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If that was the coldest weather Mark Twain ever experienced, I'm thinking he did not travel to any place that I would consider actually cold! Or else he was just exaggerating to make a point (given what else he wrote, I think that is pretty likely.) As for whether it is ever warm: that depends...

--Silver Mille Fleur, with Black/Blue/Splash After doing Cross A and Cross B (previous post), there is a good chance that you will have some Silver Mille Fleur chicks. Some of them may have blue, and some will show black. You can also use Silver Columbian chicks that came from Cross B. They...

While they are separated, it does not matter if the beak is sharp or not. So having them separated for now, and then thinking about whether to do something with the beak, sounds like a good strategy. Yes, pieces of a parakeet cage will probably work very well for separating chicks within a brooder.

Bearded. The cheeks look extra-fluffy (more fluffy than a non-bearded chick would be.) Blue (looks gray, but called Blue.)

Use a divided brooder: one big pen, with some kind of divider that they can see through but cannot go through. The divider can be hardware cloth, or a cooling rack swiped from the kitchen, or an old window screen, or a piece of chicken wire (but bantam chicks might be able to go through that)...

I would start with the temperature that @Kiki said is good, then after your eggs hatch, watch how the babies act. This should work equally well for any species of bird where the babies can walk around (chickens, quail, ducks, geese, guineas, turkeys.) If they huddle together in the warmest...

Yes, that is possible for some Buff Laced Polish. The gene that turns black into white is a dominant gene. So a Polish can have white lacing, but carry the gene that allows black. If you have two Polish like that, about 3/4 of their chicks will show white lacing (inherited from one parent or the...

I do not see barring in that picture. Of course she would not be barred, since she is a pullet, but those definitely are some interesting feathers. I'm a little bit unsure on this one. Barring on gold can seem like it fades in and out, rather than being crisp lines, and I feel like I can...

Egg cartons for what purpose? If they are for the eggs you are going to use in your own home, just save every egg carton you get from the store, between now and when you have your own laying hens. Then use and re-use those cartons. They can last a long time. If you are planning to sell eggs...

The black ones with some light coloring are "black" chicks that will have white barring (as in, they should grow up to be black with white stripes across their feathers.) They might have some leakage of other colors in their feathers, or they might not. The lighter ones mean that at least one...

So the Brahama cross one is smaller, has the pea comb, and has more feathers on the feet, right? That is... odd. I agree, a barred hen should not be able to produce sons that have no barring. But I agree that combs looka rather large. So you've pretty well ruled out the "other mother" or...

Okay, that shows it is a real difference, not just feathering. I agree, the father should be one of the roosters he owns, unless a neighbor's rooster came visiting or unless he just got the hens and they had previously mated with a Leghorn or some other kind of chicken (hens can store sperm for...

Have you weighed each of them, or picked them up to see how heavy they are? Sometimes fluffy feathers can make one chicken look much bigger than another, even when their bodies are actually the same size. If she really is smaller (lighter), then maybe she could be half Leghorn instead of pure...

Ooh, one of those tricky ones. Chickens with the genes for white legs can have light yellow ones sometimes, partly caused by what they have been eating. And chickens with the genes for yellow legs can definitely have light yellow legs or even white ones, caused by a different selection of...

Normal Barred Rocks are black with white barring. So if you have seen Barred Rocks, you have seen the color that males will be from a cross of black rooster/barred hen. Almost yes. The Extended Black gene that makes a chicken black all over is dominant over all the other genes at that locus...

If 88 is warm enough, then you're good to go. (I would trust @Kiki on that) If you need it even warmer, you would need to lower the lamp further (open the top), or else use a bigger bulb (more watts, more heat). One interesting effect with heat lamps: the lower you put it, the warmer the...

For some situations, absolutely yes. For some other situations, maybe not. And there are some situations when a heat lamp is far better than a brooder plate (better as in "chicks thrive" instead of "chicks die," when each method is used safely to avoid fires.) :goodpost:I agree. No one heat...

Have you tried lowering the lamp? That is the usual way to adjust temperature for that method of heating.

For gender, I do not think the breed change will make any difference. I am not sure that chick is a Light Sussex or a Splash Barnevelder. The patterns of colors in the feathers look wrong to me for both options, but I don't think there is any way to know for certain yet. Many chicks get...

I'm glad it was helpful! That sounds like a good project. Hopefully it will go well :)