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This is Thorin, the 18 week old EE. Thorin confuses me. S/he has never crowed or danced, but also is much more standoffish than his hatch mates that are hens... He is not colored like any of the other EEs i have either, hen or roo.... So.... Cockerel or pullet?

Hello! This is anecdotal, but when I was searching for info on dry hatch VS "traditional" I couldn't find this... So, I'm gonna put it out there. I have hatched both ways and I wanted to share my technique for both, and the experience. I have the Kebonnix 12 egg incubator. For traditional...

This little baby came in my order of Maran eggs. Was the only cuckoo we got... And what the heck?! Lol. First off, he has no toe nails on his outter toes of either foot! Then he has only one wattle coming in (hard to tell in these pics, but just his left side wattle is red.) And his comb is...

I ordered these from a local breeder. They were pretty pricey compared to my usual egg source, but I was trying to get specific breeds... I got them Friday at 4pm, and held them, blunt side up, at room temp of 65-70° til Sunday when they went in the incubator about 7pm. I am dry hatching. The...

6 weeks old, and this baby has me stumped... Comb is very red, but I don't see much wattle? I've heard that with pea combs a single row means pullet, and also heard that that is crap. We don't know for sure that this baby is 100% Ameraucana. Could be an EE...? Egg she hatched from was blue, but...

Got this baby out of an egg I hatched from an order meant to give me Croads and Marans. Clean footed, 4 toes. The comb is cool, and I have no idea what style it might grow onto! Hubby says she looks like a vulture. Lol. Any insight? Breed? Sex? I've got mostly Marans, EEs and a couple Barred...

I was given two Marans, one is a cuckoo, and the other I was told is a black copper... But he doesn't have any copper on him!? He is anout 12 weeks old, and the sweetest baby! He likes cuddles in my lap, and doesn't square up to the other boys... Just wondering if he doesn't have copper yet...

Hello! My mom and I set eggs from the same source 21 days ago. She had 6 in her off brand (made in China, no reviews when she bought it) and I had 9 in my Kebonnix. I did a 50% humidity normal/wet hatch. She did a dry hatch, which held at 25-30% for the first 18 days. We both upped to 65%...

This egg had zipped all the way around when I went to bed at about 1am. At 7am, my husband got up and it still hadn't hatched... Its now 9 and I have not seen any activity at all this morning. I have another egg zipping and a baby that just broke out about 90 minutes ago... Plus two other...

Please say hello to my 11 week old Barred Rock Cockerel, Chimkin! Named thusly by my 9 year old... Chimkin is a total sweetie. He will sit in your lap and let you pet him. My 9 and 7 year olds tote him around like Paris Hilton carries purse chihuahuas. He loves his humans! Today, my husband...

Day 9 end of day candling, and 8 of my 9 eggs look awesome... This is the very last of them, and I don't see any movement. Air cell is present, though.... What does a blood ring look like? Is this one? I took a picture, turned it 180° and took another picture. Google is not much help! If it is a...

What is this chicken? He came in our "Easter basket"? He looks like a Crevecour or maybe Polish to me? But I'm no expert! If you don't think either, can you comment what else he might be?

I believe I may have the worst luck as far as gender goes... We received 6 baby chicks that were 5 days old upon delivery. They had been feather sexed and thought to be 3 and 3. We lost one of the suspected pullets at 4 weeks old. We were gifted what I was told was definitely a pullet, and was...

My 8 week old Cuckoo Maran has me hanging on to hope she will be a she... What do you all think? Same chicken, different angles as she ran from me. Lol.

This is our very first hatchling. First egg I ever candled, and then ended up being the first egg to hatch from our first ever clutch. Because this was the #1 egg and #1 hatch, we have dubbed them The One, Neo. I was told this one is a Cream Legbar. So... Is this a Cream Legbar? If so, doesn't...

Got this little lady born Tuesday, and noticed today she was sleeping with her legs out, splayed. She was getting around to get food and water, but I but a brace on her. Now she won't get up and walk anymore! How do I convince her to walk around? First picture is when she was laying down. Sorry...

Had 13 eggs originally. I had a Kebonnix which only holds 12 eggs, so I split them between my Kebonnix and my mom's off brand (the incubator literally came with no instructions and the box was in Chinese) incubators. She took 4 and I took 9. On day 18, I had 8 viable babies with good looking air...

We hatched our first batch this past weekend. On Monday morning, day 22, we had 5 hatched and 5 pipped. On Tuesday evening 9 were hatched and one had pipped, started to zip and then stopped. We could see her breathing and moving. We spent hours assisting her zip, and eventually, with a lot of...

Well... The title almost says it all. We got six chicks that were 5 days old about 6 weeks ago, and then two more 3 weeks later. We had decided to try to hatch some of our own, and ordered 12, and a Kebonnixs incubator. The day after we ordered our eggs, our original chicken "dealer" contacted...