I think he has both, light sussex and rir.... But he is not sure what the eggs are from.
I thought the black feathers on the neck might be clue to someone ?
Any ideas about the sex ? .. Comb looks large but I don,t see any tail feathers, ,it's not crowing but feet look big ... So I all confused ?
This is my chick now ... At approx 12 weeks .... Still not sure if mail or female..... Or what breed..
I'm thinking a cross between rir and light sussex ... The black feathers on the neck .... No crowing though .....
Any ideas ? Thanks
I. Was looking at this link and I thought that mine looked very like this one and this one is supposed to be a female ?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/721823/sex-of-4-week-old-light-brown-leghorn
What breed do you think it is ?
I thought it had all the colourings of a leghorn ... And the brown coloured feathers in front I thought it was female ?
What aspects of it make you say it is a male ?
Thanks
Thanks KYTinPusher - it also seems if the water might flow out as i go to either side - but I'll try it.
I had a home made one before this and rarely had to open it - it seems I have to open his every time I need to put in water ?
If you are online I'd love to hear how you operate yours ...
Ya - thanks that makes sense .... But i thought i should be turning them a full 180 degrees ?
One side - then straight - then the other side will not be 180 - I think ?
Should I be turning them 180 ?
I've got a brinsea octagon 20 incubator. It does not have a cradle or auto egg turner.
Can some one tell me what is the correct method for manually turning the eggs with this model.
I have the instructions manual but it implies it has an auto egg turner - else ' turn manually' - but how do I...
Hi Attached is my one and only Chick - 4 days old.
I think he is a RIR ... I'm just wondering if anyone can tell me what sex it is from the image of its wing feathers in the image - thanks
Thanks ChickenCanoe,
Remember this period was for one week (the seond week) not the full 21 days ... So I assumed they would loose maybe 6% on the first week as well and may be more on the 3rd week.
I suppose what I am saying is that as saw they had lost weight I assumed they were fertile and...
This is a follow-on from my earlier thread "Problems and questions with first hatch"
In sumary I put nine eggs in.
I didnt candle - I don't know exactly how .. So not sure all were fertile
On day 20 one chick hatched ... I open bator and took him out. still alive and kicking :)
Same day...
thanks Chickydee for your reply,
Ya - I put in two fans thinking it would eliminate the potential of hot / cold spots in the incubator.... but didn't realise it might cause other problems.
I think I'll stop the incubator today and disect the remaining eggs and try to figure out what went...
Sorry - yes my typo error - went in the week previous at 5pm on 29th Saturday (not 6th) ......
As my first chick hatched a day early do this mean temp was too high ?
Many thanks for your reply.
I don't think the membrane was shrunk around the second chick .... But this is my first time seeing a chick half-hatched.
How long after the chick zips should it come out of its shell- I can understand it might take a rest but I assume it should be out within 2 hours...
hi,
I've built my Own incubator (with styrofoam panels in a square box).
I put my first ever eggs (9 chicken) into it at 5pm on Sat 6th.
Question 1. Which day is day one ( sat 6th ?) or sunday 7th and which day is day 21(fri 19th?)
On Friday 19th one chick hatched .... I could see a second...