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    Hi! Worried about the missing baby, but can't complain otherwise. You?

    Hi! Worried about the missing baby, but can't complain otherwise. You?
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    Missing Chicken

    I checked all of the easily checked places, but there are so many places she could hide. And despite the bright red comb, she basically disappears in any sort of tall grass. Most of what I have are older or videos (or full of other chickens) because I keep making the mistake of going outside...
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    Missing Chicken

    @Silkies4Days @SuperMurshy @jpalmatier83 - gonna try to respond to all at once (and your replies definitely made me realize I forgot all sorts of relevant details last night). Thank you all for your reassurance, though. I'm hoping she reappears today. I'm in the Midwest, so it's corn walls on...
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    Missing Chicken

    Well, title pretty much says it all. Things were going so well. I got a second set to fix the chicken math, they all integrated well. And then tonight, I went out to shut the coop door and realized I was missing one - my favorite one. Any chance she'll turn back up?
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    Thanks! I've ended up super fond of them haha
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    Sure thing! I've attached some pictures I took yesterday, but there's a whole giant album from the day I got them to now located here. The new consensus is that I've got two Easter Egger cockerels, then the rest are pullets, with the plan being to go pick up more from a farm nearby tomorrow.
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    Unsure of what I ended up with - please help!!

    That's good news at least. The leghorn is Goat, and she used to be the biggest. It's been really funny watching her react to them getting bigger than she is. The cockerels so far are really good together. They're actually very protective of each other, which is part of what made me question it...
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    Unsure of what I ended up with - please help!!

    Update! I took more pictures. Fully agree on the two y'all've agreed are roos, although I managed to snag Sparrow (the darker/more colorful EE) and he chilled in my lap for a solid couple of minutes, which he hasn't done since he was a baby.
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    Unsure of what I ended up with - please help!!

    My next question is maybe a silly/basic one, but assuming y'all're right (and I believe you) and I've got two cockerels, what's my next step? More hens, right? And in that case, how many? Another edit: there have been zero aggression issues with the two EEs so far, with the other chickens or...
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    Unsure of what I ended up with - please help!!

    I think they are, but my luck would be to somehow end up with seven male chickens. I'll try to get better pictures of them individually later if I can
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    Unsure of what I ended up with - please help!!

    The Cornish cross checks out with what I thought so that's a little exciting haha The other two you circled are the ones I thought/am worried were also cockerels. They were supposed to be speckled sussex and female, but they increasingly don't look like what I feel like they should based on a...
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    Unsure of what I ended up with - please help!!

    Oh no 🙃 Edit: The giant white one you circled 100% was a rooster; I actually took it to my mother-in-law recently because it couldn't walk and he was apparently delicious. So if that somehow gets me down to 1 or 2, this might be manageable (if I go pick up more hens somewhere)
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    I did - I just forgot to link it initially. I've been out of forums for a bit 😅
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    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? First-time chicken owner. Got seven chicks back in April after never having birds (everything but, just about). (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Six (3) What breeds do you have? Allegedly three barred rocks, two...
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    Unsure of what I ended up with - please help!!

    Hi all. First-time chicken owner and after a lot of lurking, I decided it was probably time to make an account and ask the experts. The long and short is that I got seven chicks back on 4/12/23. They were supposed to be: three barred rocks two speckled sussex one "mystery white" who was a week...
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