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Oh! How can you tell it’s an Easter egger, then? A specific egg color? Genuinely curious

Question.. do some easter eggers not have muffs? I thought they had muffs/beards.

I also think it looks like a pullet?

Green egg layer, about 2 years old. Olive Egger?

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I thought it was a pullet at first, but I guess not. Anything in particular I should be looking for when determining the gender of chickens in the future?

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Males, they’re pretty, though

Hello! We got another bird, after realizing our bantam was a rooster. She is about 2 months old, and looks to be an EE. When we selected her, she had missing feathers all along her back. A store clerk sprayed a purple liquid on her, still not sure what that was. Later, we realized she had...

They are maybe 2 years old and yes, we used a blow dryer on medium setting.

the mites have gotten really bad in our coop. We did research, and decided on bathing them in it. We got a 5 gallon bucket and put 5 ounces of it into it along with some warm water. We placed them in, head above water, and rubbed it in their feathers. After, we dried them off and misted it on...

When they were done, we placed them in a crate with towels.

So we gave our girls a permethrin bath today to treat mites. They were acting weird after, losing their balance and not moving much. I thought they seemed shocked, and gave them some time. It’s been a few hours, and our silkie is still off balanced, and is acting rather strange. We followed all...

Alright, thank you. :(