Our local show only DQs sick/hirt birds, like ones with mites or a pecked eye. The one missing a toe wouldn't be a good choice but your silkies might, even with their tails there's no reason for them to DQ one. See if one has two sets of five toes, a full crest and beard and poses a little naturally? Maybe your brahmas are :bantams?
Sphinx, you are welcome anytime!!!!!
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cool!!!!! Keeping my fingers crossed
Red, just found the other Icelandic last night, Brian can attest that searching for one chicken around here can be a challenge. Each chick had grown to different sizes therefor were in different brooders. The blonde one had been in the brooder for month olds cause it never grew, the black in the next size and finally the red, who is rather large and grand is in the largest brooder. The black one now has slight golden neck feathers.... Sad note: the blonde one finally passed(it had been weak since 2 weeks after hatch and NOTHING helped; it was the smallest and never grew; I had bad feelings about it but kept hoping it would snap out of it.
The black and red are healthy.... no worries there!!! Geez.... really have to take the camera out and just take pics. I get sidetracked on things that have to be done...ugh!!I'll go get pics right now!!!!!!!!
Cynthia, Desert, Casa, any advice?
The still air keeps the humidity just right, I take both red plugs out ...I dry hatch most of the time without adding water, unless the eggs are small then I add a little. Lots of this on advice from Cynthia, and she has had great advice. I would love to try one like Sphinx'...but I usually set more than a dozen at a time, so I have just stuck with what I know/have for now. Someday I would like to get a nicer setup. Of course shipped eggs never hatch great for me, but the local eggs have done great in my styrobator.. You just have to really keep an eye on it, sometimes mine sticks a little and has ruined a few batches by getting too warm.
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Quote: I also love the ones that come with feathers. Here is a picture of my latest incubator. We also name all of our incubators, this one is named Baby.
Here is one that i just used. It worked really well. I will probable use it again. We named this one Big Eyes.
Sphinx...What type of hens and rooster did you say you have? Im trying to figure out these chicks. Some look just like my FBCM that i rehomed. I think you said that was one breed of your roosters. These little blue/grey ones are really cute with their little beards and tuff's. One is really different, i think it came from a brown egg, it allready has all its wing feathers and is a little smaller then the rest. Do you have OEG?
