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    Please tell me my little Oddball is a girl!!!

    Totally devastated that "Oddball" may in fact be a boy and not a girl I've just had to give away two of my featherbabies as they were boys and I desperately don't want to have to give this one away... She/he is the only barred plymouth we got and I love her/him sooooo much!!! Ok, so hubby is...
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    So we are probably getting a hurricane what to do

    No advice here, but wishing you and all of the members on here in the path of this hurricane safe travels! Must be terrifying!!! Good luck and please let us know how you come through it!
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    new chicks coming soon

    I'm really new to this too - I've had babies for 3 days now and I honestly think you just need to pick one reference (book or here etc) and follow it. Or, better yet, if possible, talk to the breeder/place you are getting them and ask them the important questions - what are you currently...
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    Could this be the silliest question ever??? UPDATED WITH PICS

    Thanks Flowerchicks, I will duck out and get some blu coat this afternoon. She could be up to a couple of weeks old. She had moved from the first brooder to the 2nd brooder at the breeders - I think she does that around the 1.5wk onward mark. I'll keep a close eye on her but she continues to...
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    Could this be the silliest question ever??? UPDATED WITH PICS

    Thanks for the reply LovinChicknFarmn - she is by far the biggest in there (she's a good week older than some) and she actually seems to be the leader. I've watched them and not noticed any pecking. I was even watching her preen herself which she does a fair bit but she's not pulling any...
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    Could this be the silliest question ever??? UPDATED WITH PICS

    No not really Pele.... Just baldness one whole half of her neck is bald but you dont notice it as her fluff sort of covers it if that makes any sense. Any thoughts?
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    Could this be the silliest question ever??? UPDATED WITH PICS

    Thanks hummingbird. I thought I had said in the original post that she is about 1-1.5wks old. Sorry about that! I will check the site as you suggested and see what I come up with. I have checked her and cant see any visible parasites etc but I'm very new to this. I was hoping that this was...
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    I need a chick!

    Totally cute!!!! Good luck finding a friend for little Petunia.
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    Could this be the silliest question ever??? UPDATED WITH PICS

    Ok, Here are the pics of our little Oddball! I hope it's just that she's thinning out before the big feathers come through???? I hope nothing is wrong with her but if you think there is please let me know so I can get onto it straight away - she is such a friendly little thing! Thanks in...
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    Could this be the silliest question ever??? UPDATED WITH PICS

    Hi all, My little bubbas are doing so well and I could honestly watch them for hours! They are all eating and drinking like champs and alternate between trashing the place and sleeping. I have one little Plymouth Rock (Named Oddball - note to self, don't let husband help choosing names!) and...
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    My homemade Brooder

    FLChickens Yesterday 11:16 pm Would love to know what that breeder says is feather sexing. At that age, unless DNA or vent sexing (even vent isn't 100% all the time) you just don't know roo or hen. Very cute littles though. Well this is the method that one day old chicks are differentiated...
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    My homemade Brooder

    Well we are home and our feathered babies are in their brooder. Had to go and get a more powerful lightbulb as it wasn't warm enough. They seem happy enough, they have a sleep and then they get up and trash their food and water. We ended up with 4 x gold laced wyandottes, 1 x plymouth rock...
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    My homemade Brooder

    hehehe very true - I do have a mesh "roof" to go on top but they only have to stay in there for a week or two as I put the final touches onto the coop and then i'll transfer them (and of course the heat lamp) out there. We are getting 8 chicks - 4 x plymouth rocks and 4 x gold laced wyandottes...
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    My homemade Brooder

    Hi all and thanks for the welcome over in the Intro's section! I'm so very excited to say that we are about to get our feathered babies! I was hoping to have been able to put them straight into the coop with a heat lamp but alas, I haven't finished my coop yet so I needed a brooder in the...
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    Hi from Australia

    Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! I'll see you around the boards - off to post some photos of my homemade brooder!
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