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[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

[COLOR=0000FF]Glad you're having so much fun with all your sci experiments. Have you tried vent sexing? It's something I want to learn. I even found an old book from the library with sketches of all the possible vent appearances as well as some Youtube videos. I still haven't figured it out. To top it off, my son walked in on me holding a chick's butt up to my face under a bright light while wearing giant magnifying glasses. I'll never hear the end of that one![/COLOR]

To be honest, I'm a little bit afraid to try vent sexing. I've read that if you don't know what you're doing, you can seriously hurt them, and I would hate for something like that to happen to these babies! They're 2-and-a-half days old (there around) and I'm already head over heels for them!

The mental image you gave me there was something, though.


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[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Okay, so I tried the needle and thread pendulum and actually got some different results rather than all of them being the same! According to the needle pendulum, the darkest and lightest chicks are female and both chipmunk chicks are male. The reddish one was inconclusive; it kept switching from circles to lines and back again.



On a different note, the darkest chick and the reddish chick's teeny tiny wing pins are already starting to open up a little, and interestingly enough, the reddish chick's wing feathers look buff, like a Buff Orpington! The dark chick is still looking pretty spot on like my Partridge Plymouth Rocks did. I'm both excited to find out what happens with them, and begrudging seeing my precious little babies grow up so fast!

 

[Andrew10]

Hi I really need a new hampshire red rooster, I'm starting a flock in late March please reply

 

[pattyhen]

Hi I really need a new hampshire red rooster, I'm starting a flock in late March please reply

Make sure you find one with a good temperment. The meanest roo I ever had was a new hampshire red. I bought him from a feed store and he was suppose to be a pullet. He was the biggest sneak he would hide behind things and attack all the hens, I couldn't go outside without a fly swatter he mated with the hens at six weeks old.

 

[Andrew10]

Do you know of a good hatchery where I cold get one?

 

[Leahs Mom]

Do you know of a good hatchery where I cold get one?

You could probably get one from any of the hatcheries if you want to raise one from a chick. But many of the hatcheries do have "started" birds. Not sure what hatchery is near your ares.

 

[iamfivewire]

@Andrew10 : I don't know if anyone that raises NH reds
@Tmarsh83 : I could pm you some photos of our birds after a predator attack (although the predator was stray pet dogs. Would you still want the photos sent?)

 

[Mother2Hens]

We had an beautiful blue-green egg today from our 4 1/2 year-old EE, Roadrunner! She had a four month dry spell and has never been a good layer, but she lays the best eggs.



@Faraday40 ~ Loved your photo of Moose looking disheveled after being called to duty! This may be what he was thinking...



And I remember your hen named "Trouble" from your amazing daughter's training video!

@pipdzipdnreadytogo Your velvety chicks are precious! I always have to laugh when a chick stands in the bowl to eat—and scratches around! Haha I guess it's normal for them to eat on the same level as their feet. They are so much fun to watch.

 

[Andrew10]

@Andrew10 : I don't know if anyone that raises NH reds
@Tmarsh83 : I could pm you some photos of our birds after a predator attack (although the predator was stray pet dogs. Would you still want the photos sent?)

please send and thanks for the help

 

[Faraday40]

We had an beautiful blue-green egg today from our 4 1/2 year-old EE, Roadrunner! She had a four month dry spell and has never been a good layer, but she lays the best eggs.

Roadrunner is beautiful!

We also got our 1st blue-green egg yesterday. It came from our CCL pullet. (It's actually much darker than it looks in the photo.)




I laughed at your comment about Moose. Yes, I bet that's exactly what he was thinking. It's always funny when Trouble decides to go out. Poor Moose must stand guard on the ground in the snow while Trouble flies up into the pine tree. It's not like he could ever mate her, but he still guards her as if she was his own.

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