Hello all!
This is my rooster, William. I am so sorry for the horrible quality image. If you look under his eyes and on his wattles, you can see that he has scablike markings.
For clarity, I circled where the scabs are. My dominant hen has been attacking him and pecking his face but I just...
I'm not in doubt, but my dad and my agriculture science teacher are because Fuzzy and Lucky look similar. I say most definitely pullet for Lucky because she doesn't have a red comb extending to the back of her head or a trace of wattles.
Lucky has no wattles at all, and the phone camera is making her comb look red, but her comb is actually dark gray and only extends just beyond her beak. Fuzzy's comb, on the other hand, is a very bright red and extends almost to the back of his head. Also, Fuzzy's wattles are bulgy and bright...
Here is my 6 week old lavender Orpington x silkie chick. (I'm leaning towards her being a pullet)
And here is her brother Fuzzy.
Both of them are six weeks old. Fuzzy is definitely a cockerel. I'm leaning towards Lucky being a pullet. How do I know for sure if Lucky is a pullet?
My own dog. Ever since my chicks hatched she's been barking and growling at them and going up to the brooder and pawing at them inside the brooder. If I'm sitting on the floor with them in my lap, she comes over and tries to get at them 😫
Her brother has 5 toes, but she does not, so I think they are half-siblings since they share a lavender Orpington mom. Her brother might be half silkie.
Yes, my dad insists that Lucky is a cockerel but I doubt it because her crest is not even red and there is almost no sign of wattles, compared to her brother's very long and extremely bright red comb and noticeable bright red wattles. About her brother—her brother is friendly too, but he can get...
Yes she does have silkies. I just know that my chicks are part lavender Orpington. Mom was a lavender Orpington, but I don't know what dad was and she doesn't know either.
What is she part, then? I got the eggs from a friend who has a variety of chickens, including lavender Orpingtons, so they are definitely lavender Orpington mixes. (I'm thinking half lavender Orpington, half blue cochin bantam.) When they started growing their feathers, I knew something was off...
Here are the pictures. Posting from my computer so had to send the photos from my phone.
Btw, Lucky's comb is NOT red. It's actually dark gray. The phone camera is just making it look red.
A month and a half ago, we did an assisted hatch with our little Lucky. Miraculously, she survived. She is growing into a beautiful chick and will be six weeks old tomorrow. About a week and a half ago, we found out that her brother Fuzzy was a cockerel after weeks of uncertainty when his comb...
The incubator is extremely humid. I have been pouring in 3-4 cups of warm water daily in the water tray, and the water is converted to mist, making the incubator humid. I also misted the eggs a bunch a few days before in order to soften the shells. I just misted them about 45 minutes ago.
I have also killed eggs before. Before this incubator, I had another incubator. It had a very poor instruction manual and had temperature setting buttons, but it would not let you set the temperature. If you set the temperature, it would not apply the new temperature. It lost humidity extremely...