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    Hermaphrodite hen???

    :eek::th In all seriousness, I really hope not! I can't have a rooster where I live and Madeline is my FAVORITE (even though all my girls are amazing and super friendly). I'll keep an eye on her. If any further changes, I'll update!
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    Hermaphrodite hen???

    Thank you again for your replies everyone! It brings peace of mind knowing that this isn't totally unheard of. I will definitely get a kick out of telling the story to my non-chickeny friends: "Oh yeah that black and white one there? She likes to lay an egg in the morning then practice her...
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    Hermaphrodite hen???

    She is middleman on the totem pole- definitely not the dominant hen (that honor belongs to my Florence the black cow as we call her) but she is by far my friendliest and most inquisitive one. That is good to know that she isn't an outlier though!! What are the chances she'd keep up the...
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    Hermaphrodite hen???

    So I have an Appenzeller Spitzahauben named Madeline. She is a year and 2 weeks old and lives with 4 other sisters (differing breeds) since I got her as a day old. No rooster. Madeline seems to be dabbling her little chickeny toe beans into the rooster pool. She has always had rather large...
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    Easter Egger with eye discharge

    Hmm. The mystery deepens. The infection is not responding to the antibiotic (oral and ointment) and has spread to her other eye in form of bubbly discharge. That'/s it. No other symptoms and she still maintains normal chickeny activities. Only thing I can add is when I have her in the house to...
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    Switch? Don't switch? What to feed 4 pullets and 1 layer

    Thank you for the input Mary and EggSighted! I will continue to feed grower and OS free choice. Thank you for the helpful advice!! I should clarify with the feather grower pellets- Madeline, my appenzeller was attacked and her backside and one wing plucked pretty throughly. She (and the other...
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    Switch? Don't switch? What to feed 4 pullets and 1 layer

    Hello, I am currently feeding Stratch and Peck grower feed and am in love with it. I feed OS and grit free choice and give regular (3-4x weekly) leafy greens in addition to scrambled eggs, mealworms, scratch, feather grower pellets and whatever makes its way into the treat bucket. My chickens...
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    Easter Egger with eye discharge

    Thank you all for the input!! Esther was taken to the vet this morning and diagnosed with eye/sinus infection. She will be on antibiotics and probiotic as well as a medicated eye ointment for a week. She is expected to make a full recovery but her eggs can't be consumed for 3 months Those...
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    Easter Egger with eye discharge

    Evening everyone! I had posted here before about my EE pullet, Esther. : She had a traumatic injury to her right eye but with some TLC and advice from y'all, she was right as rain. Well, she now has a watery and thick bubbly viscous discharge coming from her left eye. I noticed it a few days...
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    Help identifying color?

    Folks, I thank everyone kindly from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to answer my question!! I really appreciate all the insights on my girl! She is definitely a pretty girl thank you kindly! I guess I'll just keep calling her a non-standard wheaten color then! It's nice to have a...
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    Help identifying color?

    Hi! Hopefully this is the right place for asking what color my EE bantam is! She is 3.5 months old and I'm a lil stumped on what to call her coloring. I thought she was a wheaten at first but as she has gotten older, she has developed a slate gray/blue on her head. She looks like two birds in 1...
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    Chicken hurt eye :(

    Yeah I feel so bad for Esther :-( she really is unhappy but I've been dripping warm water down the side of her face over the eye area. She has opened her eye a few times and the eye itself looks clear and normal. When I tried to wipe her eye area, she gave a painful cheep and pecked at me which...
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    Chicken hurt eye :(

    My Easter Egger bantam (~10 weeks old) has injured her eye. I let them out to range (supervised) and she was fine. I just looked again and she has one eye shut and swollen with copious water draining out of ot. She continuously shakes her head and rubs/scratches at it. I have put a picture of it...
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    Have the coop (sorta) but need the run!

    Well I sorta forgot I had this thread going. My apologies to the kind folks who took the time to reply! I truly didn't mean to leave yall in the hole wondering. I have finished half of the run! It is 10X13ft which should be enough space for 5 chickens (EE bantam, Mille Fleur bantam...
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    Chick attacked by hawk- story/warning and a poo question.

    Madeline continues to do well. She spends the day outside with her sisters and comes in at night with her bantam buddy, Eloise, who is gentle and quiet. She still limps just the tiniest bit but she had a lot of trauma to that area so that is to be expected. We have an follow up appointment on...
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