I’m pretty sure at least half of these are boys but tell me what you think! I’m offering a few to a friends family and they have a small coop so want to stick to pullets so I need a second set of eyes so I don’t steer them wrong! Please help!
1 - bym, was smaller than its hatch mates so at...
Are these black copper marans pullets or cockerels?
Honestly both look pretty similar. They are 8 weeks. I had two blue copper marans that were clearly boys, had big streaks of copper and huge combs very early. These two looked like girls next to them. But now I’m not so sure. Their combs are...
Hello! I have a few broody hen questions!
I currently have three broody hens, the first two are co-parenting, sitting on 4 eggs together. All are fertile. Set to hatch later next week. I’ve never had hens hatch eggs before, how is this going to work out? Will they raise them together? My most...
Hello, I have 5 mosaics, 2 are 10 weeks old and 3 are 5 weeks old. I’m inquiring about the two 10 week old ones who are confusing me and actually harder to sex than the 5 week olds! I’m just inquiring about their gender, not the quality of breeding or whether or not they are pure bred. I’m a...
Hello, my friend borrowed my incubator and hatched a chick with cross beak and a missing eye. She can’t keep the chicks, just wanted to hatch them. So I’ll be caring for these chicks soon. What can I expect? This chick hatched on its own and has eaten/drank. Seems to be doing ok so far (24 hours...
Hello! I need help determining if these are Roos or pullets!
I am pretty confident a few are roosters, but want your second opinions before giving them away (the most roostery of all is my absolute favourite- of course!). A few I’m leaning pullet, and then some I’m just not sure either way...
Hello, this boy has suddenly started falling back on his haunches. He is 8 weeks old today, I hatched him myself so has not been exposed to other chickens elsewhere. No other chickens are experiencing symptoms to make me think they could have mareks.
We moved him and 4 other older chicks in...
Hi! 2.5 week old crele legbar “pullet”. Autosexing breed so presumably I should’ve known. But it is flying around at the other chicks since got some extra space and pecking me constantly, very assertive. Is it actually a pullet?
It’s my sons and I was going to sell the only other crele legbar...
I have four Swedish flower hen chicks, was so excited to get some of these eggs to hatch and hatched 4. They are 2.5 weeks old, are they all roosters?!
Might be hard to tell from the pics but they are all pretty big compared to the other breeds the same age, all have spur buds starting and 3/4...
Hello, I have a hen who has been regularly laying these long narrow slab sides eggs daily. She’s been laying eggs like this for probably a couple of months now. At first I thought there was just some shuffling in the pecking order and she was being disturbed, but it’s been quite a while now...
Hello! I have this lovely docile svart hona (6 weeks old tomorrow). Being all black I’ve found it hard to tell as the comb will obviously not pink up. Now that she or he is almost fully feathered, what are we thinking?? Roo or hen? It’s my only one so can’t compare.
Hello! I am trying to figure out my mosaics, I thought one was a hen and the other a rooster and now I’m not sure, are they both roosters?? Or has it flipped and chick 2 is the hen and 1 is the rooster? Or was my first instinct right (1 is the hen and 2 is the rooster) lol?? They are 6 weeks old...
6 week old Icelandic! I’ve been so back and forth on this one but I think now at 6 weeks and fully feathered she is looking like a hen? I know she has a bit of a comb but it doesn’t look very pink and the breed is supposed to have larger combs. Help me confirm lol.
FYI I’m making separate posts...
Hello, I will preface this by saying this chick is not even 24 hours old yet. But I am super invested in it so I need to know! I hatched him myself and had to do some assisting as his egg was saddled. It was quite the emotional roller coaster.
So, long story short. I hatched himself with...
Hi, I had a chick hatch foot first. Its leg came out twisted the wrong way. It can’t seem to put weight on the injured foot.
We splinted the legs like you would for splayed leg. She can’t stand on her legs though. When I place her in standing position she plops down. Her hips feel the same on...
Need some advice, time sensitive!
Hi, I’m on day 20 and have several eggs in the incubator. All my crele legbar eggs have pips other than the one lone egg with a severely saddled air sac. I’ve marked the air sac, it’s completely on the side so I’m fairly confident this chick will not be able to...
Three week old chicks, black is svart hona, the two chipmunk stripes are mosaic and the unique looking one is an Icelandic.
I’ll post individual pics in the comments.
Ok these chicks are only 2.5 weeks old so these are just early guesses just for fun! I know it’s too early to tell but I’m just eagerly awaiting while I’m waiting for my next chicks to hatch and these ones to get bigger. Let me know what you think!
**note there are only 5 chicks, the black...
I haven’t seen much about Icelandic chickens on here. I just hatched one and am so taken with her, my son picked the breed. We incubated a couple eggs and just one hatched, but she’s beautiful. Anyone else have icelandics?