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  1. LoupGarou

    How long does it take?

    Two days ago, I put my two remaining Buff Orpington hens in with a rooster. I want to hatch some eggs to bring my buff numbers up again. How long does it take for eggs to be fertile after the introduction of a rooster? I've seen him mounting both hens, but I know nothing about the internal...
  2. LoupGarou

    Bantam? Roo?

    The only thing I'm sure of is that it's an EE. It seems to be a rooster. When I bought it from the feed store (from Ideal stock, I think), it was supposed to be "a banty, two weeks old, I think." I don't think it's grown a single bit since it was supposed to be two weeks old--if so, it's tiny...
  3. LoupGarou

    Do I have a pair?

    I am 100% certain that this is a rooster. He is a hatchery Welsumer. Am I right? I am 90% certain that this is a pullet. She is also a hatchery Welsumer. Do I have a pair?
  4. LoupGarou

    Can a bantam rooster cover a large fowl hen?

    Or vice versa? I have a bunch of regular-sized EEs, none of which appear to be roosters (although I'm pulling for one, who seems to want to be). Through a chain of events, I hatched out a single chick from a dozen bantam Ameraucana eggs (the real deal). If that chick turns out to be a rooster...
  5. LoupGarou

    EEs, Welsumers, and BOs . . . oh my!

    Here are a few new pics of the EEs I posted about last month. They are about 2.5 months old now. Can anyone tell if they are boys or girls yet? I'm thinking orange-headed one is a pullet and the other is a roo. Thoughts? These are hatchery Welsumers--at least, I think they are. I had...
  6. LoupGarou

    Not trying to get around rules, but . . .

    From the rules Moderation BackYardChickens staff spend a TON of time and energy to keep the forum running smoothly. How BackYardChickens staff moderate is never a topic for open discussion on the forum. If you have any questions or feedback on moderation it should be addressed to the...
  7. LoupGarou

    I just don't feel welcome here . . .

    It seems like whenever I ask a question here, it either gets snotty answers or is just plain ignored. Has anyone ever felt that way before? What can I do to fix it?
  8. LoupGarou

    Bantam Breed?

    They are supposed to be about 2 weeks of age right now--I got them to keep my singleton bantam brown red Ameraucana company--and the feed store could not tell me what they were (you have bantams? What breed? . . . "Bantys." . . . Yeah, okay, give me two.) They are also supposed to be pullets...
  9. LoupGarou

    I think I'm getting the hang of this Chicken Math thing . . .

    I raised two Barred Rock pullets for someone whose broody hen had rejected them (they were different from all of the yellow chicks she otherwise hatched out). Yesterday I gave them back to their owner AND I hatched out a single chick of my own (the other eggs were duds). Today I got two chicks...
  10. LoupGarou

    Pullet Eggs?

    I ordered a few Golden Campine chickens from Ideal Hatchery and, through a course of events, have ended up with three rooster chicks and one pullet. I will choose the one roo that I want and have alternative plans for the others when they become a bit older. My question, though, is when pullet...
  11. LoupGarou

    Adding chicks?

    I have three two-month-old buff orpington pullets in their own pen. I also have two one-month-old male chicks. I'd like to move both groups (or at least one of the roosters and the pullets) into a larger enclosure in about a month. Will I need to keep them separated with some kind of netting...
  12. LoupGarou

    Golden Comets?

    I ordered a mix of Golden Campines, Welsumers, and Australorps from Ideal and got two light yellow chicks as a surprise (I'd ordered 25 and received 27). I was sure they were Golden Comets and assumed they were both boys and destined for the critter sale at the feed store. Now I'm not so sure...
  13. LoupGarou

    Lone chick?

    I have a bantam araucana that hatched two days early (day 19). It is now 24 old and doing great. However, none of the other eggs were pipped as of this morning and I'm afraid of it being trapped inside the incubator once the other chicks start to hatch. I have an aquarium all set up to be a...
  14. LoupGarou

    ACK! Hatching two days early!!

    I received some bantam Araucana eggs on the 11th. I didn't expect them to hatch, since they had gone out on the 3rd; however, I let them sit until I decided what to do. I put the eggs into the LG incubator on Wednesday, the 13th, using egg cartons to hold them since my Hovabator still had my...
  15. LoupGarou

    When do ducklings start feathering out?

    I ordered ducklings and silky chicks from Ideal, which were delivered on the 14th. The silkies and the packing peanut roosters are all developing wing and back feathers, but my ducklings are still fuzzy. When do they start to get mature feathers? Also, I ordered my ducklings straight run...
  16. LoupGarou

    Quail and treats

    I've got a mixed brooder of silky chicks and coturnix chicks. I've been giving grit for a few days now. I have some raw yellow squash that I'd like to give them (ends from cutting up squash for dinner). I also have some leftover pasta. Can I give these things to the coturnix as well as to the...
  17. LoupGarou

    First quail pips!

    I have about 8 pipped eggs out of the 50 in my incubator. I can see the beak of one of them, working hard to get out! w00t!!
  18. LoupGarou

    Silky colors? also, are these black sex-linked cockerels?

    I received an order of chicks from Ideal today and I couldn't be happier with them. All of them arrived in perfect condition after being in transit for only one day. However, I ordered five silky chicks and one of them seems to be a different color than the others. It is distinctly lighter...
  19. LoupGarou

    Black Sex-Linked Cockerels

    I received my Silky chicks and my ducklings today and Ideal packed five black sex-linked cockerels in with them for warmth. I was going to try to keep my ducks and my quail on the 24% protein gamebird food--if I'm just going to process the sex-linked birds, can I give that to them as well, to...
  20. LoupGarou

    Feeding baby coturnix

    Can coturnix chicks eat medicated chick starter? My car has broken down and I can't get to my only source for unmedicated feed.
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