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[JK Farms]

Still a cockerel. Those spots of red through the wing area are male specific.

What about my RIR?

 

[WannabeFarmer5]

Supposed to be a gray polish she's older now but what colour???

 

[junebuggena]

What about my RIR?

Pullets.

 

[WannabeFarmer5]

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Supposed to be a gray polish she's older now but what colour???

She's older now I'll have a better photo soon

 

[junebuggena]

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Supposed to be a gray polish she's older now but what colour???

No such thing as 'grey' polish. You have a mixed variety, with a copy of the blue dilute gene for black.

 

[FrankieDoodle]

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That is so cute!

 

[Aspen Anderson]

You are not in anyway sounding annoying. You sound like someone who wants to learn. If you don't want chicks you just never put them under a hen or in an incubator. Doesn't matter if you refrigerate or not. I don't refrigerate my eggs but I know some people do. No you will not be killing any chicks. Chicks do not start growing inside an egg until they have been in about 100 degrees (whether thats under a hen or in an incubator). Eggs have to have high heat to start even growing a chick and I think it's like Day 3 of high heat before a chick starts developing. I'd have to go look at my notes. I choose when I want to have chicks by either letting my broody hens have eggs to "sit on" for 21-23 days or by incubating eggs for 21-23 days. But I eat or sell all the eggs I collect daily until I decide I want to deal with chicks. I hope I haven't confused you more...

No you haven't confused me more! That makes perfect sense. Thank you so much!

 

[Aspen Anderson]

There are gentle and non gentle roos
Bigger ones tend to rougher as they are heavier and mind this...fall of the hens backs

Yes the hens backs can get feather pulled out to a point of bareness.but that's what a saddle or apron is for.

I just saw this sorry!

Oh dear, they'll fall off?! I suppose that should be expected in certain cases, but that actually sounds rather comical.

I'll have to look into the saddles or aprons if needed. Thanks! Hopefully I won't need them, though. It makes me sad to think of them loosing that many feathers.
The roo I have, though, is very shy and ironically seems to be at the bottom of the pecking order (even including our tiny bantams!). Would that affect anything?
He's also a dominique, which is something I only recently discovered. I'm not sure how big they get.

 

[Champagne-blond]

Yes it was a feed store

That makes sense. It's alright though, he's a very handsome rooster and looks like he'd be quite the catch with some hens by his side.

 

[chicks are life]

Dominiques get pretty
Large but let's hope he's a gentle boy.
He will a eventually move up the pecking order when he is a little older.