Yes, she has been sitting again. With that much access to the nest it's possible for them to hurt the hatchlings, huh?
I'm glad I asked this.
I don't think the little silkies will hurt them but definitely the two big Cockrell.
Does anyone have a suggestion what to do with so many Cockrells...
She tolerates them but gets overheated with them in there on top of her. 2 Cockrell are already mounting her. Should I separate them or let her figure it out?
Well I'm finding the same results. Of the 5 eggs hatched, the first 2 darker chicks are males. Based on them mounting the other hens. No one is crowing yet.
Im thinking that the darker colored silkie is a male also based on it having a comb with possibly 2 silkie hens.
I just love this...
So far, these chicks are of mix breed and from up to 3 hens.
When I got my now adult chickens there were 5 from someone that hatched eggs that she ordered. They are a silkie mix.
Although they didn't turn out with silkie type fathers there was one way they had a sex link to determine them. I...
Hi, I found this information onhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9832119/#:~:text=In%20general%2C%20eggs%20with%20a,1.&text=Oval%20shape%20egg%20for%20female,for%20male%20chicks%20(right).
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Shoot, I was downloading the app and went to my apps to Uninstall the other byc app and Uninstalled the new one. So I came back here to get the app again and now it's no longer an option. Does anyone have a link I can use to get the app that was in menu here?
Has anyone tried to pick out certain eggs in order to get more or only pullets (hens or females)?
I'm testing this out.
I pulled out the eggs that looked pointed and kept the roundest eggs under my broody hen.
They started hatching yesterday and I hope this experiment works. Have you tried...
Hi All, I haven't been on here in awhile (new phone) and have a hen that's gone broody. I've handled the eggs a bit but they seemed to have developed anyways. I estimated the first eggs age to be 21 days around the 13th or 14th with some layed as late as may 1st. I pulled new eggs since then...
Since finding out this is a rooster I am curious to a chicken i have that im not not sure of. I already have 3 out of 7 being roos. This is Partridge, a silky mix... Hen or Roo? My two black chickens are the only egg layers so far. The last picture is my best egg layer and looks like a roo with...
I actually am new to this and don't know. I just know it's a chicken. If that's a cockrel then that would explain why he's out in the desert why he acted the way he did and thank you.