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My buff Cochin is supposed to be a pullet. 9 weeks old.

I was sold a pair of chickens that were listed as 6 week old blue splash Phoenix. I heard the cockerel crow this morning and took a closer look at the birds. The cockerel has saddle feathers. I think they are not 6 weeks. More like 14 weeks. And the size is too small for a Phoenix. I suspect...

I put 16 eggs in lockdown yesterday and today I have 2 eggs that have pipped! It’s only day 19. The incubator temp was 99-100 degrees during the incubating for the first 17 days. I hope the chicks will be developed. The lines on the egg are to locate veins

I have started dispatching my Cornish rock cross birds and was asked by a friend to make this video. My process is a culmination of information collected from this site and many YouTube videos. I knock the bird out with cervical dislocation (though I don’t know if I actually do break the neck...

It has been a stressful time for my pullets this past month. I had 10 chicks at the beginning of August. 5 were barred rock cross with Easter Eggers that were 8 weeks old. 5 were Polish chicks that were 11 weeks old. I thought I had figured out the cockerels and the pullets. The cockerels were...

Well my 4 week old pullet tried to get out of the chicken sling and so I chose to process her before the leg problem got worse from her struggling to get free. I read up on several ways to “do the deed” and decided on manual cervical dislocation with using a knife to sever the brain through...

I was changing the meaties bedding and before I could get the new puppy pads down and one of the pullets slipped. I watched her “do the splits” and then she was limping. Her right leg turns outward when she tries to walk and she can’t seem to stay stable when standing. So now she is in a sling...

So yesterday my barred chicks turning 9 weeks old and this one has grown wattles. What’s everybody opinion? This is a product of a Plymouth Rock rooster and I think a Plymouth Rock hen (but the hen could also be a RIR or an EE). My sister (who owns the parents says this chick looks just like...

now that my birds are old enough to sex them I have named the pullets. There are 2 polish: Bella and Roxanne. There are also 2 Barred rock EE cross: Lilly and Petunia.

Well it has been 2 months and I have been able to ascertain the gender of 9 out of ten chicks but this one is harder to tell since the markers are mixed. The chick is single barred (black with white stripe) and has yellow legs/feet with a black wash along the front. These point to pullet. But...

so I just noticed pin feathers on the webbing of one of my Polish chicks. This one is 11 weeks old and I’m hoping is a pullet since the other 2 siblings have started to crow. Has anyone seen feathered feet on a Polish?

I picked up my order of Cornish Rock Cross chicks today!!! Born yesterday. I put them in the brooder (already set up) and gave them electrolytes. Then moistened mash starter feed. They are gobbling everything down and then taking a nap. There are 6 boys and 5 girls! (I ordered a straight run)...

I have a baby monitor for my chicks so I can keep an ear out for trouble. Well my chicks are 8 week old Polish and 6 week old barred rock cross Amerucana. Someone just crowed!!!! It wasn’t a great crow but I heard a crowing. So now I have to figure out who is the guilty party. I can’t keep Roos...

I am new at this and would like input as to the wings of my new chicks. Each picture is marked with the chicks tag color. I’m not sure but I think they are all female.

my first batch of eggs are at day 21 and 4 of 7 have external pipping! I am so excited. I did notice that one has pipped the opposite end of the air cell. Is this something to be concerned about?

I am in Day 16, using a Janoel12 incubator. Today the temp started spiking to 38.5+ (101.3). I have lifted the lid to lower the temp and have started checking every hour to limit the time the temp is high. I understand that chicks generate heat as the mature but in 2 days I will not be able to...

I have 5 polish chicks that are 1 week old today. I will be adding new chicks from the incubator next week. I live in Tucson Arizona and so the air is hot and dry. The brooder is currently at 90 degrees for the 1 week old chicks and my question is what temp should I set the brooder next week...

Hello, I am new to raising chickens and have my first eggs in the incubator. My sister has a flock and gave me 9 fertile eggs (that's the max my incubator can hold for chicken eggs). I candled them at her house and found one was cracked so she swapped it out with another one. I am so excited...