They came from a silkie roo and polish hen :)
Thanks guys we saved the first from being shrink wrapped and splayed leg .... I was sure hoping to keep the pair but any pullets with our rate this year are welcome hahahah!!
If you don't mind me asking what are you looking for when seeing a roo or...
It is not easy .... I have not had either of these breeds before these were hatched by my kids and myself and are now 11 weeks old. We had HORRIBLE hatching rates this year and ended up with all males from what we had but these two I am not sure of! I need some of your expert skills and have...
I very much appreciate and respect everyone's expertise!!!!
Looks like we have one for the farm and three for the freezer hehe!
@keesmom seriously one of the black and the yellow are built like serious tanks and came from the tiniest eggs .... looks like i do have a bad hatching luck...
hahah thats ok! We have lots of homes for potential roosters before hatching :) Just out of curiosity what in your opinion suggests they are all roos?
We wing sexed for 3 hens and 1 roo ....
Our four little lovely chicks are growing so fast! We hatched them in a DIY incubator.
I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on breed or sex? They are a couple days off 6 weeks old :)
I can get better pics ... I am not sure what to photograph so thought I would start with a quick snap...
Thanks Whiskey! They do look very similar!! All of mine have fine feathers on their legs but very very little .... I am excited to see how their feathers come in :)
Thanks twisted feather ... I meant hair as in their chick feathers their born with hahaha ... I appreciate your response ... That is very cool I thought that meant they would!!
We have hatched 4 (3 chicks shown) from a local farms eggs
I am not entirely sure if breeds can be identified easily or even when they can so I thought I would post out of curiosity. I really appreciate anyone's time that will have some fun and insight taking a look at our families chicks...
Firstly this forum has been a wealth of knowledge .... Thank you a bazillion times :D
Secondly we are on day 23 and our chickies in our diy incubator are starting to hatch the kids are super excited .... We lost our 4 hens in the fall :( we decided to hatch in the spring ....
Our family has...