Arizona Chickens

[Mikey D]

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I am so sorry fuzzy - I didn't think it through - just thought it was cute/funny - I didn't realize where the males were going.

 

[azmotogirl]

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Does anyone NOT feel that way? (Might be a shorter list

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i had a major meltdown yesterday because i had to go get gas, get feed, pick up the kids, go to the bank to deposit girl scout $$.....then i started freaking about all the things i had to do next week and the week after and the week after and NEXT YEAR!!! my mom is having her stem cell transplant on the 16th of december, twin A is having surgery on the 20th, my mil will be here, my mom will be in the hospital for 3 weeks and then when she comes home i have to take care of her during the day while my dad goes to work, twin A will be in double leg casts(having her achilles cut and lenghtened) for a month, then there is still brownies, the other 2 kids, dh, housework that'll never get done and i just went

all the way home.

Just remember the old saying...... "God will never give me more than I can handle... I just wish he didn't trust me so much!!!

 

[Fuzzybird]

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I am so sorry fuzzy - I didn't think it through - just thought it was cute/funny - I didn't realize where the males were going.

I just don't understand why they are'nt alowed to grow up and used as roasters. So many people in the world are starving!

 

[Mikey D]

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I am so sorry fuzzy - I didn't think it through - just thought it was cute/funny - I didn't realize where the males were going.

I just don't understand why they are'nt alowed to grow up and used as roasters. So many people in the world are starving!

That's what I thought when I posted it. I was much happier being ignorant.

 

[Fuzzybird]

Mikey, How do they know what is a male when so young?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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I did not look at the video, but sexing can be done on certain breeds by development of wing feathers. This does not work on all breeds, it is a sex-linked/indicator gene. I don;t use it, so forget whether you are looking for varied or same lengths of all wing feathers to determine male versus female. Vent sexing is literally opening the vent and seeing whether you can see the male organ (it is internal) or not. This takes training, and cannot safely be done on bantams. The other ways of sexing day old chicks is by sex-link or sex-indicator genes.

 

[Mikey D]

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Yer asking the wrong guy!

I do know that in some breeds there is some identifying feature on one of the sexes.

I think the breed sex-links has a dot on one or the other's head.

 

[Fuzzybird]

Thank you so much SS. That really helps. I will not be so quick to pick up the eggs next time.
I did know the counting days was when the hen sits or the eggs are put in the incubator.
I am worried about my flip chick tho. Should she stay with the other chicks?

 

[Fuzzybird]

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Yer asking the wrong guy!

I do know that in some breeds there is some identifying feature on one of the sexes.

I think the breed sex-links has a dot on one or the other's head.

One of my chicks has a dot on its head!

 

[Fuzzybird]

OH Sonoran Silkies, You told me once that silkies should only sit on 6 eggs is that right?