Crockpot (slow cooker) incubator - take 2

Chest feathers are starting to come in... and so far the eyeliner visual sexing trait is proving true to sex

Visually sexed females looking to be female at 3 weeks (day old chicks with clean markings)
no black in initial chest feathers
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Visually sexed males looking to be male at 3 weeks(day old chicks with blurry markings)

you can see black in the initial neck feathers..

I was lazy and didn’t take a photo of all of them since they all look the same to me 🤣

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One of the visually sexed males is still unknown because the neck feathers have yet to come in, chances of it being a pullet is pretty slim though!
 
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Chest feathers are starting to come in... and so far the eyeliner visual sexing trait is proving true to sex

Visually sexed females looking to be female at 3 weeks (day old chicks with clean markings)
no black in initial chest feathers
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Visually sexed males looking to be male at 3 weeks(day old chicks with blurry markings)

you can see black in the initial neck feathers..

I was lazy and didn’t take a photo of all of them since they all look the same to me 🤣

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One of the visually sexed males is still unknown because the neck feathers have yet to come in, chances of it being a pullet is pretty slim though!
They're so cute! So how many boys and girls do you think that you have?
 
Ugly 5wo dinosaur! 2 females and five males... visual sexing for these bantams have been very much on point 😥 It looks like they’ll be a little on the larger side for banties, we’ll see.
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Paint’s crest is coming back in. I may just let her keep it for winter...
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d’uccle is looking more hen like by the day 🥰 Her boots have been clipped to half length, less tripping over herself...
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