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I will certainly do my best to remember to update here - the egg shell testing was very easy, we just collected the shells in separate ziplock bags and sent them off, you get the results via email in a few days. Of course I can't see this being an option if you have a lot of chicks as it would...

thanks - good to know, sharpies we do have plenty of! Luckily it turned darker shortly after I posted this, more purply, and they decided to leave her alone - but I'll be ready if it happens again! Now I'm wondering why they don't peck each others' wattles and combs.

In theory she's a girl - she was hatched at home and we had her egg shell DNA tested...now we're going to be in the 0.1% exception to testing accuracy 😂 Thanks for the heads up about the blu-kote, I hadn't even heard of it before...I can 100% see that happening to us 😂

Thank you - I need to get my chicken first aid kit together! They seem to have calmed down now thankfully for now, but if they start up I will see if I can rig up a barrier where they can still see each other, though I'd have to have a second heat source too I guess. Chickens are a constant...

Actually I've just realized it's a little lower down than where I said, but you'll se in the pic 😆

One of our 2-3week old babies (Custard) has a red mark by her beak (on the skin in corner where it opens and closes)...it's not bleeding but it looks like she got a pinch there and has blood just under the skin. Of course it's red so every now and again someone notices it and there is a group...