development

Hi! I just got back from a five month trip for my work and met all my new chicks. This one is five months old, but looks much younger. She is active and energetic, but very tiny and all of her siblings are developing in a proper rhythm. Also, a while back her mom bit her on the head, so my...

My partner and I got 12 quail eggs to hatch, and 6 chicken eggs. Of the quail eggs, all but 1 began to develop, then they all stopped. They haven't been growing for a while, then we realized they had all died. The chicken eggs are still doing perfectly fine, with no issue. We have the chicken...

So through a series of unfortunate events, one of my incubating quail eggs got pretty badly dented (bracubation, if you know you know), but the membrane wasn't broken. I sealed it with candle wax, but couldn't get the dent out without breaking the membrane. This happened day 5 and it's day six...

I'm probably jumping the gun because it's only day four, but I have a pretty powerful egg candler and of my 16 coturnix eggs I can see clear vasculature in 3, darkening in 5 more, and then some eggs that are barely not glowing, but still not as far along. They're spread throughout the incubator...

I have 15 chicks, 5 of which are Rhode Island Reds. I was told the chicks were all about 1 day old when I purchased them on the 7th of May, making them just over 2 weeks old now. 4 of the 5 seem to be developing just fine, with no problems. The last one, however is not. The one seems to be in...

I have a 8 week old bird who has been slow to develop. Smallest of the flock and stayed fuzzy forever. Finally is growing out its feathers and still is not developing any tail feathers!! Orange comb but red waddles Had grey belly and neck when small but that's disappearing quickly. Dark legs...

My little turkens are just under 3 weeks old, and one little fella already has a telltale comb! I really need to get pictures of all the precious little ones. For now, I'm marveling at this little comb... (Ignore the mess. Had to bring the little ones into the garage temporarily while I fixed...

Our incubator is really old, like antique old, and when we started it up it seemed to be running fine...until we put the eggs in. Over the first night apparently the temp climbed to possibly near 110, DH discovered it when he got up the following morning. We figured we had cooked all the eggs...

Hi. I have three three-week-old Midget White Turkey poults I hatched Dec. 13-15. They now weigh 314, 292, and 234 grams. I am not sure which hatched on what date. These three are/will be pets and hopefully the start of a flock. Does anyone have a list of average weights for midget white poults...

So I recently acquired some silkie eggs, the owner was unsure of how long they had been laid. Out of the dozen, 4 have obviously started developing [there are veins and dark areas and possibly an eye call] (I can post pictures tonight, as my house is bright!) and I'm wondering if there is any...

We just finished incubating 2 eggs that were fertilized but didn't make it to the end but then that same day those 2 were appeared to hatch we found another egg in her nest and put it in the incubator. It never developed any. About 2 weeks after that we found 4 more in her nest. Today thay are...

Hi all! 12 posted duck eggs, 1 infertile, 3 with blood rings. 8 with eyes, a banana shaped body, veins, and a whole lot of movement. They all have been "swinging" back and forth a lot... (is this normal?). We are at day ten. I am curious if the dangerous part of detached air cells has passed...

Ok...I ordered 2 dozen shipped silkie eggs. I was concerned about viability due to the fact that one box came smashed in on one side and the other carton was upside down in the box. Last night was night 6 and I decided to candle just 2 eggs from each batch to see if any were developing, all four...

I purchased a mixed flock of chicks from TSC on April 1, at which point they should have been no less than 4 days old (but possibly older??). My two "sexed Welsummer Pullets" are developing at vastly different rates and in another thread many thought the more developed Irma might be a roo. But...

I have 3 Polish chicks I think approximately one month old. They are not yet fully feathered, but two appear to have little bumps forming on their head at the front of their crests. I think it's the start of combs. At what age do they usually start developing? Do they develop earlier on Roos or...

Hi, I'm not exactly new to BYC. I belonged several years ago, but I don't remember what my user name was. I have had many life changes since, and am now going to raise chickens again. Previously, I had raised them for years in a hobby farm setting. Now, I am in a development where they will be...