These 4 weeks old babies were hatched from light olive and light brown eggs I bought from a local lady. One black chick has black/dark greyish comb. What could s/he be? And I think it’s a pullet. It grew tail very early on at about 7 days. I think the other black bird is a cockerel given the...
Hi, i’m still relatively new to the forum and figuring out things. Maybe this is a better place to post my question. I’m hatching 3 Trader Joe’s fertile white eggs using a DIY incubator with a temperature controller a humidity gauge. I set total four 9-10 days old eggs and 3 made it to today...
Hi I’m hatching 3 Trader Joe’s fertile white eggs using a DIY incubator with a temperature controller a humidity gauge. I set total four 9-10 days old eggs and 3 made it to today. Will be day 21 around midnight . I know store eggs take longer to hatch so I think maybe Tuesday if things go well...
Hi, I’ve been reading this site and noticed this is The most informative site regarding raising backyard chickens.
I recently became doubtful about one of my pullets. It’s a barred rock. I got both her and a buff Orpington at a local downtown backyard store as 3 day old chicks. Hatched on 4/1...
Hi, I'm a brand new member here.
I'm experimenting with incubating chicken eggs with my own DIY incubator. First time incubating chicken eggs and with my own device is definitely exciting and at times filled with doubt.
Since this forum has a lot of experienced chicken owners who gone through...