Pipd's Peeps!

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They will be out soon!

They sure will!! I just popped back over here to add that the Crele just externally pipped! Two air breathers now!!

 

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The Crele is out! The bad news is, from what I know of other breeds in Crele, this baby looks an awful lot like a male; faint eye stripes and a BIG head spot. BUT, we're going to choose to believe that she's just a really light colored female and remain in denial until proven otherwise.

 

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The Crele is out! The bad news is, from what I know of other breeds in Crele, this baby looks an awful lot like a male; faint eye stripes and a BIG head spot. BUT, we're going to choose to believe that she's just a really light colored female and remain in denial until proven otherwise. View attachment 2700797

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Yes, stay in denial!

They are another not true auto sexing breeds. It is about 75% accurate though.

Unless they are a true auto sexing breed, and I think there are only 5 of them, they have to be a two breed cross to make sexlinks.

 

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Oh, I thought it was males that look like females that cause the percentage that are incorrect, not females that look like males? I'll stay in denial for sure either way, though, just because of who I am as a person.

Here's the baby this morning, all fluffed out and in the brooder

And the two Chocolate Mottleds are out! Purple band hatched at about 5am EDT and red band hatched after I left the room this morning, sometime between 30 minutes and two hours ago. I usually don't band them until they're out of the incubator, but I could barely tell who was who when I saw that the second one had hatched so I thought I'd band them real quick just so I'd know. They'll join the little Crele once they're all fluffed up

 

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Oh, I thought it was males that look like females that cause the percentage that are incorrect, not females that look like males? I'll stay in denial for sure either way, though, just because of who I am as a person.

Here's the baby this morning, all fluffed out and in the brooder

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And the two Chocolate Mottleds are out! Purple band hatched at about 5am EDT and red band hatched after I left the room this morning, sometime between 30 minutes and two hours ago. I usually don't band them until they're out of the incubator, but I could barely tell who was who when I saw that the second one had hatched so I thought I'd band them real quick just so I'd know. They'll join the little Crele once they're all fluffed up

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I am sure it can go either way!

 

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With all the hatching excitement, I forgot that I had taken the Cochin babies' pictures yesterday and never got them posted! Here are all the silkied Cochin babies yesterday at one week old. A couple more of them have gained names since they hatched, but we're holding off naming anyone else until the boys and girls are apparent from one another because a friend has been waiting since last year to name a pullet and I want to make sure she can do that.

And this is all they want to do when I'm in there with them - pile at the door for my attention. That is, when Wash, Harley, and baby 7 aren't trying to fly the coop on me and explore the room beyond the brooder!!

Meanwhile, the new kids are all cozy together now in the baby bin, and the incubators are unplugged for the year. (Err, probably. ) The third little one is here as well, just visible behind the Crele (baby in front).

 

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And now, the Orpingtons' first photo shoot! In hatch order, starting with the Crele. I labeled their pictures with their varieties.

Now that the Chocolate Mottleds are all fluffed, they're definitely distinct from one another! I wonder if their current appearance will reflect how much white they have as adults?

And the three of them.

You'll notice that the poor Chocolate Mottleds both have raw spots on their beaks. That's because our little Crele doesn't seem to understand that the other babies are friends, NOT food! Hopefully those poor babies will start defending themselves more once they really get their feet underneath them!

 

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And now, the Orpingtons' first photo shoot! In hatch order, starting with the Crele. I labeled their pictures with their varieties.

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Now that the Chocolate Mottleds are all fluffed, they're definitely distinct from one another! I wonder if their current appearance will reflect how much white they have as adults?

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And the three of them.

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You'll notice that the poor Chocolate Mottleds both have raw spots on their beaks. That's because our little Crele doesn't seem to understand that the other babies are friends, NOT food! Hopefully those poor babies will start defending themselves more once they get their feet underneath them!

Cute! Can you sex the crele from hatch, at least a little bit, like a Welsummer?

 

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Well, I thought you could, but apparently not? First impression for me was that that little one is a cockerel based on chick down; it has faint eye striping and a big spot on the back of its head. Since I don't know for sure, though, she's a she until proven otherwise.

 

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Well, I thought you could, but apparently not? First impression for me was that that little one is a cockerel based on chick down; it has faint eye striping and a big spot on the back of its head. Since I don't know for sure, though, she's a she until proven otherwise.

I bet you can a little bit even though it’s not bred for the trait.