Possible hatchlings?? Help! Advice?!

[Sassy-ChikN Mom]

Oh yes! please do!
and yes, your right! They get that little squirmy black dot in there. Its definitely progressing in there. Soon youll see the head and even little wings moving around

 

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Keep us posted as well on yours! Do you know what you might be hatching?

Yep! Sussexes, Plymouth Rocks and Silkies!

 

[Chicken poppy]

Yep! Sussexes, Plymouth Rocks and Silkies!

Ohh! I love plymouths, once they hatch you can instantly tell the gender!

 

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really?! how?!

 

[Chicken poppy]

really?! how?!

Its super easy their sex links, so you simply tell by the dot on their head, if i remember correctly, if its big, its male, small, female!

heres a photo i found online for a example! Look at the white dot on the tip of their head!

 

[Lizzy733]

Your hen will get off the nest for breaks, sometimes quite often if it's warm out. A half-hour or so to stretch the legs, poop, have a dust bath... Isn't going to harm the babies. Even longer is likely fine. But if she's not coming back to the nest or growl/purring, she may be losing her broodiness.

My SLW hasn't ever gone broody, but she's a big girl. I'd assume Silkie eggs should be okay, but I know some larger breeds can crush smaller eggs - like you could give a Silkie some quail eggs, but they prolly wouldn't last under a bramah etc...

Eggciting to hear they're developing well.

 

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Its super easy their sex links, so you simply tell by the dot on their head, if i remember correctly, if its big, its male, small, female!View attachment 2845310heres a photo i found online for a example! Look at the white dot on the tip of their head!

Oh wow!

 

[Chicken poppy]

Oh wow!

This works 90% of the time, sometimes it can be incorrect

by the way, there are a few chickens that are sex links! Sex links are also pretty well tempered and heat and cold tolerant which is so cool!

 

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This works 90% of the time, sometimes it can be incorrect

by the way, there are a few chickens that are sex links! Sex links are also pretty well tempered and heat and cold tolerant which is so cool!

Yes! I live in a real hot place in Au, so nice!

 

[Lizzy733]

Yes! I live in a real hot place in Au, so nice!

Heard it's starting to toast up over there. We're across the ditch in NZ and it's a lovely spring day today... Now as long as everyone plays nice, we can get outta lockdown soon.