The Old Folks Home

[cheepteach]

morning oldies! hopefully will be able to grill dinner if hurricane cooperates!

 

[Sally PB]

We plan to grill chicken kabobs on the grill tonight. Good thing to do on a Friday!

It's gonna be another hot and humid one. I got the tomatoes in the canner while it's still cool-ish.

Here's another pot of coffee for those in need!

 

[getaclue]

Good morning OF. Wishing everyone a great day.

 

[silverhair67]

morning

 

[silverhair67]

Gooooooood Morning OF. Meet the Lone Ranger, fresh outta da oven! Since he's out of my Buff Orpington hen and K.E. , I wing sexed him. HIM! what did I tell ya. The only egg to hatch out of 13 and it would probably be a roo! He got his daddy's leg feathering.
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how do you wing sexed?

 

[silverhair67]

thinking about turning out the 2 month old sex links into the main coop with the 3 older ones unsure of age on those what do you think?

 

[CSolis]

how do you wing sexed?

Good Question. Some breeds are easy to wing sex shortly after hatching. There are two rows of feathers on the wing edge. One with staggered or uneven in length would be a female while those with mostly even (in length) would be males. It doesn't work for all breeds.

 

[silverhair67]

Good Question. Some breeds are easy to wing sex shortly after hatching. There are two rows of feathers on the wing edge. One with staggered or uneven in length would be a female while those with mostly even (in length) would be males. It doesn't work for all breeds.

thanks

 

[CSolis]

thinking about turning out the 2 month old sex links into the main coop with the 3 older ones unsure of age on those what do you think?

I managed to successfully incorporate some 15 week olds in with the 12 week old chicks. My trick was moving the older ones into the pen with the younger ones who had already established their territory. The older pullets were now in unfamiliar territory and would take some time to get accustomed to. Still there was the scraps and squabbles, but they all do fine together now.

 

[CSolis]

thanks

Of course there is the old fashioned way. Pick them up one by one, look them square in the eye and ask "Are you a boy or a girl". Kinda like Robbin Williams when he did the "Are you a good fairy or bad fairy" routine.