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I read a few things saying possibly eggs kept at around 40 degrees for about 4 days being more likely to hatch out females. Obviously not determining gender, as that is obviously already determined but that the males may be more likely to die off, leaving only the females. There was a snafoo...

Three wk old Blue Marans chirps almost incessantly and is standing off by itself. It let's me pick it up, unlike any of the others, and it doesn't normally let me do that. I saw it drink a bit ago, I haven't watched it eat since this behavior began. I did see it poop and it looks like normal...

Purebred beauties. These chicks are now nearly three weeks old. Blue Marans and Black Copper should both lay beautiful dark eggs with mahogany tones. See top eggs in pic from same breeder stock. Olive Eggers are F10+ and should lay gorgeous dark green eggs. See bottom eggs in pic from same...

I have some Blue Marans (not Blue Copper, just Blue). They are two weeks old. My Black Copper boys are starting to show some copper in their wings. Since my Blues don't do that, I've been looking at other possibilities for sexing them. I noticed there is a marked difference in leg color for...

Just one bird in my juvenile quartet trills. It's the black one with the gold, that is nearly 9 wks old. I'm hoping it's because she's a girl, lol. Two of the four are definitely cockerels. Thoughts on trilling, and if it's gender related at 8-12 weeks old? (I tried to post a recording...

Just one bird in my juvenile quartet trills. It's the black one with the gold, that is nearly 9 wks old. I'm hoping it's because she's a girl, lol. Two of the four are definitely cockerels. Thoughts on trilling, and if it's gender related at 8-10 weeks old? (I tried to post a recording, but...

TIME CRITICAL: I got some chicks today and they need (yes, NEED... long story!) to be bathed ASAP. Should I set up my incubator to 90 degrees and put them in there until they are dry? I hate to use a blow dryer on babies.

This is our first Silkie, Wishes, and I am completely uninitiated. He or she is 4 weeks and 2 days old. His/her feathers are looking pretty rag-tag, lol, and I'm thinking it is a frizzle. What do you say? Also, though I'm pretty certain it is much too early to venture a guess at gender, if...

I moved my 4 week, 5 week and 6 week old chicks to an outside small coop as a brooder yesterday, using a MHP (6 4 weeks old, 1 each 5 and 6 wks old). They had been inside the house in a brooder with the MHP. I checked on them twice during the night and it feels warm and cozy in there. But this...

I have a Summerhawk Ranch coop for an extra coop for birds I want to keep separate. I have just cleaned it thoroughly in prep for moving my chicks into it. The metal tray that slides in to catch poo is rusted. We have removed what rust we can with sanding and rust remover, and we'd like to seal...

This is just the last two days or so. I am not aware of any injury. But it is in with other chickies and it is the smallest, so something could have happened. Do I need to be concerned? Is there something I should be doing? The arrow is pointing to the wing that sticks out from the side a...

I set these shipped eggs at 8am, February 10th. My first baby pipped yesterday at 11:45am, and I now have 5 babies in the incubator. I have two questions: 1. The first pipper pipped 22 hours ago, and still has only a port hole. She is breathing fine and cheeping. How long should I wait before I...

I am hearing a few different things and am curious about opinions here or, better yet -- FACT! LOL. When eggs are at room temperature, then placed in the incubator at say 99 or 100 degrees, at 8am one day, is 8am when you consider the start of the 21 days? When does chick development actually...

I am nearing the end of the incubation period for the eggs I currently have going. Last week, I broke open 9 eggs that were obviously clear during candling, with no chick development. When I broke them open, I could not even see a red dot, or anything that looked like they were fertile. Two days...

For the first week of the hatch, I did what I have done in the past, which is to put a small round dish of water in the incubator (the type you use for soya sauce when eating sushi) and I added a damp sponge for a day because my humidity read like it was too low ( I write everything down and...

My chicks are due next Saturday, so I am finishing up preparations. I have read from multiple sources about using puppy pads to line the bottom, so have been considering that. However, there are also pads made to put under human patients in bed. There are "chucks" and other brands. I even found...

When I went into the coop a bit ago, there was some blood in 2 places inside, and a small spot outside on a cement block in part of their run. It was not in poop, but on its own. I am including a photo, and I also saw some under the ladder style roost. I have inspected every bird, including...

Where are the air sac experts? LOL Maybe Sally Sunshine? Has anyone had actual success in encouraging air sacs to move to proper positioning by setting it with wide end up? I am on day 7 of this incubation. Some of the eggs have air sacs in weird places, or there is not one visible at all with...

I had my incubator plugged in and temperature stabilized before adding the eggs. I have never done more than a dozen at a time, and temp stabilized within a couple hours. I added about 3 dozen this time, so wondering how long it should take to stabilize. I am sure it is better for the eggs to...

I am last minute fill in for my niece's first grade class today, teaching about chickens. One of the things I want to talk with them about is how the egg is formed. Nit the baby chicken, but the eggs we eat. I know there is a fabulous chart for this, that is drawn, nit a graphic photo. I haev...