B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

[abmaddox1981]

I'm sooo excited!!! Getting SGD eggs in 2 weeks!!!

 

[LavendarFeather]

Just remembered I took some with my phone....

I had to move them today because he and the welsummer cockerel were trying to fight through the wire!

Beautiful!

 

[pysankigirl]

I'm sooo excited!!! Getting SGD eggs in 2 weeks!!!

Cool! I will cross my fingers for you that the shipping gods are kind.

where are you getting them from?

 

[abmaddox1981]

Cool!  I will cross my fingers for you that the shipping gods are kind.

where are you getting them from?

BethBug74 has them on the BST forum.

 

[Sydney Acres]

Just remembered I took some with my phone....

I had to move them today because he and the welsummer cockerel were trying to fight through the wire!

Nice birds. Please keep us posted.

 

[BlackPanther]

Just remembered I took some with my phone....

I had to move them today because he and the welsummer cockerel were trying to fight through the wire!

They're beautiful!

 

[LavendarFeather]

I picked up a few SGD chicks at a local feed store a couple weeks ago. They are from Murray McMurray and were supposed to be straight run. They all looked like pullets, but I remember reading somewhere that the SGD from MMcM are not easy to sex like most SGD chicks. I can't find where I read that though. Does anyone have any experience with their chicks? One of them does have a slightly lighter marking on top of head, and it's a tad smudgier. The others have very dark, clear head markings. So possibly one boy?

 

[ronott1]

I picked up a few SGD chicks at a local feed store a couple weeks ago. They are from Murray McMurray and were supposed to be straight run. They all looked like pullets, but I remember reading somewhere that the SGD from MMcM are not easy to sex like most SGD chicks. I can't find where I read that though. Does anyone have any experience with their chicks? One of them does have a slightly lighter marking on top of head, and it's a tad smudgier. The others have very dark, clear head markings. So possibly one boy?

Your are correct!

The color sexing did not work for McMurray chicks. I had to wait until the breast feathers came in.

 

[LavendarFeather]

Okay, thank you Ron! The one time I am actually hoping for a boy, everybody wants to be a girl... but there's still hope then

 

[ronott1]

Okay, thank you Ron! The one time I am actually hoping for a boy, everybody wants to be a girl... but there's still hope then

Yes!

You will be looking for Black feathers on the breast. They start around 3 weeks sometimes and for sure by 5 or 6 weeks.

I hope you get a nice Boy too!