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    Can Marek's show up after years?

    He's definitely more alert now than he was this morning. Possibly he was trampled when I grabbed him. He could have been in a fight, for sure, but there's no wounds. Can Marek's show up randomly like this though? Wouldn't I have seen sick birds when my first homebreds hatched with no vaccinations?
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    Can Marek's show up after years?

    Here is the chick now. Maybe older than 8 weeks now that I'm thinking about it. Time flies lol.
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    Can Marek's show up after years?

    She/he (likely a rooster with my luck lmao) definitely could have eaten something toxic, they free range on about 3 acres. We have had a lot of rain the last few weeks and there are mushrooms popping up everywhere, I actually have seen some local goat breeders dealing with poisoning from that...
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    Can Marek's show up after years?

    I have a large mixed flock of 20+ birds. They range in age from 8 years to 8 weeks. Earlier this week, I found my beloved silkie rooster (been here 2 years with no problems) half dead from an unknown cause. He had wounds on his head and back, which appeared to be from the other chickens, but...
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    Bantam Rooster with Full Size Hens-I've Got Questions?

    I have a silkie roo in with my full sized hens with no problems. He definitely seems to prefer the smaller hens, judging by how often he mates them, but he also services the Brahma and Orpington. I'm on my 4th broody hatch this year with very good success rates! I kept one of his sons since my...
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    White silkie roo X EE hen

    I have a white silkie roo and absolutely love the babies we get from him. Friends all want some, too! Most have crests, feathered legs, 5 toes and/or black skin. Here are the two I kept out of our first hatch. Buff Orpington and barnevelder hens!
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    Pullet?

    Of course the pictures posted backwards! I really love how all of the mixes turned out. I have 2 broodies right now and I can't wait to see how they turn out!
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    Pullet?

    I'm hoping everyone agrees this is a pullet. It's a barnyard mix out of my white silkie roo and judging by her coloring, a barnevelder hen. These babies hatched around May 1st. I'll also include a picture of the buff/silkie mix that I'm 100% sure is a roo for comparison.
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    TSC Mystery Breed! Guesses Welcome :)

    She looks just like the starlight green egger I had. She was a beautiful, friendly bird and shaping up to be a great layer of big, green eggs. Unfortunately a fox killed her a few weeks ago. I will definitely get another in the future though!
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    Let me see that mix!

    Mine are all still babies. My rooster is a white silkie and hens are barnevelder, welsummer, buff Orpington, cream legbar, BYM (black copper marans x Easter egger) and golden cuckoo marans. I have a ton more pictures but don't want to overwhelm the thread lol.
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    Hen done raising chicks - now what?

    I have a speckled Sussex that hatched out 11 chicks starting May 2nd. She is not a very nice hen (she will peck if she thinks you have food), but she's approachable so I thought maybe it would work out since she would teach the babies not to be afraid. Well, the babies aren't afraid but she has...
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    Both pullets?

    Here's a closer picture of the neck feathers. I will say my welsummer and EE both have neck feathers that look like this.
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    Strangest thing, flock stopped laying

    They could also be eating them. It only takes one to break an egg, discover how delicious it is, and teach the rest what to do. I've had times where there was no evidence at all of egg eating, but when I watched the nest, sure enough, that was the problem. You can blow out the inside of an egg...
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    Both pullets?

    I got these chickens from a friend. They hatched around January 25th. I believe one is a starlight green egger and one is a prairie bluebell egger. The brown one has me a bit worried, because the neck feathers look a little pointy in person, and she (?) has recently become very bold.
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    Hoover's Hatchery assortments - breeds?

    I'm looking for breed ideas for the brown and gray pullets (hopefully!) a friend gave me. I think they're probably a Prairie bluebell and a Starlight green egger. She got rare and colored layer assortments. Any ideas other than what I already assumed?
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