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    any guesses on sex? silkie experts.

    got 2 silkie chicks, both 8 weeks old. im sure one is a rooster because of the massive wattles he started growing last week, but not so sure about the other. shes the bottom of the pecking order, really calm and friendly and has pretty much no wattle growth. though i know it can be hard to sex...
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    Question about chicken colours (gold partridge)

    i have a gold partridge pekin chick about 5 weeks old. of course roosters and hens look different and the roosters tend to have black feathers with the firey red on the back/ neck and hens tend to have black and brown pencilling over the body with a bright orange belly and head. my question is...
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    pullet or cockerel? pekin bantam turned 5 weeks old today

    sorry if pictures are bad, any help appreciated!!
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    chick wont stop stress chirping unless im right in front of it

    its genuinely infuriating at this point and i have considered culling this chick multiple times. i keep the brooder in my room as i have no other place to put it. this chick is 1.5 weeks old. it didnt do this the first few days but then i picked it up ONCE and now it cries until im right in...
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    humidity dropped super low during hatching, advice?

    so i did a dry hatch where the humidity was around 30% the first 18 days. then into lockdown obviously i increased it. yesterday one chick successfully hatched and last night at about 1am i checked and there was 2 pipped eggs, one had more progress because it had pipped a bit earlier but it...
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    chick will not stop chirping after i added new chicks

    i only hatched one chick recently and it has been non stop crying for the past 3 days. i was finally able to get a couple more chicks from somebody but it still hasnt stopped crying. all chicks are about the same age/size, all can fit comfortably under heat, have access to clean food and water...
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    100% dry hatch or partial dry hatch?

    ive been having problems with chicks both making it to hatching but drowning in the egg and also chicks dying after about day 7-10. i suspect the latter is because i have to open the incubator once a day to refill the humidity since i cant do it from outside. im looking into trying a dry hatch...
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