...his comb is not as big as the other two, but it is larger than the one I think is a girl. His coloring is also suspect. The one girl has a small comb so far and just *looks* girly, small legs, no signs of rooster patches/coloring, etc. She chicken bombs the boys all the time, it's pretty...
Hi everyone,
I hatched four chicks out in April and thought I'd be done for the year. : ) However, it looks like I have only one pullet in the bunch. Sooo, I acquired some hatching eggs and set 8 under my broody BO hen yesterday and am putting 8 in the incubator tonight.
I'm on the...
Roxannemc, were all the eggs you set in this batch four or five weeks old? Or just the LO's? Did you rotate them daily before hatching? What temps did you store them at?
Well that settles it...I am going to spend a very long day driving round trip to pick up some hatching eggs. And I only feel slightly crazy for rationalizing the trip. : )
But 3 live! Don't give up! Did you post pics? The four I hatched are all doing great, but four weeks later it looks like I only have one pullet in the batch...maybe two, but I think I'm fooling myself with the possible second one. I thought I was done for the year, but I have a hen that is...
r3tic,
I see girl...but I'm no expert and maybe I want to see girl because she looks a lot like my little EE/BO cross that is about four weeks old. Plus I couldn't see the comb very well. Curious to see what the experts have to say! : )
Everyone can call their chickens what they want. I wasn't trying to pick at you on this, just my personal thoughts. Post pics, everyone really enjoys them. Legs, oh yeah another thing for me, I don't like yeller (did this on purpose) legs on my Easter Eggers. I prefer the slate (blue)...