YO GEORGIANS! :)

[ShadesofSable]

Does it move? Is there veining? If not I'd chunk it.. Sorry your other eggs aren't looking so hot.

I figure, Hey, they're shipped eggs. I am just happy ANY are showing signs of life right now!

And yeah, definitely has veining and an embryo. The veining doesn't look GREAT, but it's there.

Could be a worm. If a chicken has an extreme case of worms, they can pass into the eggs. I read about it this week when I was searching about worming my chicken.

Would that effect the developing chick do you think? It's definitely a long straight line that moves slightly as I turned the egg, but seems to stay basically in the same place.

 

[PapaChaz]

So I have 14 little chicks, about a week old. 10 have tails, about half an inch long, the others have no visible tail. Didn't I read something about hens having longer tail or wing feathers at just a few days?

old wives tale, just like the white tips on the wings. It doesn't REALLY mean it's a hen......LOL and I know you're a wife, but I'm not getting into ages here

 

[PapaChaz]

Could be a worm. If a chicken has an extreme case of worms, they can pass into the eggs. I read about it this week when I was searching about worming my chicken.

she swallowed a crayon and it's writing it's name on the wall, good grief some of y'all don't know nothin.......

 

[ericinga]

So I have 14 little chicks, about a week old. 10 have tails, about half an inch long, the others have no visible tail. Didn't I read something about hens having longer tail or wing feathers at just a few days?

I tried all that last summer and even started posting all of what I found to be roosters. Thankfully nobody bought them because what I thought were roosters ended up being all hens. I took pictures and some had bright red feathers and I knew they were roosters. That held true for 1 out of 5. I had one that feathered out faster than the rest in my first group. It was 5 EE and I was mad thinking I had 1 hen and the rest roosters. It turned out to be be 2 roosters and 3 hens and the one rooster looked bigger and was almost completely feathered before any of the rest. I really thought it was a hen until I noticed it play fighting with the other that also was a rooster.

The SLW I got from Ladds were the same way. One had a tail and the other didn't. I really thought one was a rooster. They all turned out to be hens but are different sizes.

I am candling tonight. Can't wait to see what I have. Today is the end of week 1..



The one on the right is a rooster. He has full wings and tail but the tail is tucked under.

 

[ShadesofSable]

she swallowed a crayon and it's writing it's name on the wall, good grief some of y'all don't know nothin.......

That's gotta be it! Thanks, Papa! XD

 

[CliffB]

How is everyone's Saturday February 27th looking?

 

[PapaChaz]

How is everyone's Saturday February 27th looking?

we'd be clear what's up?

 

[Flowerbh]

old wives tale, just like the white tips on the wings. It doesn't REALLY mean it's a hen......LOL and I know you're a wife, but I'm not getting into ages here  

Sorry, Papa, I disagree here. Hatcheries breed their parent stock males to be slow feathering. The females are fast feathering. That is why they can feather sex most of their breeds. Notice I said most breeds. Those that can't be feather sexed are vent sexed. Keep in mind, that I am saying hatchery chicks. Once you start breeding them at home, you start losing that ability.

Take note people. When you go to your local TS (or wherever they sell hatchery chicks) to pick chicks from the 'straight run' bins, this is how you choose a male or female.
The first photo is a female chick. There will be two rows of feathers.

The second photo is a male chick. They have one row all the same length. This can be seen for about the first four days IN HATCHERY CHICKS.

Like I said, once you no longer have parent stock bred for slow or fast feathering, you can no longer depend on this. And, Easter Eggers can't be feathered sexed!

 

[CliffB]

Callin

we'd be clear what's up?

Calling the GDoA Monday to get the Spring Chicken Swap permits under way. We're going to do February, March, April, and May last Saturday of each month.

 

[PapaChaz]

Sorry, Papa, I disagree here. Hatcheries breed their parent stock males to be slow feathering. The females are fast feathering. That is why they can feather sex most of their breeds. Notice I said most breeds. Those that can't be feather sexed are vent sexed. Keep in mind, that I am saying hatchery chicks. Once you start breeding them at home, you start losing that ability.

Take note people. When you go to your local TS (or wherever they sell hatchery chicks) to pick chicks from the 'straight run' bins, this is how you choose a male or female.
The first photo is a female chick. There will be two rows of feathers.



The second photo is a male chick. They have one row all the same length. This can be seen for about the first four days IN HATCHERY CHICKS.

Like I said, once you no longer have parent stock bred for slow or fast feathering, you can no longer depend on this. And, Easter Eggers can't be feathered sexed!

well you ARE an old wife

besides, she wasn't talking about hatchery stock, and you said yourself "Once you start breeding them at home, you start losing that ability"

that is pretty cool about the feathers though, what age is best to look for that?

and what about breeders? so I'd say ok for hatchery chicks, but home grown and/or breeders who don't key on that, old wives tale. Present company included bahahaha