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    Help sick hen

    Is her vent area bloated? Can you feel around in that area and maybe feel an egg in there?
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    Rooster or hen?

    Looks like the brown one on the right might be a roo by the size of it's comb, can't really see the first barred rock's comb so I cant tell, and the last picture with the barred rock seems like a hen to me.
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    Help with day old chicks

    So what you wanna do, if the mamma hasn't done it already, is to show the chicks how to drink. You dip their beaks in water and after that they'll know. Then you wanna make sure that the mamma isn't too aggressive with the single chick, if she is constantly ignoring it, and or pecking it...
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    How does a Poultry Auction work?

    Oh and if this helps, my roo that I might be auctioning is 8-9lbs, and is (roughly) 8 months old.
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    How does a Poultry Auction work?

    In April, it will be the first time I have ever attended a poultry show, and possibly a poultry auction. I might be auctioning by Black Australorp cock (pictured in my avatar). I have no idea what to expect about buyers and their eye for birds, or have any idea of what to expect of judges...
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    Show off your roosters

    Why is your boy tied up to a pole? If you don't mind me asking..
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    Show off your roosters

    Funny image of them at Thanksgiving eating some mashed potatoes and turkey. And a front view of my show quality 25 week old (at photo taken) Aussie. I don't have a good side view, I think I'll update my post once I do get a picture.
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    Australorp - Gender

    Looks like a hen to me. I have two Aussie roosters at 27 weeks old, mine have their greater sickle feathers and have had them since week 20. Your bird doesn't have a very red comb, so that looks more like a hen to me. If she's being rowdy in the coop with your other birds, that might just be her...
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    Murray McMurray hatchery???????

    These are my two Black Aussies that I purchased from that hatchery in August at maybe 18-20 weeks at the photo taken. This was them when they came in the mail. They had another brother, and the hatchery gave me a White Leghorn also, but they both died within days of getting them. The other...
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    Australorps breed Thread

    First day in BYC so forgive me of oversharing. My first chickens are Black Aussies, yesterday they just turned 27 weeks old. They're both roosters and are fully mature, one is named Krule (my avatar) and the other is Kyle. Kyle is taller and thinner, but Krule holds himself as the top cock...
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