Chicken "mutt" club!!!

[Pharmchick]

All 8. They range in age from 3 days to 2 weeks. We did everything wrong in hatching eggs-we just put a new egg in there every time our hen laid one. We opened the top a million times (hand turning) and we kept the humidity high as soon as they started hatching. We were lucky to have 100% hatch, though.

 

[ChickNmamma]

Buff Brahma bantam/silkie mix. We hatched 8 of them, all have different coloring and 5 toes. Half of them have black feet and half have yellow.

Very cute. I have heard an un-tested theory about skin color when one parent is black skinned and the other is light.. can you please tell us when you know who the boys and who the girls are - and what color their skin is? Oh- and which parent was the Silkie and which parent was the Buff Brahma?

All 8. They range in age from 3 days to 2 weeks. We did everything wrong in hatching eggs-we just put a new egg in there every time our hen laid one. We opened the top a million times (hand turning) and we kept the humidity high as soon as they started hatching. We were lucky to have 100% hatch, though.

Those are so cute. I have a Light Brahma Bantam that I am going to cross with my Partridge Silkie rooster (next year) to see what I get. I over did it with chicks this year.

Since removing the top is what you have to do when hand turning that doesn't usually hurt anything, and I think your exterior humidity helped keep the humidity stable (I visited AR last year - you have lovely quartz crystals in your state).

Did you stop turning them when they were hatching? Or did you just keep removing the ones that came out and putting more moisture in and shut the lid?

Pure beginners luck I guess - or having hybrid vigor really helps. Although you did what most people said not to - it worked for you. Great job!

 

[Pharmchick]

Very cute.  I have heard an un-tested theory about skin color when one parent is black skinned and the other is light.. can you please tell us when you know who the boys and who the girls are - and what color their skin is?
Those are so cute.  I have a Light Brahma Bantam that I am going to cross with my Partridge Silkie rooster (next year) to see what I get.  I over did it with chicks this year.

Since removing the top is what you have to do when hand turning that doesn't usually hurt anything, and I think your exterior humidity helped keep the humidity stable (I visited AR last year - you have lovely quartz crystals in your state).  

Did you stop turning them when they were hatching?  Or did you just keep removing the ones that came out and putting more moisture in and shut the lid?

Pure beginners luck I guess - or having hybrid  vigor really helps.  Although you did what most people said not to - it worked for you.  Great job!

I will definitely keep you updated on the sex of the chicks. The daddy is a white silkie and tr mom is the buff brahma. I kept turning the other eggs (except the ones within 3 days of their hatch date). Also, the newly hatched chicks ran all over them and knocked them around anyways, lol. And you are probably right about the humidity. It's been pretty brutal here. We've gotten some reprieve this week with temps not even reaching 90!
I agreed with the beginners luck theory, next time we will do it the right way, now that we've read up on it.

 

[Kassaundra]

A few pics of the mixes at 8.5 weeks


boy




Love this girl



Still thinking this b/w EE is a girl




She is an EE w/ either an EE or araucana father, her mom is definately a houdan X NN







Yeta, named after one of my favorite hens who is no longer living




Mr personality, such a boy and no question who his daddy is.

 

[ChickNmamma]

A few pics of the mixes at 8.5 weeks

boy




Love this girl



Still thinking this b/w EE is a girl




She is an EE w/ either an EE or araucana father, her mom is definately a houdan X NN







Yeta, named after one of my favorite hens who is no longer living




Mr personality, such a boy and no question who his daddy is.

My favorites - they are so neat looking! Love their little flip hairdoos.

 

[redneck farmer]

Great looking mutts every one!!!

 

[chirpingcricket]

Great looking mutts every one!!!

 

[redneck farmer]

Well I'm pretty excited! My lead pullet (mutt) just excepted the new members to the flock an the proof is they were roosting togather

YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!!!!!!

 

[98Luna]

My mutts! I only have two at the moment, but I'm about to order an incubator, so (a lot) more on the way!
The mostly grey chick crouched down the most in the first image died from being attacked by momma hen. That was actually when the pic was taken. You can't see, but the poor things neck was stripped bare. Weird story actually. My rooster in a different pen started going mental, so I checked them all, and there was Princess (momma hen) clawing at her baby on the ground. Little chick lasted about fifteen hours though. Strong little bird.

 

[Miss HennyPenny]

A few pics of the mixes at 8.5 weeks


boy




Love this girl



Still thinking this b/w EE is a girl




She is an EE w/ either an EE or araucana father, her mom is definately a houdan X NN







Yeta, named after one of my favorite hens who is no longer living




Mr personality, such a boy and no question who his daddy is.

Such beautiful birds. Mutts rule!!