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    Rescued chicken with short/broken beak

    Yes that is what I figured-we live in an area with a few poultry factories/hatcheries so I assumed that’s where she came from, and yes I agree she is very lucky-I’m going to try my best to give her a good life :) Fingers crossed for a healthy next few weeks and smooth integration with the rest...
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    Rescued chicken with short/broken beak

    Thank you for your advice! Going to try it out with those suggestions and hope for the best 🤞
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    Rescued chicken with short/broken beak

    Hello all, We rescued a chicken 3 days ago that wandered onto a friend’s place of business. The chicken’s beak seems to have been clipped or injured and is very short. Im not sure if she was a commercial bird or if she was just injured. She seems to be eating and drinking fine the last few days...
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    Four colors of Starlight Green Eggers

    Here are my 2 SGEs at 6 weeks-one has the hairdo, which I love! Still trying to figure out if the lighter one is a roo because it’s comb and wattles are pinker and a little bigger 🤷‍♀️
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    Black sex link pullet or cockerel?

    Thank you!
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    Black sex link pullet or cockerel?

    This chicken is supposed to be a black sex link pullet, it is 6 weeks old and starting to grow a pinkish comb and wattles-is it a cockerel or do the markings look consistent with a black sex link pullet? Thanks in advance!
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    What is wrong with my hen’s eye???

    Thank you for your help! It is clearing up with saline cleanse and antibiotic ointment so it must have been a wound or debris. 😊
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    ISA Brown/Easter egger mix…roo?

    Hello! I have a 2 month old ISA brown/Easter egger mix that I suspect is a roo given that his comb/wattles are bright red, but don’t have much to go on other than that…any thoughts from others on what gender?? Photo is attached…brown and white one in the front (pretty certain the other two are...
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    What is wrong with my hen’s eye???

    Hello, My speckled sussex has developed an issue with her eye over the last two days…there is dirt crusted around it which I assume is from discharge, and now it seems to be getting more inflamed with redness in and around her eye. Photos are attached. Only one eye seems to be affected at the...
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    How many cockerels?

    Thank you all for your input! Now for the million dollar question…what to do with 4 or 5 cockerels 😩 I only have 9 hens so keeping more than one roo is not an option.
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    How many cockerels?

    I have 6 five-week-old chicks that our broody Speckled Sussex hatched and raised, and I suspect that at least 4 or 5 are cockerels…I am certain that the one in the front is, as he has had a redder and larger comb since two weeks old. I also suspect that the one at the back right is a pullet. Any...
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    Hen chasing only 2 of her 6 chicks…normal weaning process?

    Yes we suspected that 4 out of the 6 are cockerels :( I just wasn’t sure why the mama hen is only chasing away 2 of the chicks (one suspected pullet and one suspected cockerel), but not all of them. Thanks for your input!
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    Hen chasing only 2 of her 6 chicks…normal weaning process?

    Hello! My Speckled Sussex recently started chasing and pecking at 2 out of her 6 chicks. They are 5 weeks old and I would suspect it is part of the weaning process, however, she is only chasing the two chicks that are white. Is this normal? She has been an excellent mother up to this point so I...
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    4-week old ISA brown gender?

    Thank you all for your responses, I was a little bit worried that was the case. Hoping he is a friendly roo...guess we will see soon enough 😬
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    4-week old ISA brown gender?

    Hello! I ordered 3 isa browns through a hatchery and all were supposed to be pullets, but one of them is almost all white, bigger, and has a brighter comb. In anyone else’s experience, is it a roo? This is my first time raising chicks. There are reference pics attached. Thanks!
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