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I bought 4 australorp chicks in June and they were all black with the dabs of white, all looking identical. They are now 9 weeks old and one is gray and one has a rust colored neck. The other 2 look like genuine australorps. Can they vary in color like this?

The hen had been broody for a couple of weeks and the chicks were introduced the day I bought them at Tractor Supply. The first guy said he thought they were 3 days but they looked a little older than that to me and a guy I talked to later said they had been about a week because I told him they...

We don't have a rooster so no eggs will be fertile. I did get her 4 baby chicks but she would rather sit on a hard rock than snuggle in the babies. Unfortunately, I am now raising 4 chicks in a tub again.

Is it ok to butcher and eat a broody hen. She has gone broody 3 times in less than a year and has only laid a dozen eggs in the year since she was a chick last spring, so I want to cull her but didn't know if the hormones would affect the meat.