My mix of straight run chicks (speckled sussex, jersey giant, RIR, and 2 mystery) are 4 weeks old today. Is there a way to tell the sex of the chicks yet? I assume there is since you can order day old hens or roos but I'm not exactly sure how to do it. Any and all help is appreciated.
So I had an ordeal where my incubator didn't hold the right temperature a few weeks ago and I lost 9 Royal Palm Eggs. To skip the incubation drama and waiting torture I ordered 4 RP poults from the BYC sponsor chickensforbackyards.com. They won't ship till May but at least this time at the end...
I recently purchased hatching eggs from ebay and lost all of the eggs due to my own temperature miscalculations.
Anyway, I am looking for the next batch or even a few poults if they are within decent driving distance from Sussex County NJ and would rather support my new friends at BYC than do...
So I am a rookie and made a few mistakes. My first mistake is that I put my two chicken eggs in the bator same day as my 9 turkey eggs. I now realize that if they were to hatch they would prior to the turkeys and possibly contaminate the eggs. Secondly I set the temp at 91 instead of 101. I...