setting eggs tonight!! anyone else?

Layna, how is your "girl chick" with the big comb doing? She isn't crowing yet is she??
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Sorry, I couldn't resist and I'm hoping she's a SHE! I would agree with everyone else. If the comb turns pinkish/red by a couple of months old it is most likely a rooster. Regarding the comb size -that veries from breed to breed. I don't have a leghorn, but here is a picture of my RIR pullet with not much of a comb at 4 months old, a month before she started laying...



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Nah... it's a girl for sure.
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Thanks, BJ...when will they hatch? Be sure to post pictures of your babies.

I even thought of names for each of them...Hazey Daisy, Misty Blue, Silhoette and BB. I can change the first two names to Hazey Days and Mr. Blue if they are boys so they aren't too girly.
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How adorable. I can't wait for my Silkies & Blue Cochins to hatch!
 
Layna, how is your "girl chick" with the big comb doing? She isn't crowing yet is she??
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Sorry, I couldn't resist and I'm hoping she's a SHE! I would agree with everyone else. If the comb turns pinkish/red by a couple of months old it is most likely a rooster. Regarding the comb size -that veries from breed to breed. I don't have a leghorn, but here is a picture of my RIR pullet with not much of a comb at 4 months old, a month before she started laying...



-_- it's turning pinker every day.
Sometimes, I think life hates me.


Edited to say: I will know life hates me if the RIR chick turns out to be a roo. The leghorn/RIR cross and the full RIR chick are the only two of my eggs that hatched. If they are both boys, I'm going to be torn from laughing in irony and crying in contempt.
 
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2 Silkie, 7 Cochin & 1 RIR due March 3rd. Then Silkies & Cochins every other day down to March 13th. Total of 6 Silkies. 8 of the total Cochins are pure bred, 2 are mixed w/Light Brahma, 6 a mixed w/a large black hen I hatched from an egg given to me. Don't know it's breed but has sparse feathers on her legs. She was large enough to be in w/Cochins. Hatching begins next Sat!
 
2 Silkie, 7 Cochin & 1 RIR due March 3rd. Then Silkies & Cochins every other day down to March 13th. Total of 6 Silkies. 8 of the total Cochins are pure bred, 2 are mixed w/Light Brahma, 6 a mixed w/a large black hen I hatched from an egg given to me. Don't know it's breed but has sparse feathers on her legs. She was large enough to be in w/Cochins. Hatching begins next Sat!

You just kinda stuck that RIR in there didn't ya?
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"These little fuzzy cute things, little fuzzy cute things oh, yeah and an RIR." Everyone will notice her.
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My silkie and BBS Orpingtons hatched!

Pics!
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Ivory, my first silkie! (White silkie, the only one out of 7 to hatch)


Splash Orpington (We had a 100% hatch with the BBS orps, sadly one died of unknown causes
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Ivory


EE/Cuckoo Marans


Family Picture!
 

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