Ended 2026 BYC Calendar Photo Contest - We Need Your Pictures!

    Looks like last year the calendar was announced on Nov 14. So we might have to be patient a bit longer.
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    Ainawgsd's farm chickens

    Got some new pictures out at the farm today And I'm sad to report that Domino has melted out her white eyebrow. Oh well, she's still one of the nicest two malines pullets.
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    Meow Meow Monday!!!

    Okay Amara fell into the (full!) bathtub on Monday. I didn't post it because it happened right before bedtime. Tony and Julius snuggling on the couch (after I yelled at Tony for biting Jules' ear)Daredevil Luka giving my husband heart palpitations. Pepper says "bonjour"
  6. AinaWGSD

    Not sure on breed or sex

    Definitely a pullet, no way a cockerel would have such a small, pale comb at that age! O don't see anything about the tail end that would make me think maybe male. As to breed, australorp is probably accurate. Blue is a highly variable color, ranging from nearly indistinguishable from black to...
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    Finally having my first proper hatch along! Astronomy theme 🪐✨

    Ooohhhh, look at those fluffy little bums!
  8. AinaWGSD

    Easter egger Roo or Hen?

    100% cockerel. The attempts at crowing and pointed saddle and hackle feathers cinch it. The sickle feathers, the male specific tail feathers you're thinking of, come in much later than the other male specific feathers. Male saddle and hackle feathers come in around 16-24 weeks I believe. In...
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    Finally having my first proper hatch along! Astronomy theme 🪐✨

    Good evening Neptune!
  10. AinaWGSD

    I assume Saffron is a he?

    Way too young to tell. Technically all pea combs should have three rows of "peas" it's just usually easier to see on young cockerels because their combs develop faster. These three chicks were female This one was a cockerel and the first of the group to start crowing
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    Finally having my first proper hatch along! Astronomy theme 🪐✨

    Go little space chicks! We can't wait to meet you!
  12. AinaWGSD

    I plan to start breeding my chickens... any tips???

    My advice is to decide what your goals are first and go from there. You may want to look around on your local Craigslist or Facebook chicken group and see what's popular in your area. Barnyard mixes are fun, but depending on where you live there may not be much of a market for them. It will...
  13. AinaWGSD

    Clutch size for broody hen?

    Thanks everyone! We're raising buckeyes and malines for meat with eggs being more of a bonus, so I will not be sad with a male heavy hatch. My goal next year is to hatch 100. Our incubator holds 50, so that shouldn't be too hard to accomplish. Husband thinks that's maybe a bit ambitious, but...
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    Finally having my first proper hatch along! Astronomy theme 🪐✨

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    Clutch size for broody hen?

    Question for those with broody experience, how many eggs do you usually give a broody hen? Assuming med-large eggs for a large fowl/standard size hen. Since my olive egger is a frequent flyer in broody jail I'm planning on letting her help me hatch next year. Last year we gave her 7 eggs, 5 of...
  16. AinaWGSD

    Boy or girl?

    Flowers looks like a girl to me. From what I can see, there don't appear to be any thin pointed saddle or hackle feathers and the comb is much less red than what I would expect to see in a 14 week old cockerel. More pictures with her standing in profile might make guessing easier. But I don't...
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    Finally having my first proper hatch along! Astronomy theme 🪐✨

    Woooo Hooooo! Go Event Horizon! Go little space eggies, go!!
  18. AinaWGSD

    Ainawgsd's farm chickens

    The buckeyes are shaping up quite nicely. One of the two malines cockerels we're keeping. Not sure how many of those missing feathers are from other birds plucking and how many are from hands accidentally plucking when husband and 16yo had to catch him up and put him in the coop after dark...
  19. AinaWGSD

    Any idea what breed of rooster Mr Wiggs is?

    Technically, barring is always white. The barring gene causes a white bar on feathers. Mr Wiggs is blue barred because he has white barring on a blue background. The chest is barred, it's just much harder to see barring on a background color that isn't black. Delawares are an example of a breed...
  20. AinaWGSD

    Help idetify breed?

    I agree, red sex links are a real strong possibility. It certainly seems like the most likely breed to be found in farm/feed stores for someone with zero experience to impulse buy. They have yellow legs, so they're not buff orpingtons (orps have white legs). I'm not super familiar with all the...
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