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    Please help me sex my Plymouth Rocks

    Thank you Shelleyd2008 and speckled hen. I do hope you are right and they do fool me! I have been sure of the LS all along until the last few days. Even as a little chick she definitely looked different from the other 2. You are right, these chickens are from good breeding stock. I...
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    Please help me sex my Plymouth Rocks

    Thank you all once again! It appears that the consensus for the Light Sussex and the last PR is 50/50! I agree Speckled Hen, the colouring of the PR is not always a good judge. I also have 2 PR hens with light colouring but are definitely laying! I fear that it may just be a wait and see as...
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    Please help me sex my Plymouth Rocks

    Thank you everyone! I had suspected that the lighter colour ones were all cockerals and the darker ones pullets so am not so surprised there but the last one I was sure was a pullet! I have some more photos of the last one from a back angle. The feathering doesn't appear the same as the first 2...
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    Please help me sex my Plymouth Rocks

    Hi everyone! I have some 10 week old Plymouth Rock chicks and I'm finding it really hard to work out their gender. The last PR chick I had I guessed cockeral due to it's very slow feathering and it's stance - well it turned out to be a lovely layer called Minnie! So I'm throwing these pics out...
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    Mixed or pure breed?

    Thanks dawg53! Our Our average minimum in winter is about 4 degrees Celsius (which is about 39F) but it can get down to about -2 (which is about 28F). Our average maximum in winter is around 12-15 degrees C (53-59F) In summer our average minimum is about 12C (or 53F) and our average maximum...
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    Mixed or pure breed?

    Hi everyone. I am new to chickens and have been researching online but need to make a final decision tomorrow as to what breed/s I want. I am thinking that I will probably get 5 hens and a rooster. My plan is to start with laying chickens for eggs and then at a later stage I would like to...
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    Hello from South Australia! I am new to the chicken world!

    We have finally done it! After living on our property for 5 years we have finally built a chicken coop! The run is yet to be done but it's on it's way. I'm off to see a hobby breeder tomorrow to look at all the chickens he breeds and to choose. I'm tossing up between the Light Sussex and the...
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