Setting (Again) April 16th-18th...

[MjChickens]

Here is some food for thought for everyone.. I am Quoting Chickielady from another thread.

on chicks several days old:
Two rows of wing feathers generally is a hen,
One even row of wing feathers is usually a cockeral.

 

[snazzyboots]

cool. has everyone here found that to be true? if so i may have a couple girls. i'll have to check this out. thanks

 

[chevgrl]

Unpacked

Set up right for 18hrs

And now they are in the Bator

Thank You Mjchickens for the beautiful eggs/packaging! You sure know how to take care of your customers!

 

[snazzyboots]

how many are you setting chev?

 

[chevgrl]

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These are my 6 orpington eggs but I'm getting like 24 maran eggs (blue copper,black copper, and copper splashes.

 

[snazzyboots]

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These are my 6 orpington eggs but I'm getting like 24 maran eggs (blue copper,black copper, and copper splashes.

cool. some of my chicks now are marans or crosses. not sure who is what

 

[snazzyboots]

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so i went and checked my babies. if this is correct i have 3 girls out of 9. there really is a big difference in some of them(maybe boys vs girls) 3 have all the wing feathers and are getting tail feathers and look more grown up and the others have only the one row of wing feathers and no tails. they are 7 days today. guess it is a good thing i'm incubating more eggs huh? lol

 

[latebloomer]

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interesting, i'm going to check now.

 

[MjChickens]

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You are so welcome.

 

[MjChickens]

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interesting, i'm going to check now.

Try this one.. An old farmer once told me that if the egg has a rounded end it should hatch out girl, pointy end should hatch out to be boy. So maybe count how many you think are girls and how many you think are boy and she what you come up with. Just for fun.