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    Is this fertile?

    I want to see if my rooster is actually doing the deed with my hens so I can hatch some babies later but not sure if he's doing the deed.
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    Genders what do we got

    These four babies are now almost 5 weeks. Nova gen/RIR I think I have an idea on genders but I need people who know better than me to confirm if I'm right
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    Do any of you have guesses on gender of these chicks?

    Wanna guess genders of these 4 babies? Because I have no clue. Nova gen/RIR breed. (Not sure of the brown one)
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    Hatched chicks and one looks different than the rest

    Hi we just hatched four chicks one of them looks rhode island red the other two look nova gen (mom is nova gen dad is either RIR or nova gen) but one of these guys is different than the others so can someone tell me if he is still a nova gen or RIR or if he maybe has a different parent and we...
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    Nova gen chicks

    Are nova gen chickens sex linked? I just hatched four (only two in pictures) anyway nova gen is mom and RIR OR nova gen for dad. So are these two Male or female? Or does it not work that way? If it was based on sex link I assume both females because they aren't light colored but I don't know how...
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    Im confused on a breed of chick i just hatched.

    So I just had a silkie hatch some eggs for us and the egg colors were all the same brown some a little speckled. We got them from another local chicken owner. Potential dads -silkie -nova gen -Rhode island red Mom -nova gen Now the first two hatched classic...
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    Nova gen chicken

    So we got 6 fertile eggs from another local chicken owner. We put them under our broody silkie. 1 broke and now we are down to 5 unfortunately another chicken wanted to lay an egg in her spot. So I actually never heard of nova gen chickens and I looked it up are they always a RIR mixed with...
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    I have three babies 14 weeks old.

    For One baby mom is a dark brahma and dad is a silkie The other two babies both mom and dad are silkies. They are just hitting 14 weeks old Colors: 1.Grey 2.Black 3.Black/brown for the brahma baby
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    Can someone guess the gender of this 5.5 week old chick silkie/dark brahma

    Broody hen hatched some babies five and a half weeks ago and I'm really curious on the gender of this specific one can I get some guesses? Its got non silkie feathers so clearly it got its biological mamas feathering so im hoping that means it might be more obvious to someone else what gender it...
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    Help! Day 24 i think

    I have a broody silkie she went broody october 10th only 3 were viable then until day 18 we realized new eggs were randomly showing up from i believe our other silkie so we created a seperate brooder so she couldnt get extra eggs.. We candled on the 30th(day 20) to make sure they were good and...
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    When does 21 days start for a hen sitting on eggs?

    Does the count down for a hen hatching eggs start the day she sits her broody butt down? My silkie is at 20 days broody with 3 very live eggs however I feel like the air pockets look like they only around 14 days? Is it just me being brand new to candling and first time ever letting a hen sit on...
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    My silkie went broody and about to hatch her eggs

    So.. one of my lovely 1-2 year old silkies decided to go broody 18 days ago we let her just to see if she was truly gonna do it.. so we candled the eggs 9 of twelve were not viable. At first we didn't think she could have viable eggs because we got rid of the rooster 11 days before she went...
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    Im not getting answers and something continues to be wrong

    I've posted before but now she has yellow poop on her behind and lethargic. Hasnt layed eggs in a week. If you have recommendations please tell me where I can find the medicine I have to order and it will be two weeks before I can eve get it in at this point I'm not sure she will be alive by the...
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    Help!

    I have a chicken acting strange! The past two days she stands still ..moves when I go near her still but I havent seen her eat or drink. Her crown is very red so not pale. Stopped laying eggs. And just kind of seems like a zombie. She is vaccinated for mereks. She's got runny poop but not...
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    Whats wrong with this girl?

    So my frizzled easter egger I noticed was sitting on the nest when I came in to hangout with them. Not terribly unusual I just thought she was laying An egg. But then she didn't move from that spot for a half an hour. So I went in and kicked her out thinking ohhh maybe we've got our first time...
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    How do i know the new members of flock are being accepted?

    I have five chickens and recently got two silkies that are older than my girls. We did the introduction. kept them in a kennel for three days inside the run. We have them out of the kennel now and having to put them in the coop at night (leaving the door open so they can get away from the others...
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    What is this

    I believe my dark brahma laid this egg. It's only her second egg. First egg was soft shelled and broke because she was on the roost. This egg is hard but something was stuck to the side of it. Please tell me it's not lash egg? Glitch because she's new to eggs? If it's not lash egg is it some...
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    New member

    hello! My name is Tiffany i live on an island in Alaska. I am new to the chicken world (kind of I've had one chicken in the past in an apartment and i ended up giving her away after a while because well that was a dumb idea for a 21 year old who thought buying a cute chick was what i needed)...
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