We’re at day 21. One chick hatched last night and knocked some of the eggs around. No worries there. This morning, My toddler climbed up and opened the bator, messed with egg and sponges, and this one was flipped, pip down. When I quickly reached in to flip it, that’s the size of the hole...
My friend and I have set 9 eggs in our DIY styro bator and miraculously they have all survived (at day 14 candling) and we are getting our first pips RIGHT NOW!! This little guy (or gal) rolled herself upright (air sac facing up thankfully) between two other eggs! She has pipped as you can see...
Picked this assortment up yesterday... They had purchased the eggs of full size birds to put under their setting Bannys... My guesses are in parenthesis for sex and breed [I am a novice so no judging] :) Thanks in advance for your help! I love this BYC community!
"Black One" Black...
This is our 8 week old from an Golden Comet hen and a Speckled Sussex Roo. I don't have any idea what breed it would be- probably just a mutt. But the sexing is what I am worried about... Any feedback on this baby would be helpful Thanks in advance!!
This is Mable and her baby... Not sure if this is actually *her* baby, as we have Barred Rock and Speckled Sussex hens as well. She is a Red Sexlink (Golden Comet or whatever else you want to call her...) Roo is a Speckled Sussex, and to me baby looks like a Red Sexlink female- but I didn't...
I will try and post pictures soon, my phone camera takes horrible pics... We've got two BR (supposed to be pullets)... three weeks old tomorrow and both are feathering out nicely- same pace. However the last day or so I've noticed that chick A is feathering in with more white than chick B...
We've got six chicks, getting their coop built this weekend. Our original plans were for a 3x4 coop with 2 nesting boxes included in that measure, and two roosting poles. They'll be free-rangers during the day and will go in at dusk. There will also be a run, appx. 3x5 in the front of the coop...
Clearly new to BYC, but I've been a troll for the last month or so. Technically second time chicken owner, but this is my first time *as a grown up* We've got six- two week old *pullets* sexed from the feed store (you know how that goes...) and are growing without giving me any roo...