INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

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I stopped by to post my babies' pictures, too. I'm counting today as one week old for all of them (close enough, right?), so I took some individual pictures of them.













And a little extra cuteness - Trois then and now:

 

[Faraday40]

I stopped by to post my babies' pictures, too. I'm counting today as one week old for all of them (close enough, right?), so I took some individual pictures of them.

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And a little extra cuteness - Trois then and now:
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Wow! Such a difference already! Are you predicting 1 & 4 are males? 2, 3, & 5 look girlish to me. (Not an expert, I just like guessing.)

 

[Faraday40]

So, so cute!! I'm not sure on the Dominiques. I didn't know they were autosexing?

And 'Dinner' is gorgeous--glad he found a home!

Thanks. DD is just happy he didn't live up to his name. She kept renaming him "Pretty Boy" in hopes that we'd keep him. I was getting tired of him constantly mating my laced orps. They were always the 1st hens he'd mate. Otherwise he was a great roo. (quiet & infrequent crow - which he has yet to do in his new home LOL, never raised his hackles, great with kids, dogs, & other roos, watched out for predators, and was beginning to work on dancing for the hens & giving treats..... instead of forcing them.)

Doms are similar to BRs. If chick's headspot is tight & defined it should be female. Females also have dark beaks & legs and a more even, dark-colored fluff. Males have a more blended irreg headspot and their fluff is slightly lighter.

My current Doms all have poor, splotchy, leaky headspots and their fluff is sort of a gray. That made me think all 6 are male! However, they do have dark legs & beaks. So now I'm hoping they are just poor quality and not really all male.

When the feathers grow in, the females will look more black and males will look more white.
Bubbles at hatch:

Bubbles about 1 week old.

Here are my current hatch

 

[Leahs Mom]

Yah, those head spots on the new babies aren't as defined for sure. Boy heads and girl legs.... hmm.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Wow! Such a difference already! Are you predicting 1 & 4 are males? 2, 3, & 5 look girlish to me. (Not an expert, I just like guessing.)

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that Un is male with that comb. Quatre is a likely male as well, and I'm on the fence with Six just because her comb is a bit bigger than the remaining three. I was kind of hoping Six would be a girl because of the specialness of that egg (I may have mentioned it before, but I seriously wasn't expecting that one to hatch because I thought it had frozen in the coop before I was able to collect it). Oh, well. A 50-50 split (if that is what I end up getting, knock on wood) is nothing to sneeze at, right?

Doms are similar to BRs. If chick's headspot is tight & defined it should be female. Females also have dark beaks & legs and a more even, dark-colored fluff. Males have a more blended irreg headspot and their fluff is slightly lighter.

My current Doms all have poor, splotchy, leaky headspots and their fluff is sort of a gray. That made me think all 6 are male! However, they do have dark legs & beaks. So now I'm hoping they are just poor quality and not really all male.

Oh, right, I remember that now! Yeah, I'm not sure what to make of your babies... C and D have loose head spots, but they're still smallish in comparison to the others from what I can see in those pictures, so maybe those are your girls?

 

[kanina]

We are not keeping any kids this year, I already have 1 doeling and 1 wether (neutered boy) sold. They will stay with the mothers until they reach 8 weeks. If anyone is interested in Oberhasli dairy goats, send me a PM. (We can't sell items on this thread.) 2 girls, 3 boys left. All disbudding, shots included and can be registered with ADGA.

I wish I knew more about goats. I would have my Muscovys and a goat and be happy as could be!!!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

I wish I knew more about goats. I would have my Muscovys and a goat and be happy as could be!!!

I'm at least 3rd generation of goat keeping in our family. They are awesome. They run with my cow herd to eat the briars, poison ivy etc on the pastures. Kinda like a "cleanup crew"! When I am milking them however they stay confined in my primary pasture so we aren't consuming milk tainted by buck smells and poison ivy.
Really easy to care for too. Just a simple hoof trim, annual shots, fresh water and hay. Its much like keeping a dog. I do give my does grain also when milking. All my poultry species and waterfowl get along great with them.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Started my first batch of seeds this weekend! So far, Roma, butternut squash, sugar peas, watermelon, pie pumpkins, bell pepper, jalapeno, pepperoncini. I'm using a heat mat this year with thermostat and grow light. Will also be doing corn, cukes, summer squash a bunch of other stuff direct sow. We normally can plant late April.

 

[Nyla]

Going to TSC tomorrow!!! Can't wait to see cute fuzzy butts and bring some home! Hopefully some ducklings too!

 

[Sapphire Jan]

Newbie here from NE Indiana. Found this site last Saturday and spent so much time here already! This site is addicting!
Attached a pic of two of our new babies we bought at RK.