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    Update on staggered hatch

    I posted a few weeks ago about our broody having a staggered hatch. Here they are today. It's pretty easy to tell which came first to last by size. Mom cares for all babies the same and despite the fact its siblings are almost feathered out while it is just not getting feathers, the little one...
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    Staggered hatch, hen won't leave nest with chicks a week later.

    Our broody started hatching out chicks last sunday. Between Sunday and Wednesday, 4 hatched out, but even now, on Friday, she won't leave the other eggs that have not hatched out. I have put out a waterer and chick feed for the chick's and broody still comes off the nest once a day. My question...
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    Staggered hatch, hen won't leave nest a week later.

    Our broody started hatching out chicks last sunday. Between Sunday and Wednesday, 4 hatched out, but even now, on Friday, she won't leave the other eggs that have not hatched out. I have put out a waterer and chick feed for the chick's and broody still comes off the nest once a day. My question...
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    Are they all roosters?

    These three chicks are all supposed to be black sex links (BR mom/RIR dad, but brooded by a black sumatra). They all have white dots on their heads and I know that is supposed to be an auto sexing feature, but one chick is not like the others. The others are developing cones that are already...
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    I was wrong! First Egg.

    I posted a few weeks back that I thought our bantam easter egger had laid her fist egg. Turns out I was wrong. It was our polish mix that laid the small white egg, because today this was in the nest: It's such a tiny, pretty light blue egg. I can't wait for more!
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    Too hot?

    We are under a heat advisory until the end of the week. Heat indexes are expected to be in the low 100s for the next few days. I made a post a few days back about putting my 14 3 week old chicks outside. They will be 4 weeks in a day or two. I stopped turning on the light at night because they...
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    Oily rooster-why?

    This big guy is my standard size flock keeper. When we got him, he had black tar poured down his cone and the back of his head was bald, and don't even get me started on how shaggy his feathers were. He was also a bright orangey-red color. Once his feathers started coming back in, he's started...
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    Chicks won't got back under light.

    I posted earlier today about putting our 14 three week old chicks outside in a rabbit hutch coop for a while. They liked it so well we decided to just leave them in it and put a lamp in the back. The problem is, they won't go in the back under the light. They are laying in the run area (it's a...
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    3 week old chicks outside.

    I have 14 three week old chicks. Today the temp outside is 88 degrees. Would it be okay to put them outside for a little while in a raised rabbit hutch style coop? They are getting cramped in their brooder and I thought with the temps being so high I might be able to let them get some excersize...
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    First egg? Or not?

    I think our little EE bantam hen decided to celebrate the Fourth of July by laying her first egg. Im pretty sure it's hers, but it was layer in the nest with our BR eggs. So maybe it's a fairy egg? I can't bring myself to crack it open to see if there is a yolk. Lol. It's such a pretty little...
  11. nikchick

    Candling eggs. Are they viable?

    I have a broody hen that's been setting since the 14th. She was off the nest for a bit today so we decided to candle a few eggs. I dont have pics because it was spur of the moment. All the eggs we candle seemed to be dark for a little more tha 3/4 of the egg and the other part seemed empty. Is...
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    Are wyndonettes slow feathering?

    I have 10 EE pullets and 4 wyndonette pullets in a brooder right now. I had planned to put the in the coop at 4 weeks (with a low wattage heat lamp), but I've noticed that the wyndonettes arent feathering out as quickly as the EE are. They are all the same age and have had the same environment...
  13. nikchick

    Take a guess!

    Most of my birds are backyard mixes. I have a few that I can pinpoint the breed, but a few that I am clueless about and would greatly appreciate opinions on, such as: Her coloring reminds me of our black sumatra (minus the black comb), but she is crested. I have no idea what kind of mix she...
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    My hen thinks she is a rooster.

    We recently bought a mixed breed rumpless chicken. She (he?) was a purchase made under the assumption that we were buying anot her hen. She/he is an older chicken (I always feel bad for the "throw aways" so they usually end up in my backyard) and has not laid in the two months we'be had her...
  15. nikchick

    Newbie to the group

    Hello all! I'm a long time lurker of the boards. I'm located in West Tn. Right now we have 6 mixed bantams, a RIR rooster, a sumatra hen, a BR hen, and two mixed breed hens (one crested and one rumpless) along with 10 EE pullets and 4 silver laced wyandotte pullets in the brooder. Chickens are...
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