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  1. micheleomal

    Help with breed and gender please

    I got this chick out of the rare breed/colored egg layer bin. I think from Hoover. Now 10 weeks old. I'm thinking maybe Midnight Majesty. This chick has always been larger than the rest and has heavy feathering on legs. Comb and wattles are not as red as in the pics. What do you think...cockeral...
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    Frizzle Cochin

    I have a 2 yr old white SF Cochin hen. She had normal flat feathers until her first molt at 18 mos. her feathers grew back frizzled. How is this possible?
  3. micheleomal

    Breed please?

    I purchased hatching eggs from someone who said she had breeds of chickens not just barnyards. I picked eggs out of a mixed basket. I don't really care but I did get a buff Orpington, a black australorp, a white leghorn, a dark barnevelder ( I think), and this one. Anyone have any guesses as to...
  4. micheleomal

    What sex is my chick?

    This is Bug. Very pretty chick. Hoping for a pullet but don't know. Very slow to feather. Legs seem sort of thickish. Very shy. The other chicks have always picked on this one. 6 wks old. Supposed to be a Barnevelder but with willow legs I'm thinking a mix. Any ideas on sexing Bug?
  5. micheleomal

    Staggered hatches in one incubator

    I put eggs in the bator 1 day apart. Not the brightest thing to do, I know. Will my 17day eggs be okay on lockdown with my 18day eggs? Not that I have a choice, but I just wanted to know. Thanks
  6. micheleomal

    I need your expert opinions, yet again. (updated pictures/ new pictures)

    The red EE with the grey head has no comb development, but long feathers near it's long skinny tail. It is rather aggressive towards the other chicks. 11 weeks old. The white chick with the grey head has no comb development, but has red pathces on its back. It has shorter feathers near its long...
  7. micheleomal

    EE has me stumped, please help

    This little EE is 8 wks old today. It's comb is pink but I don't see any ridges or peas to speak of. It has pointy hackle feathers but is football shaped with a long tail. The coloration on it's back is patchy but w/o red patches. It does not spar with known roos in the bunch. I've had pics of...
  8. micheleomal

    Just making sure before I sell!

    I have 2 black copper marans, about 8 weeks old. I just want to make sure that they are boys before I sell them. Their combs are large but not very red and are starting to develop wattles. I'm new at this. I know my other Marans hens have large combs so I just wanted a second opinion on these...
  9. micheleomal

    Girls or Boys? First chicks I've hatched!

    This is Cracker (hatched from a cracked egg that I put tape on). Supposed to be an Ameraucana/Araucana mix. Has a longer narrow tail. Any ideas of sex? It's 4 1/2 wks old. Also, what color would this be. Born a chipmunk and still not completely feathered out. .This is Willow. Same age as...
  10. micheleomal

    What Gender on Oddball chicks?

    I have 2 chicks that I hatched that are the only ones of their breeds to hatch. It is hard to compare chicks when they are the only ones. If you could help me sex them I would appreciate it. Chick 1: Salmon Faverolle age 23 days Primary feathers came in black, but now there seems to be more...
  11. micheleomal

    Is this spraddle leg? Very stressed here...

    This chick was born yesterday morning. I doesn't seem to be able to stand. The legs aren't splayed way out but the chick sits back on it's knees? and holds it's wings out. Another chick in this batch of shipped eggs hatched last night and seems to have it's toes curled. That one is not real...
  12. micheleomal

    Roo behavior in new hatched chick?

    This sounds silly but I have an Ameraucana chick that is not quite 24 hrs old. It picks on the next oldest chick which is 9 hrs old. I tries to stand on that chicks back. It is very curious, very active and when I put a thermometer in the brooder it stood up tall to it. Can you actually have roo...
  13. micheleomal

    lock down on day 19?

    Newbie here, but just hatched 4 chicks (out of 9) today. Don't know if the rest will hatch or not. It is only day 22 so I'll leave them in. Anyway, I have 6 more eggs due to go in tonight but their air cells look small. Can I leave them in the incubator at low humidity another day? I have 2...
  14. micheleomal

    Help....I think air sack is too big!

    Obviously a newbie here. This is my first hatch. I am making it difficult on myself with a staggered hatch (4 actually) but I do have a separate incubator for lockdown. The problem is, at 12 days my oldest eggs have air sacks the size of 18day eggs. I live at 5400 ft elevation. The eggs came...
  15. micheleomal

    How to handle lockdown with a staggered hatch

    Hello, newbie here. I went a bit overboard ordering my first bunch of eggs and they came it at different times. I have 2 incubators, 1 for incubating and 1 for hatching. I will switch about 12 eggs to the lockdown bator on day 18. But 2 days later I will have 6 more than go into lockdown and...
  16. micheleomal

    best still air incubator for lockdown?

    I am a newbie at hatching. I bought a Hovabator Genesis and am on day 2 of incubating shipped eggs. Not all my eggs are arriving on the same day so I will have staggered hatches. I want to purchase a second incubator to use just for lockdown/hatching. I was thinking a still air incubator might...
  17. micheleomal

    small eggs

    I have a quick question. I just received some Salmon Faverolle eggs that I purchased off Ebay. I got 7, two I would consider medium sized but the other 5 are tiny. Much smaller than my smallest backyard mixed pullet egg. Does anyone know anything about this breed and are these eggs even worth...
  18. micheleomal

    Counting my chicks

    I just purchased a Genesis 1588. It is set up and ready for my eggs to arrive in the mail next week. I got carried away with the egg buying and have 2 dozen plus extras coming. I'm assuming around a 50% hatch rate (hopefully) but if by chance I get a higher rate...how many chicks can fit inside...
  19. micheleomal

    First incubator, humidity issues HELP!

    I just set up a new Hovabator Genesis 1588 a couple hours ago. Separately, I bought a free standing thermometer and hygrometer. An hour after I set up the incubator, the temp was stable on the digital incubator readout and the freestanding one. However, the incubator"s humidity reads 45% and the...
  20. micheleomal

    chronic diahhrea

    I have a not quite 2 yr old Marans who has had chronic diahhrea since I got her last spring. Other than that, she seemed normal but she only layed about a dozen eggs and then stopped completely.I have wormed her twice and recently treated her with Corrid for 3 days and then another 5 days. This...
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