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  1. MamaGer8ty

    2 dead...what to do?!?!

    This morning I thought my 18 week old glw was going to lay her first egg. She was hunched down and actually coming near me and letting me pet her and normally she looks at me and likes to run away. When I got back from my doctors appointment she was dead. I go to clean her up and my 8-10 week...
  2. ChickChic00

    New Hampshire x Columbian Wyandotte

    Has anyone done this cross before? NH Male and CW Female? Also is it a sex link? Does anyone have any pictures? Any help is appreciated!!
  3. bethsbabybirds

    Do I have a little roo?

    Hi everyone, first time poster and first time raising chicks. We bought two blacktails (Rhode Island Red x Light Sussex) which were supposed to be sex linked hens. But I’m noticing that one is looking very different to the other. Seems to be feathering slower and darker, has a smaller tail and...
  4. MamaGer8ty

    Different feathers mean different gender?

    I know it’s super early to tell but I was curious. We have two sex link chicks and they are almost a week old. Phoenix is a little bigger than Inferno and the feathers are different. Does that matter that the feathers are different or could they both still be hens? The first photo is Phoenix and...
  5. Katdekema

    Sex link lump (non emergency)

    I will preface this by saying- there are no avian vets available in our area. My sex link Pullet (13ish weeks) has some sort of lump forming on her upper right breast. The lump is soft, squishy, and the size of a very small cherry tomato. She’s eating, roaming, growing, and overall healthy. It...
  6. E

    Golden Comet Gender Reveal !?

    Hello! I am a new chicken owner. I ended up with Henny because we were hatching chicks in school. This chick needed 24/7 care so I took it home to nurse. 11 weeks later and I’m not sure if Henny is actually a rooster! I know the breed is golden comet and the place we rented the eggs from said...
  7. KayHoney

    Introduction!

    Hi everyone! My name is Kaysha and my boyfriend Kevin and I started rasing chicks for the first time starting last spring of 2019. We first started out with 6 chicks. Three of them ended up being roosters. Now we have Ruby a Sapphire Gem and Harold and Kumar who are Black Sex Links.. we are...
  8. Crazy4SilkiesAndSizzle

    Question About Sex Links

    I have an Ayam Cemani Rooster that I just put in with my laying hens. I have made sex link chicks from my Ayam Roo and Barred Rock he and am now wondering if I can make sex links crossing my Ayam Cemani Roo with my 55 Flower Hen and my Crested Cream Legbar hen... I gave my Ayam Cemani hens a...
  9. smom625

    Sex link olive eggers

    Will all types of marans rooster crossed with legbar hen produce sex link chicks? I’ve got splash and birchen marans roosters over legbar. 4 hatched so far, no white dot. I’m not that lucky, right?
  10. ChickChic00

    Sex-Link?

    Does a Buff Orpington Rooster and Columbian Wyandotte Hen produce a sex link chick? Because the BO is a Buff coloring and the Columbian Wyandotte is white with black around neck. So I thought it would produce a sex link chick. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks in advance!!
  11. ChickChic00

    Barred Rock or Plymouth Rock?

    Can you breed a rir rooster and a barred Rock hen and get the sex link chick or does it have to be rir and Plymouth Rock? I have rir rooster. Just wanting to know if I need a barred Rock or Plymouth Rock in order to tell chicks gender. Thank for help. Much appreciated!!
  12. 3cousinsfarm

    Identify these cuties!

    Hey all, my Bantam Cochin just hatched her first clutch? is that the word. Anyway she has 5 little cuties. One egg was hers and Donald Trump's (my granddaughter named our Red Bantam Silky that because he looks like him, lol.) Anyway one is hers and the Bantam Rooster. It is the black one in...
  13. CoturnixComplex

    Japanese Coturnix Sex-Linked Roux Charcoal "Sandy" Project

    Charcoal/Grau-fee Discussion Thread Roux Dilute Discussion Thread My recent obsession, and what I'm dedicating the most space to moving forward. It all started with this dude, Grandpappy Charcoal (who's also in my avatar pic). When I bred him to a production line pharoah female, I ended up...
  14. UrbanHenKW123

    Heat for Canadian Winters

    Hi there - I'm thinking ahead to our Canadian winters. I'm near the great lakes area so we get a lot of damp cold reaching -20 C sometimes and even lower with the wind chill. I was thinking of either adding a heated water bowl or one of the heated pads from amazon like this one...
  15. T

    Buff Orpington Rooster x Golden Lace Wyandotte Hen cross pictures

    I've got this cross in my incubator at the moment and I know it will be a sex link but I’m wondering if anyone has pictures of chicks or adults from this specific cross? I’ll add my own pictures to this thread when they are hatched but that will take a while!
  16. E

    3 weeks old..breed and gender??

    Hey All, I have four 3 week old chicks. I was told the 2 multicolored chicks are Easter Eggers and the other 2 are sex-link Buff Leghorns. Can anyone help me confirm this, please? Also, is it too early to tell the gender? These are my first chickens-I am very new at this. I want to make sure I...
  17. W

    Newbie here!

    Hello! I am Erika, live in Ohio. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My husband, myself and my daughter are first time chicken owners! We have had our chicks for a little over 2 weeks now. We are estimating their ages to be about 6 weeks old. (2) How many chickens...
  18. Little Jerry Seinfeld

    Sexing question for easter eggers to barred hens

    1. Barred rocks can be feathers sexed right? Because hens feather quicker than roos in this breed? 2. So im wondering if easter egger roo to barred rock hens or copper maran hens can be feather sexed? Wing feathers. I have some hatching today. The roo is barred but is reddish orange. ...
  19. F3 GLW/Sexlink/BLRW x SLW

    F3 GLW/Sexlink/BLRW x SLW

    Mixed Hen Hatched 12-08-16 SLW bought 5-3-17 From MPC Bred to the hen above this is their chick
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  20. M

    Laying potential of hybrids?

    I have hens/pullets of several breeds (Hamps, Wyandotte, a rock, an Ameraucana, and sex links). Our rooster is a silkie. If they were to produce offspring, what is the likelihood that the hens genetic aptitude for laying will offset the lower production of the silkie? Is it something that you...
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