Pippin's D'uccle hatch-along and week by week chick growth!

[PippinTheChicken]

I really want Peanut to be female. I always get heartbroken and I'll never get my "special" chicken

 

[AngBantamLuv]

I really want Peanut to be female. I always get heartbroken and I'll never get my "special" chicken

Can you post a face close up?

 

[yakitori]

Where are the photos!

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Can you post a face close up?

Ok

 

[PippinTheChicken]

 

[AngBantamLuv]

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Its a bit fuzzy, but im leaning male based on those nostril placements... let me see if i can find my old D'uccle chick pics.. i had a male mille fleur..

 

[AngBantamLuv]

Ok here was my male, you can clearly see his spikey comb and wider nostril bridge..


Here is the size comparison... minnie and daisy on each side, and little man in the middle.. all the same age.


See how Minnie's comb is still almost flush.. even if it turns pink early, itll be flush on the females..

 

[PippinTheChicken]

if there's no point in keeping them inside I'm thinking to just give the to the hens

 

[AngBantamLuv]

if there's no point in keeping them inside I'm thinking to just give the to the hens

If youre sure they'll keep them warm.. otherwise they stay very tiny, if you can wait til they hit 6 weeks, they'll be fully feathered.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

I decided not to give up on having lap chickens just because of Peanut. Luckily, I have been spending more time with all of them recently in case this happened. Noodles is quite sweet, and I think that she is a girl. I'll get pics tommorow