HERE WE GO AGAIN Anyone SETTING Aug 30th - Sept 8th join me!!

[Kel35]

Mine looks identical to the pullett so I'm happy bunny

 

[picanins]

6 out!!! Oh my WORD what a night??!!!

4 Super Blues (but 2 were born with a HUGE sac and are not doing very well at all this morning)
1 Marans (which needed help) doing well (it's got white on the wing!!!! Really needed a Marans without white )
1 1st gen olive egger

Oh and another little Super Blue is out

Welsh hick where are you??? Anyone else with Donna Rippy's chicks?

 

[kays chicks]

Yeah I'm good thanks think my son wants to call it Sam

awwrr bless sam is a good name for a chicken

tell him good choice lol , how old is ya little boy kelly ? x

 

[Welshchick]

Hi Girls! It's been a manic couple of days so not been on much. Day 21 today - so far I have 1 chick that hatched last night and looks good and healthy, 1 just pipped and as of 8am today 2 not yet even pipped. I hope I go home to a couple of new fuzzballs in there!
I had to put the Pekin eggs in a make shift incubator for a couple of days whilst these were hatching and surprisingly the temperature is holding really well so more hatching this time next week too! NO MORE THIS YEAR!

I moved my older chicks out of the brooder this weekend and put them in a large dog cage in the 'chicken room' (actually my small 3rd bedroom), still with a heat lamp in the corner as they are only 4 weeks old. They seem to love it as there is so much more space for them to jump around and have a flap.
I must get a door on my shed this weekend ready for them to go out there in a couple of weeks. I hope it isn't raining!

Pics later/tomorrow of the ones who hatch

 

[kays chicks]

4 days is normally the best day to do the feather test?

mine are only a few days and i cant really tell on one , think it a boy but not sure ?? to be honest i love them all pullets or cocks my neighbours prob wont say the same

 

[Welshchick]

Are they hatched yet?

 

[Welshchick]

Haha! I feel the same way, it's going to be awful when the boys have to go!

 

[Welshchick]

Are they hatched yet?

This was for Picanins

 

[kays chicks]

Hi Girls! It's been a manic couple of days so not been on much. Day 21 today - so far I have 1 chick that hatched last night and looks good and healthy, 1 just pipped and as of 8am today 2 not yet even pipped. I hope I go home to a couple of new fuzzballs in there!
I had to put the Pekin eggs in a make shift incubator for a couple of days whilst these were hatching and surprisingly the temperature is holding really well so more hatching this time next week too! NO MORE THIS YEAR!

I moved my older chicks out of the brooder this weekend and put them in a large dog cage in the 'chicken room' (actually my small 3rd bedroom), still with a heat lamp in the corner as they are only 4 weeks old. They seem to love it as there is so much more space for them to jump around and have a flap.
I must get a door on my shed this weekend ready for them to go out there in a couple of weeks. I hope it isn't raining!

Pics later/tomorrow of the ones who hatch

congrats and fingers crossed for the other chicks , i am sick of this rain already im having to keep my chicks in this small space under the coopand they are usd to running all over my garden . when i let mine out they run round flapping all over the place , quite funny . look forward to pics . this is where i have to keep mine now its raining so much

have 2 of these , one twice the size but i hate keeping them in it poor chickens

 

[Welshchick]

Found another picture of feather sexing:


The pullets have those little tufts of feathers on the ends of the feather shaft.

Wow, I always wondered how to tell the difference. Thanks for this!
I'll check my new little ones later. Too late for the 3-4 week olds though. Guess I'll just have to wait and see.