Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

[BullChick]

I'm losing my mind... Olive laid today, I have her egg. she does lay very near Peach's crate, if not in it... I have an open cream colored egg. but there is still a cream colored egg under Peach. there are no cream colored egg layers in that pen. Olive must have laid a colorless semi-soft shell egg and they ate it??? but it looked just like a zipped open egg. can't be tho'... so the little black one has to be from the zipped open brown speckled egg. the red chipmunk is from the blue egg, and the cream egg hasn't opened yet. this is a real life shell game!

I just lost my mind. Let me read that again...Okay got it!

I shut the door again. They broke the hinge off the bottom of the door. The thought is to put up either a sheet (I have no sheets I hate that much. This is gonna be fun) and hold it to the ground with a brick (allowing me to go in and refresh food/water) or get complicated with chicken wire, zip ties, and a lot of tape for the sharp edges.
How long does it take for a leg to heal? Midnight is still alive, I occasionally see her try to walk, but she does scoot. I can't promise she is eating her FF or drinking, but I think she must be. How else is she still alive after 2 weeks? Anyway, I have a week to get her out of the coop she is in, and get it cleaned out. Baby WILL be going in there with her chicks. And, if I get any chicks from the incubator, they will be going under her (with leg bands!). She is so mellow, I can't see her having a problem with it.

 

[okallthis4eggs]

I think I know what sex these chicks are but want your opinions. First two chicks are big broodys. Second picture is Little Roger




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[BullChick]

I think I know what sex these chicks are but want your opinions. First two chicks are big broodys. Second picture is Little Roger




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The white one is a rooster, the other one is a pullet. Jr. looks like a girl, but I need a better picture.

 

[BullChick]

Oh! Thank you for the responses about the rooster pen.

 

[okallthis4eggs]

 

[Wishing4Wings]

You might have 2 boys here. Does that darker RIR have more pink compared to the other? It's a little hard to tell, but odds are 2 boys. You wanted a Delaware roo? You might get to have your choice now.

 

[showbarnmom]

What color will the little chipmunk marked EEs turn out to be? Any ideas?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

What color will the little chipmunk marked EEs turn out to be? Any ideas?

It's really hard to tell. This person tracked 4 groups of EE chicks, so it might give you some idea.

http://www.plumjam.com/poultry/breeds/ee-colors.cfm

 

[showbarnmom]

Wow!!! That's really neat! Really interesting how they change lol

 

[okallthis4eggs]

Quote: I wanted a RIR roo and Delaware hens. I think I got the RIR roo right here. Only got one Delaware and I agree with you and MC it looks like a roo.