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    Pheasant hatchers, please look

    I am hatching out my first ring neck pheasants and I have the first 4 of 10 out of the shell. Can you tell the sex by the coloring? I have 2 that are yellow with red stripes and 2 that are dark with yellow stripes. Just seems odd that they were 2 different colors. Thanks for your reply. :D
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    Hatching Pheasant eggs

    I am hatching my first Ring Neck eggs. I know that they take 24.5 days and I put them in the hatcher on day 22 which was Sunday. One pipped Sunday over night, several yesterday, and a few more last night. Do they take longer after pip to hatch than chickens? I'm just patiently waiting. Any...
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    Hatching process, after Pip?

    Can someone please explain the technical stuff that happens after pip. For instance...... I have two Silkie eggs that piped almost the same time. One had zipped 1/4 of the way around and stopped this morning. So I decided to help out a little. ($30.00 for 8 eggs, I help out if needed) All...
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    Polish Gender Question...PICS ADDED

    I have a Buff Laced Polish chick that is 2 weeks old. I know you can tell roo's from hen's very early because of hair doo's. But, I only have one so I don't have any thing to compare to. The chick has a perfect Mohawk that is about 1" tall Does that tell anyone what gender it might be...
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    CUTE Showgirl Babies!!!!

    I bought eggs from SilkieSue here on BYC, and hatched out the cutest Showgirl babies. They are 11 days old today.
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    First Hawk attack

    Last night my Husband came home from work and saw a White Silkie in the yard with TWO Red Tailed Hawks on her. He ran down and the smaller hawk flew off, but the big one stood her ground til he got only 10 feet from her. The Silkie was already gone He did stand guard until dark because they...
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    Excuses for Hubby......

    OK....... I was just wondering..... This post is not about me I am posting for a friend....yea Here is the situation.... I, She, promised DH not to hatch any more chicks Right now SHE has about 4 dozen in the bator. What have some of you told DH when chicks hatch or just show up...
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    Double Yolk Eggs

    How common is it to get double yolk eggs? My friend has a Rhode Island Red hen that lays a couple a week. Is that normal?
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    Lithargic hen

    I have a Sillkie pullet who is 6-7 months old. Yesterday afternoon I noticed that she was not acting right. She was just laying there. I picked her up and moved her and she stayed in a laying position. I gave her the once over and everything looked fine. No leg problems, no mites, clear...
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    I got wigglers!!!!

    I put 22 eggs into lockdown abut 8:30 this morning and I got 4 wigglers already 6 are Japanese, 7 are Silkies AND 9 are Showgirls The last couple days are torture:th I can't wait anymore......HURRY
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    Is This A Pile of Chicks, or what?

    They are all around 2 weeks old. There are Silkies, Japs and Sizzles. 33 of them to be exact. They are all so cute when they are laid out like shag carpeting I think I spend as much time staring at them as I do in the bator. I don't get a whole lot done when there are chicks and more eggs...
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    Leg Band Questions

    I have several batches of eggs hatching around the same time and wanted to be able to identify them by breeder. That way if I have some exceptional Silkies come out, then I know which breeder I want to order from in the future. I have seen those spring leg bands and was wondering if they would...
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    What is this? Speckled Sussex?

    I bought these this weekend. The roo is smooth feathered and the hen is frizzled. I actually got 4 pairs of them. My friend suggested Speckled Sussex bantam. Your input would be great I'm ignorant when it come to smooth feathered birds and the different variety's of them. I'm a Silkie...
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    Splash Silkie Question

    I hatched out 11 B/B/S Silkie chicks, 4 are very light grey and solid. I was hoping to get some splash. Are splash chicks born with spots or do they come in with feathering? Mine are only a week old. Thanks, Sharon
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    New Silkie hatch on Saturday ***pics***

    I had these little guys hatch on Saturday 10/01/11 My "Zoe" thinks she is the momma. Buff Silkie Blue or Splash Silkie. He is the color of Sterling Silver. Please let it be a splash 3 partridge and a buff I think this ones going to be blue... My first hatch seems to have gone...
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    Is He Hiding???? Pics****

    This Buff Silkie has been peeking out like this since about 11am, anything to worry about? I can see him moving, I think you can even see the beak in the photo
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    Silkie Lockdown last night... pipping already!!!

    Yeah...... their pipping already!!!! In my excitement of getting a new bator, I ordered and ordered eggs not thinking about lockdown dates Well I had 3 batches of Silkie and Sizzles to go into lockdown, one yesterday and two today. So...I waited until late last night and moved them all to...
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    Baby Pics*** First hatch

    These chicks are my first hatch I set 9, 7 made it to lockdown, 2 hatched Monday and 2 on Tuesday. I have 3 left. The hatch date for all of them is Today! I had some come early much to my suprise This has been the coolest experience ever. My 17 year old daughter got to see one hatch...
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    Hatched Japs...So Small. Feeding Question

    I'm hatching out Japanese right now and they are so small. When I got the eggs locally the seller told me to make sure I fed boiled egg in addition to chick crumbles. I am doing that, is there anything else I need to know? I want to be a good chick mom.
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    First hatch going well and Early!!!!

    I have Japs in the bator and and day 18 was Sunday. 2 pipped before I could get them into lockdown one more pipped Sunday night. Yesterday morning the first hatched:weee followed by another in the afternoon and one more about 5am this morning I have one more zipping right now and 3 left...
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