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Has anybody done this? I have a white crested black Polish roo and a buff Cochin and a Black Cochin hen. I am curious about gene dominance with the crest , comb, color variations and feather legs. What shows up and what dissapears? Does anybody know ? My chickens are young, my roo looks very...

hi to all. My hens have been laying for about two months now. We have a roo who was hatched in december and many of the eggs appear fertile. In your opinion, how old should my laying hens be before I try and hatch some of their eggs. The hens lay three a day and I need to rehome the roo due to...

Hi, Have a 5 month old hen , who was attacked by her coop mates yesterday. They have plenty of space, in the coop and in the run, and recently started over on laying crumbles, free fed all day. They get yogurt about every other day and other treats daily. I brought her in and she has about a...

Hi, Have two Polish or Houdans chicks I hatched out Decemeber 21st. Both of them have double toenails growing out of thier middle toes. Bizarre! The third Polish or Houdan chick that hatched from that clutch has a cross beak. I'm not sure which variety of chicken they are, as they were sent...

I had heard it was at least 12 hours but was curious about other folks methods and the reasoning behind it. Thanks!

Hmmm, no idea whats going on with Nucky the roo but he got out of the coop yesterday morning with missing neck feathers, on both sides. Its been raining, I just cleaned out the coop (every two weeks with pine shavings and DE). All food and waterers are totally cleaned every day, and they range...

So I got a dozen eggs shipped in a couple of weeks ago. The packaging was SO bad and I had gotten no notification (email, phone call, nothing) so those poor eggs sat in the mail box for days...while I waited for UPS. Even went into town to post office to check on delivery. So I discover them in...

Hi all, I've looked up these breeds several times and each time and from each source outside BYC I get different answers about what I am looking for. For instance some sources say Houdans are good egg layers and others say not so much, so... I'm getting ready to pre order my next eggs and...

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We had a little Polish chick born three days ago with a foot bent inwards and a pea sized exposed yolk sac. (yolk sac is almost gone now) He was last born, was leaking dark fluid, was half zipped for many hours and his shell was stuck to the bottom of the incubator. I ended up assisting the...

Seriously, is there a breed that has a soft crow or are they all half crazed opera singers? Are there any that crow less frequently? I know there will be exceptions to every breed but I'm just curious.

The Sultan " Marshmallow" is about 9.5 weeks old now. What do you guys think, boy or girl? Or is it still too soon to tell ? Thanks in advance!

And here are the results of our first hatch. A lot of things went wrong but these little ones got through it . Tough little birds! ("crested variety" hatching eggs, most likely Polish) Third out: All three together: First out a day earlier then the rest, nicknamed the Bad A$$: Bad...

We have a hatch!!! Yay!!! Little black hatchling whose yelling and flopping around. Since then, two more pips!!! (probably because this little loud guy is disturbing the peace.) Is that how it works? SOOOO EXCITING!!!

I have a pip today. In the last hour!!! Yay, a PIP!!!

This game is making me nuts. So addictive!!!I am totally stuck on the halloween game. It's getting much harder...

Hi all hatchers. Just started my lockdown at 10:55. Got everything stable humidity and temperature wise. Of course today it is raining so my previous test runs regarding humidity are skewed. I see a lot of folks stick with 60% during lockdown but others go even higher. We are in Nor California...

Hi, Have a clutch of polish eggs in the incubator . They are on day 13 now. They were shipped eggs and I started with 14. We are down to 7 now...(worrisome:() So my question is because polish chickens tend to be smaller, will they hatch a little sooner like the Bantums do? Or are they a general...

Hi again, Got my incubator in the mail today. WOOOOOTTTTT! Couple of questions though: 1. When you put those wire egg holders in , how tight do the eggs need to be. It says no pressure from the wire on the eggs but don't they have to be in there pretty good for turning? Which brings me to...

Ok, so there's an incubating egg stuck to the turner cup , its been stuck there for about three days. The question is whether or not to try and unstick it, how to do this or just leave it be. Im afraid its seeping because its bad and dont want to lose the rest of the eggs in the bator if it...