Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

To really tell I need a photo of the chicken in question standing in profile like this. I'm not great at this.

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Such a handsome boy Is he the one that went to a friend?

 

[Ponypoor]

Beautiful boy!

He’s a punk rocker these days

 

[notabitail]

Rain?

Yep.

 

[Cynthia12]

He’s a punk rocker these days
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Cute..beautiful..wait..cute.

 

[rural mouse]

It’s just that he is the size of Pastel. His wattles and comb are bigger than my adult hens, and he is twice the size of his BR sister. Would a face comparison between him and his sister help, so that you can see the differences?

Whole body, face, standing, every angle if possible

 

[rural mouse]

Ruby:
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How old here?

 

[RoyalChick]

He’s a punk rocker these days
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Is the blue working to keep the pullets from pecking his head?

 

[Ponypoor]

Is the blue working to keep the pullets from pecking his head?

Yes for the most part. I need to top up the colour.

 

[Bella the Chicken Lover]

I hatched out two silkie x Polish (Mr P) babies in Nov, I did the gender DNA test to get there genders right away. The frizzle is a pullet - Betty. And the other a boy Bert, as long as he behaves he can stay.!

They are 10 weeks now and their mama is still brooding them bless her

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Those are caramel coloured feathers not poop btw

O my goodness!! SO pretty!!
How old were they when you did the DNA test?

He’s a punk rocker these days
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He's a handsome boy, I love his V comb!! Looks like a V comb anyway

 

[Ponypoor]

O my goodness!! SO pretty!!
How old were they when you did the DNA test?

He's a handsome boy, I love his V comb!! Looks like a V comb anyway

I think it’s a V comb, I am not great with comb types.

I used the eggs for the test, the lining of the eggs has enough blood to perform the test. I made sure the eggs were dries for a couple days then put each egg in a separate ziplock baggie with name addresses etc on each bag and ID for each chick - I think I just put down silkie-1 and silkie-2.

I mailed it reg mail which took about 2 days to get to the lab, then 2 days later I had the results.

Last summer I did the test on three silkie chicks - I waited till they were 7 weeks and then used their nail clipped short to get a few drops of blood placed on a special paper card they send you to put the blood drops on. I had to wait till they were 7 weeks as their nails are so tiny. FYI all three were pullets.

The price went up to $19 so I don’t want to do this for every chick!! The eggshell was really convenient but you need to be observant to who has hatched with which egg. Since Henny hatched only two eggs it was easy and as one was frizzle it’s was easy to quickly tell them apart.

My niece wants me to give her more eggs to hatch for her school we’re she teaches. I plan on giving her pure silkie eggs as I figure I can sell them easier. I would really want to have the teacher of the class keep track of the eggs so I can do the gender test on a couple see if they are girls, but that didn’t work last year. So I doubt this year would be any different.