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Hannah....I'd keep an eye on that first ones wings. Lil droopy compared to the rest. All those others look fine though. Just under other pics, the black pullet doesn't have feathering to mid-toe but otherwise nice. I like that dark blue pullet under your pics too. I think your going to have...

If they are really loose on the wings now, I'd sell those off now. Go out there and watch them on a day when its nice and cool and you haven't been chasing them around for a while. A hot bird will also hold their wings out to try and cool themselves down. At 4 months, they have gotten most...

There is a huge Asian community up here. Black skinned chickens (especially silkies) are a delicacy for them. They make a special medicinal soup. Put anything in the $5-10 range at swaps and they will snatch them up. On the younger chicks, I will ask people if they want those culls for free...

Blaundee.... Nothing beats getting your hands on actual birds. I have mentors too and it takes the experience just to learn what to look for. Now I am often the harshest critic of my own birds. I need them to knock me upside the head sometimes and tell me to quit being so OCD about every...

Quote: At hatching I first look at feet. I pull out any with double toenails, 6th claws, 4 toers,etc. I get rid of anything with sparse feathering to mid-toe. At about 2-3 months I start watching wings and if they don't tighten up by 4 months, I've been selling them too. At about 2-3...

I ended up selling the older cockerel of those porcelains. I just didn't like his coloration at all..... way too much bright red and looked more like a calico. That younger smoky colored one has me thinking cockerel.... The 2 youngest are barely feathering out and it will be a while til I...

I finally got the camera out to the barn..... Here are some pics from my growout pens from this year. Here are some of the older cockerels: And some of the younger cockerels... I also have an older cock that is severely molting in with them. From the pullet and baby pen. They...

Shouldn't have reddish combs on silkies. Standard calls for mulberry to black. Size and shape of comb also has to do with the bloodlines behind the birds too. The better quality birds you deal with the longer it takes to sex them. Patience! If you got the birds from who I think it will be 6...