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Opinions pullet or cockerel? This one has had me guessing. 14 weeks old

So my last couple of months I’ve been arguing with a few of my hens about them wanting to hatch more chicks (I still have 23 from my last hatch). Anyways, my dog passed away and I couldn’t be bothered to argue with them about collecting eggs. Sure enough 4 of them sat on eggs. One (pearl)...

This looks like a cockerel to me but would love others opinions. I believe it’s 7 weeks old. Thanks in advance.

Anyone have any experience modifying their Little Giant incubator? I’m tired of causing humidity spikes in lockdown from running out of water and needing to open it to fill the channels. Currently that’s my biggest pet peave. About it but I’m open to other suggestions on how to make this...

Hi guys, i have 2 chicks that’s are failing to thrive. One is in the brooder it’s sleepy, will walk around with its eyes closed, it’s breathing heavier then my healthy chicks, chirps a lot and loud when it’s awake, won’t eat (I can dip it’s beak and it will drink). Another one is still in the...

So I don’t normally candle all my eggs at day 5 but I’m doing a hatch a long on Facebook for my friends so I’m candling 1 egg each night...till I found this egg. None of my other embryos are even close to this big at day 5. Could this be just a mess of bacteria inside the egg? There’s spider...

me again.. Is this a pullet? Thanks

10 week old chicks any guesses would helps I think 2 of the wyandottes might be cockerels and so is one of the orpringtons. What do you think? Sorry I couldn’t get better pics some stood more still then others lol All my other birds I was able to sexe so don’t mind them in the background. Thanks...

hey guys looking for tips and tricks on intergrating littles with bigs. My littles are 10 weeks and my bigs are 18 weeks. My bigs are huge compared to the littles! I’ve heard of just plopping new birds on the roost during night time. It’s worked for me before but I only had 3 hens and a roo when...

hey guys, A couple of days ago I noticed my 7 week old chicks started getting really quiet, were a bit off balance (just could trip a lot) and comb and waddles went pale. Then during big bird lock up I noticed one of my pullets passed away. I cleaned the coop and closely examined everyone. A...

Hey guys I purchased and hatched some BLRW eggs and this chick does not look like the others. I’ve just never seen a BLRW look this stripey. It’s got a rose comb and yellow legs. Could it be a mix you think? Or do you think this is just a bad patterned BLRW? The breeder had a few kinds of birds...

So as a little project I’ve been hatching eggs from my silver laced Wyandotte hen and my blue laced red Wyandotte rooster. I was wondering if I notice the chick is silver laced with a bit of gold leakage does that pretty much guarantee that it’s a male? I’m guessing it’s just a slight visual...

Wondering if it’s safe to assume these cuckoo maran crosses (or maybe barred rock crosses) are pullets? I’ve gotten so many mixed opinions so far. 9 weeks old today. Don’t mind my other birds in the background. I got so many cockerels from my last hatch still working at finding them homes. 1. 2.

Hey guys, I’m almost done day 20 of my second time ever incubating eggs and I’m going a little crazy waiting. So was hoping people wanted to share pics of their favourite/pretty bird. Particularly chicks in the mean time :D:jumpy Here’s one of my favourites from my first hatch. I ended up...

Hey guys, I’m halfway done day 20 of my second ever hatch. So far not even cheeping from the eggs just a bit of rocking. My humidity dropped during the night from 65 to 60 should I add more water or just hold out till chicks start hatching in the next few days. I have a feeling it won’t be...

I’m seeing quite a few people doing this. Would like personal opinions and experiences from you eggsperts on the subject of using shavings during lock down. Pros I’ve heard of are humidity stays nice and high, easy to clean up, chicks dry well and eggs don’t knock around as much. Lockdown is...

I love this chick and am really hoping it’s a hen but am not good at sexing barred/cuckoo birds. It’s comb is pretty bright but it has really no wattles. It’s 8 weeks old. Last pic is after I made a sound to get its attention so it’s all alert. Doesn’t normally stand like that. Thanks

I was told by someone recently that you should not candle your eggs from day 13-16. I did last time but didn’t have a super hatch. I candled a lot, didn’t leave the eggs alone and got a bunch of random eggs from people so that could explain the poor hatch. Anyone else heard of this? I can’t find...

I have assortment of birds that are keeping me guessing. Would like others take on them. All my other birds are definitely cockerels. So these are my pullets and my low key Roos. Just to know which is which. So 6 weeks old pullet or cockerel? 1) ameraucana x Wyandotte 2) Either barred rock...

I’ve got 3 5 week old chicks I would like some opinions on. 1 & 2 are ameraucana x Wyandotte and the other is a maran. I know the pics suck but any help would be appreciated thanks