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[NoSkiveez]

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There's a page on sexing on my website www.swpoultry.com

Very Interesting. Do you pair this with an additional sexing method for accuracy?
What would you say the accuracy is on the crest sexing?
Does this method only work as day old or can it be applied to young juvenile chicks as well?

I have a clutch in the bator now. I'm eager to see how it pans out after hatching.

 

[Fiddlehead]

HI I would like to hatch some polish bantams,and/or frizzles. Can I get some recommendations for breeders with show quality birds that would be willing to sell me eggs? I will pay for S&H, so geography is not an issue! Thanks!

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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I do have paper towels (2) in there, but maybe not enough... I'll fill ALL chambers with paper towels then add more water... i'm now thinking that my last three eggs might have shrink wrapped. i sure hope not...but if the humidity isn't up there....IDK...

OK, here's my pics of the three that hatch, but i think they're all ROOS....! AGREE? DISAGREE??

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/27992_dscf0156.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/27992_dscf0158.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/27992_dscf0158.jpg
This is i DEF. think it's a roo...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/27992_dscf0181.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/27992_dscf0183.jpg


So, what does every one think.... how bad does the un-fluffiness look?

BTW...thanks everyone for all of your help...I really appreciate it.

Melinda

alright, let's back up and start over......

First off I dont see ANY unfluffed ones in your pics???
I see one in the second pic on the left that looks like it MAY be frizzled, MAYBE...

Yes your humidity will go that high, I run 50% during the main cycle and 65-70% at hatch for all my birds, bantams, peafowl, turkeys waterfowl etc...can be lower, but as mentioned, this works for me and I've done it this way for 27 years now.

But I dont see a problem with the chicks you posted...what I consider unfluffed is when the leftover goo in the eggs actually dries to the chick, it will be a God awful nasty crst to them, yours do not have that.

Yes for higher humidity you have to keep those holes plugged, do that and get all that other mess out of your incubator. The only time you should pull a plug is if you see condensation on the looking glass or if your hydrometer is shown above 70%
If you are using a Hovabator, they have holes in the bottom of the Styrofoam for fresh air to come into. I use 6 of them along with the sportsman cabinet styles. I never pull the plugs unless it's the entire incubator hatching off at once. Hovabators are designed to keep the humidity perfect without a lot of monitoring.
Fill the center ring for all periods of incubation, on the last 3 days fill the next ring as well, this extra surface area is what is going to raise your levels and it works perfect in the Hovabators, in fact I never monitor them any more in those. Used to keep a close eye on it for years, but they were always spot on, so now I dont even bother ...
Now if it's another brand, I cant help you there with the specifics.

But honestly, doesnt look like you have an issue with the chicks, they look fluffed and healthy to me.
Oh, and not sure how you are sex guessing them, but that's all it will be is a guess, time is the only way to sex them, some my have theories on it, but they are just guesses, crest sexing doesnt work as they crest size and shape can also vary depending on quality of the bird. Now if you know they are all perfect specimens from show quality stock then you'll have about a 75% average be correct. I've tried it over the years, and you get some right, but not all.
It's a good guess IF you know the quality is there, otherwise, well, it's just a guess

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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go to the polish breeders club site
here's a direct link to the correct section for breeders

http://www.polishbreedersclub.com/apps/forums/

Jim Parker's stuff is awesome, though he has cut back over the years.
Larry Glenn's birds are unbeatable as well.
There are several quality breeders in the states, though are two I would recommend tring first.
Both bantam and standard, straight and frizzle, both sell eggs and up, prices are fair and shipping is great, bought may an egg from both over the years.

 

[muddyhorse]

Fiddlehead there are some nice ones for sale right now on the byc egg auction. csdvm is selling them she has very nice birds.

 

[welasharon]

Well, now I'm confused. Do roosters sometimes sit in a nest on an egg? Today I thought I saw my polish roo mount a hen for the first time...or at least try to but then an hour or so later I found him in the nest box sitting on an egg.....
sharon

 

[Lolita]

Illia these are them, check out the scraggly tail and toes on the roo

 

[Illia]

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My frizzled cockerel also has an unkempt tail.

The toes I'd worry about. . . Watch out for that in the chicks. He's very cute though!! Telling by his tail angle and crest color I'd guess he's from the exact parentage of my smooth cockerel. My frizzle has a lower tail and much more white as well as a cockeyed crest.


You got yours just about a week or 2 or 3 before mine, right? Those spurs are mighty big. . . Either its been a while since I've truly looked at my boys' spurs and they're bigger than I thought or yours are much older than I thought.


welasharon - Any rooster will do that. They often mean to simply make or tidy up a hen's nest, helping and enticing her with more egg laying. It's a natural behavior in them, just like courtship, trilling, offering treats, etc.

 

[Lolita]

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My frizzled cockerel also has an unkempt tail.

The toes I'd worry about. . . Watch out for that in the chicks. He's very cute though!! Telling by his tail angle and crest color I'd guess he's from the exact parentage of my smooth cockerel. My frizzle has a lower tail and much more white as well as a cockeyed crest.


You got yours just about a week or 2 or 3 before mine, right? Those spurs are mighty big. . . Either its been a while since I've truly looked at my boys' spurs and they're bigger than I thought or yours are much older than I thought.

The pair was hatched 4/14/10, how close is that to yours? And will you post a recent pic of your frizzle sometime? Chick toes look good at the moment but so did his early on

 

[Illia]

Mine hatched 5/10/10 - Just a month behind. I'll get a photo of the frizzle when the moment presents itself. Last photo I got of him was of him fence fighting a Shamo. Before intervening, I just had to snap a quick shot.