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Look at the combs and waddles to tell the sex. #2 looks like a cockerel. I can't see the others well enough to know. It is still early, you might need to give them a few more weeks.

I have used a variety of different feeds. I think a lot depends on if you want to raise them organic or not.

bulldogma and ki4got, Thanks for the offer of the eggs. I'm not going to take you up on that right now, but will definately consider it in the future. At this point in time I am keeping the girls in the coop most of the time, allowing them out for a few hours in the afternoon. I do need to...

I haven't posted in a while. I've had tremendously bad fortune over the past few weeks. As of 2 week ago I had 3 SFH hens that were 1 year old, and 4 chicks that were 3 months old, (2 male, 2 female). I have an automatic chicken door which has worked superbly for eliminating loss to...

The broody hen growls at me and won't make eye contact. A few shots of the 7 week-olds. The one with the most white is definitely a roo.

I'm just stopping in to say "Hi!" It's been a while since I've checked in. Currently I have 3 adult SFH, 1 is broody and sitting on fake eggs. I wish I could give her a couple SFH chicks to raise, but I don't really have space for more than 6-8 hens in my coop and DH would kill me if i added...

These three chicks all came from cream colored eggs: Here;s a photo of their mom.

FYI, HUGE eggs are often double yolkers and double yolkers usually are unable to hatch, although I've seen a youtube video of an assisted hatch in which both chicks survived, so it is possible, just not likely. Speaking of assisted hatches, I am probably going to assist my 3 remaining eggs if...

Interestingly enough, the three eggs that hatched first are cream/white colored eggs, all from the same hen. One of the tan/light brown eggs has pipped, the others, are just sitting here. Of the 3 that hatched, I'm thinking two are roos... just from looking at their combs. Hoping for some more...

2 more SFH have entered the world overnight. 2 are zipping, 3 more... we'll just have to wait and see.

Congrats on your hatch! I wanted to wait until April to hatch eggs, but my husband said the crowing roosters were driving him "insane" and if I didn't get rid of them, he would. I'm on day 21. I just did a quick check and it appears that all have pipped internally, and the one externally. It...

The egg that GFF has on their SFH page looks pretty light to me. Not absolutely white, but close. While there I noticed that they now have Swedish Black Hens. Wow, I thought I might want a couple. Then I looked at the price. I was just up checking on my eggs. Nothing is happening. I...

1. It's cold but the big snow we were expecting missed us. :) It went further south. 2. 3. I belong to the great-backyard bird count on facebook, and today someone posted a photo of a hawk that was flying with it's dinner, a squirrel. You would not believe the discussion that ensued...

And if the hen inherits a blue gene and a brown/tan gene, you'll get olive colored eggs that are blue on the inside of the shell, because the blue coloring goes all of the way through the shell, and the brown color is just a thin coating on the outside of the shell. I used to have a mixed flock...

I just cracked open 2 eggs that had been in my incubator, that I thought were dead, as hatch day should be Tuesday, and they didn't appear to be growing. One had stopped developing about halfway through. The other one was larger. When I pulled the membranes back, I realized it was trying to...

I have one that does. She has white earlobes. My other two hens have red earlobes and lay light brown eggs.

My adult SFH's were incubated in a 'bator, but raised by a Wyandotte. I snuck the chicks under her when they were 2 days old. I lost her to a predator late last summer because DH and I had a miscommunication about her pen being opened/closed. None of my SFH's has shown much inclination to go...

My hen that I thought might be broody, only stayed in the nesting box for about 3 days. Now, 10 days later she's laying eggs again. I thought I might use her to raise a brood, but that isn't going to happen. I placed 12 eggs in the incubator 11 days ago. Two weren't fertile, one quit early, 9...

DH has been wanting me to get rid of the roosters for a while now, and I kept putting it off because I wanted to hatch some eggs this spring. I started saving eggs 5 days ago. One of my hens went broody on me the next day. I just put the eggs in the 'bator. Roosters are going away tomorrow. :(.

I don't know if anyone replied to you yet. Mine started laying at 6 to 7 months old. This might be because the time of year (they hatched in June) and the fact that I didn't use any supplimentary lighting. They started right out with good sized eggs, not little pullet eggs. Each hen is...