Redinator's First Hatch-Along w Bonus Broody: And Everything Thereafter

[redinator]

Yeah that's not cool. Bubble did this a few times and about gave me a heart attack.

Especially with an illness going around, my heart would stop too.

 

[ChickenChick46]

Especially with an illness going around, my heart would stop too.

This was earlier on when everyone was still inside, but this group was already younger and smaller than my first group had been when I got them. Then Pippin had pasty butt. I was a nervous wreck already.

 

[redinator]

This was earlier on when everyone was still inside, but this group was already younger and smaller than my first group had been when I got them. Then Pippin had pasty butt. I was a nervous wreck already.

They do like to compound the worry a bit. It's nice when things go smoothly for awhile and I can just enjoy them.

 

[jxp]

Cookie: Has a bit of red coming in on the shoulders it spreads and 'she' isn't a male
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What's the significance of red shoulders on a baby chicken?

 

[redinator]

What's the significance of red shoulders on a baby chicken?

If there's red color leakage isolated to the wings and shoulders it's generally a male specific color pattern. Cookie's may spread and the coloring could become more uniform throughout the feathers, so too early to say for sure.

 

[redinator]

@jxp here's a webpage with a few examples of red leakage towards the bottom: https://bitchinchickens.com/2018/11...exual-dimorphism-will-help-you-figure-it-out/