I have these chicks that are 6 weeks old, 7 on Monday, that I think are girls. But I wanted to make sure they are in fact females.
1 is a black copper marans chick
The other 3 are Easter egger crossed with buff orphington or black Australorp roos.
I got 6 blue copper marans egg to hatch. They hatched 2/28 and 3/1. So 3 weeks old.
I ended up with 3 blue copper and 3 black copper from the hatch. I think I only have 2 girls out of the 6. However, I'm not sure, I have never sexed chickens before.
There is the smallest of the 6 that looks to...
I am very new at sexing chicks at all, I have gone through my 17 chicks and marked the ones I'm guessing are cockerals. However, this 1 chick is having me still on the fence. I labeled it as a girl by wing, but I'm not very positive at all. Could be a week old today, sat or sun as my eggs...
I have a chick thre struggled with getting out of the egg but did. Took over 24 hours to get out. Had bad crooked toes and I did the bandaid tip the toes for 2 days but she isn't waking or trying to walk at all. Looks like a slipped or crooked hook and something maybe wrong with her ankle.
She...
I am using a barrowed incubator see photo. I bought a humidity and temp comb to put inside the incubator to monitor everything. My question is this:
My incubator is saying the inside temp is 102 degrees F but my thermometer is laying on the screen next to the eggs is reading at around 96...
I have 2 Roo's needing new homes we now have 4!!
1- Black Australorp hatch date 7-1-2020
2- Olive Egger (FCM X Cream Legbar) 17 weeks old
Located in South Central Missouri
I bought these 2 from a lady downsizing her flock. They are olive Eggers, they were 14 week's when I got them. The cross parents are cream legbar and FCM. I can't tell if they are roosters or pullets. They are 2 days from 17 weeks old in the photos.
Any information would be greatly appreciated...