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    Can You Help Identify These 5?

    10wks, single comb, yellow legs, larger bird 10wks, small single comb, yellow legs, smaller chicken 10 wks, single comb, yellow legs, larger bird 10wks, basically no comb, yellow feathered legs, bantam 10wks, single comb, kinda yellow legs??? These, and more of the same, were...
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    Strangest/Funniest Places Your Free Range Hens Lay

    One time I found a stash in the center of a stack of Christmas wreaths in a Rubbermaid... And the most time-saving hens EVER just happened to lay their eggs in a couple of egg cartons on a shelf in the garage.
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    What Sex Are These Buff Laced Polish?

    Sorry, please tell me about vaulted skulls so I can answer your question. A little background: I have had quite a few breeds of chickens, but these Polish were a Mother's Day gift from my daughter -- so I don't know much about them. She ordered them from TSC, and I don't remember (although I...
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    What Sex Are These Buff Laced Polish?

    Can you tell the sex of these Polish by their crest? They certainly look different from each other.
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    Don't know what breed or gender you have? Click here!

    About 8 weeks old: A couple of days old, April 2: This little guy was from a kindergarten class at school, from eggs that were given to the teacher. Maybe just a barnyard mix, but he has feathers growing on top of his head unlike any chickens I've had. He's about 8 weeks and still CLEARLY a...
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    Chick Breeds?

    A kindergarten class at school incubated and asked if I would take these three cuties. They had no idea what breeds they are, and I have looked now at FAR too many picks of chicks on google! Please help. Chick 1: Chick 2: Chick 3; Aaaaaand an aerial view: Thanks for the help!
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    WHAT THE HECK???

    Please tell me what this is. And why it's outside instead of inside...
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    What breed is this Big Girl?

    After reading up on the two breeds you all suggested, I'm guessing the New Hampshire Red. I purchased Rhode Island Red chicks at the same time, and they are much darker and smaller (see pic). I read that New Hampshire Reds are dual purpose birds, and these "unidentified" chicks are very "big...
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    What breed is this Big Girl?

    My daughter brought me two chicks from TSC back in March, and didn't ask what kind they were. Apparently they were the last two chicks they had and she was trying to surprise me -- she did! Lol. So these two girls should be 17 weeks old and are now FAR bigger than all the others we bought that...
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    Hen Laid a Broken Egg

    This hen has only been laying for a couple of months. I did notice today that this hen has a dirty looking bottom, and the other two Red Stars look fine. I was feeding a 20% protein and switched to a 16% maybe a month ago. I have put out oyster shell a few times, and they eat it ALL. Like, I...
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    Hen Laid a Broken Egg

    Today I checked the nest boxes at the exact time one of my Red Stars was laying her egg. I watched her squat down and lay a broken egg, which her best mate immediately scarfed up. I grabbed the shell, took a pic, and disposed of it. This kind of solved a mystery, as each day for a while now...
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    What Could Be Wrong?

    This hen was on the roost yesterday around 3, looked sleepy, and is still up there at noon the next day... Her comb is flopped over... I've never had a sick chicken, so I'm not really sure what to do. There are 21 others.
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    Combs have black spots

    Okay, thanks! I didn't think it was frostbite because the roosters have enormous combs and they don't have it. But I AM thankful for the petroleum jelly tip -- I'm sure we will need it!
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    Combs have black spots

    What could this be? It's on several of my chickens...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Thanks for the help and good wishes! It became obvious yesterday morning what I needed to do. When I opened the coop door and let the 23 other chickens out, they all raced to the food -- and three of the brave (or stupid?) adorable little fluff balls zoomed out from under the coop right into...
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