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Determining the sex of a chick by the feathers doesn’t always work in the 2nd and 3rd generation. It is Year 2 of trying to determine the sex of my newly hatched chicks by their feather shape. Year 1 was a success, as you can read here. Now it is Year 2 (with 2 generations … Read more
How to tell a chick’s sex – is it a pullet (female) or a cockerel (male) We have a new batch of chicks, a cross between silver laced Wyandotte and Buff Orpington, with one Australorp cross. We also have one Brahma/Buff Orpington cross. I like the color patterns, with one of the more yellow chicks … Read more
How to tell a chick’s sex – is it a pullet (female) or a cockerel (male) You just hatched a bunch of chicks. Perhaps you are only allowed to keep females (NO roosters). Or you only want egg laying hens. How do you tell their sex? On a Wing and a Prayer? If you do … Read more
The Spring Tradition of Chick Day is Almost Here! It’s Chick Day. This is the time-honored Spring tradition every year where the tractor supply and the other farm stores have chicks for sale. But with the egg shortage and the demand for chickens, there’s likely to be shortages of chicks at the farm stores for Chick … Read more
