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    white spots on a black chicken?

    She may have a little of the mottled gene.
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    I'm a Newbie chicken raiser!

    How wonderful! It sounds like you are off to a good start. Thanks for joining, and welcome to BYC!
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    New Member

    Welcome! Sounds like a good mix of girls you have. Thanks for joining!
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    Chick feathering spotty

    CUTE! I will say that I have been "Mixing Up" my back yard flock for years and every so often I get a surprise. I hatch a dozen or so if my own eggs every year to fill spots left from loss to predutors or older hens no longer laying eggs. I get a chick with a top hat, fifth toe, feathered...
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    Open Contest 2026 BYC Calendar Photo Contest - We Need Your Pictures!

    These are a few of my favorite pictures. My broody Jade with some shipped Maran eggs she hatched.
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    Open Contest Indoor Plant Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair

    Every summer I put almost all my houseplants outside on my deck. They absolutely LOVE it and green and grow like crazy. Last week while watering them I noticed a plant (Suculent) had flowered. I've had the plant 3 years and this is the first time it flowered. It had a tag that said "Lovely Lady"...
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    Why aren’t my chicks eating!?

    If it was me, I would get some medicated chick starter ASAP. Your silkys are not meat birds and the formula may differ. also I would put some chick booster in the water. The pasty butt can be normal, but what temp is your brooder? Chilling may be a factor?
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    Rooster is perfect to all hens, except one?

    I've had similar rooster problems in the past. I had a rooster dislike a "crowing hen" once. I had a rooster be brutal with a speckled sussex hen because she had a larger than normal stand up comb. I had a rooster good in all ways except he viscously peck any other bird that tried to eat next...
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    Bugs Jumping in Coop

    If the bugs are you are seeing are the above Springtails they are harmless to pets and humans. Maybe go with a dry bedding like wood shavings.
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    Bugs Jumping in Coop

    wingless arthropods known for their ability to jump using a specialized appendage called a furcula. They are often found in damp environments and are generally harmless to humans, though they can become a nuisance when they appear in large numbers.
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    Tropic Thunder

    Wow! Thanks for joining! Also thanks for the pictures! Welcome to BYC!
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    Hens not using nesting boxes after hatching chicks

    Do you have fake eggs in your nest boxes? No need to buy the expensive ceramic ones in the farm Stores. I use golf balls. Some people use those plastic eggs for kids at Easter, filled with sand and super glued closed. Rocks shaped like eggs. Anything that will make it appear to the hens that...
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    New member from NC

    That's Great! I hope you are enjoying your chicken journey, and I would love to see your coop build. Welcome to BYC!
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    My mother hen is acting unusual

    I agree, the chicks should be fine now. They may call for her but will soon forget about their dependence on her. I once had a hen loose interest in her chick when it was 3 days old. Not good!
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    White Guineas

    My expierence is that all my white, pied, and Grey all were taken by preditors and only the pearl survives in my group. Not because they were less hardy, but because they were more visible targets.
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