X2All of the fuzzy butts are adorable!!!! OMGOSH!!!Can't stand the cuteness!
You guys take very good care of your chicks and mamas! They look so happy!
Good morning Team Broody
Thanks for the piccies and additional information on the wing-theory.
I am finding this wing-theory quite interesting and while it is easy to read up on these things, I think the fact that we are sharing findings and chatting within the Team makes it even more interesting.
And, if one of the Bambrook Bantams becomes broody I will have no choice but to give her some Pekin (bantam Cochin) eggs in the name of research! Lolz
IC Yep, I can see there is not a lot of difference in the feathering of the previous hatch and the orange girl has pretty similar feathering to the boy but as you mentioned they may have inherited the fast feathering gene, being mixes.
Your Orps are perfect candidates and of course, so cute!. This wing-theory is the perfect excuse for spending countless hours looking at bubby photos. Again, research! Lol
It is going to be very interesting to see what the little one with the smaller, girly comb but boy-wings turns out to be. If it turns out to be a boy do you think the trend will be to use the wing-theory as first assumption and comb second rather than the other way around which appears to be preferred at the moment?It would be really funky if we get a boy comb with girly wings who turns out to be a large combed girl!
There is a definite wing difference in the Orps.
With the Cochins, yeah, how sad if they were all roos! As you mentioned, might be a good idea to get some more photos in a few days.
I believe, it is definitely helpful and as you say, in a month or two when we know for sure, really helpful!
It is quite easy to go to a ‘sexing thread’ and ask boy or girl and get responses but you don’t normally hear back whether the guesses were right or not. So while you can look at a lot of photos of ?? boy or ?? girl, you do not really know whether they are or not.
With us doing this, we are able to look at the piccies now, compare them with their siblings and, in a couple of months, actually know if they turned out to be boys or girls. Also, with our varied breeds within the Team, we can document which breeds it does or does not work for
Lolz at your description of Pallina IC … I vote for laugh and give her some eggs!
More pictorial evidence would be wonderful MN01.
Hi Peeps!
I went out and sat in the Nursery looking at my new babies. One is a sex link boy but the other two may or may not be SLs. They are 6 days old
One that I am pretty sure is pullet has wing feathers that are appear rounded at the ends. The other one has wing feathers that look like someone just chopped them straight across. neither has pointy feathers.
the suspected girl has more distinct eyeliner and a head triangle. The other is less distinct.
Do you think I have one of each?
The Del babies and Aster were on the roost this morning and mama was on top of the nest boxes. They will be 5 weeks tomorrow. 4 boys 1 Girl
Theresa''s babies look like 2 Boys 1 Girl
Please please let there be a few more ladies in the pending hatches!!!
wow I think I have 3 or 2 boys out of my 12 eggs that hatched...Hi Peeps!
I went out and sat in the Nursery looking at my new babies. One is a sex link boy but the other two may or may not be SLs. They are 6 days old
One that I am pretty sure is pullet has wing feathers that are appear rounded at the ends. The other one has wing feathers that look like someone just chopped them straight across. neither has pointy feathers.
the suspected girl has more distinct eyeliner and a head triangle. The other is less distinct.
Do you think I have one of each?
The Del babies and Aster were on the roost this morning and mama was on top of the nest boxes. They will be 5 weeks tomorrow. 4 boys 1 Girl
Theresa''s babies look like 2 Boys 1 Girl
Please please let there be a few more ladies in the pending hatches!!!
