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    Wanted: Bantam rooster and female duck

    I am looking for a bantam cock or cockerel that I can work on bonding with. Must be friendly at least to a point, yet not completely aloof, I need him to be a protector of the girls, but I want him to be human tolerant. I am not looking to break the bank. I am just outside of Mint Hill area in...
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    First egg at a young age...

    Quote: Yes, especially my leghorn eggs. Her eggs were huge. My EE are fairly small in size compared to my other girls and a couple of them lay some really huge eggs. I've had a few with some blood smearing on them too. I just make sure they get what they need in protein etc, and they always...
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    First egg at a young age...

    I've had it happen with a couple of my girls. Ghost was only 4mos when she laid her first egg. My youngest ones have all started laying just before 5mos except for one of them who still hasn't laid yet (she's almost 6mos now).
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    What color are YOUR Easter Egger's eggs?

    Quote: Yea, it will likely always be an olive/green color, but they may lighten a little over time. The color itself doesn't change. That's been my experience with all of my breeds I have.
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    What color are YOUR Easter Egger's eggs?

    Now I have a pink, blue, blue green, olive, and a green. One of mine still isn't laying. I'm hoping for another blue egg. The blue sure is pretty!! They all are, but I really love the blue one because it's also fairly large in size!!
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    Is This Ameraucana Chick A Pullet or Cockerel?

    I'm so sorry you've dealt with such losses :( I can't even imagine. :( All of mine come from places that supposedly vaccinate, but I worry about things happening. I've heard that even though vaccinated sometimes they can still get sick (but it's highly unlikely). I'm NOT saying the person...
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    Abandoned eggs, still alive? please help

    I would leave them alone for now. If they are going to hatch they should fairly soon. I wouldn't mess with anything at the moment. It's possible they aren't alive anymore, it's possible they are. I'd just observe for now.
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    Silver laced Wyandotte 5 1/2 weeks old gender?

    SLW are really hard to sex, at least for me. I have gone back and forth and back and forth on one of mine. I know the other is definitely pullet.
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    "taming" Easter Eggers?

    Mine were REALLY flighty when they were younger, but they've calmed as they've gotten older. My youngest ones flock to me now every time I go out there, but my cock doesn't like that so he tries to chase them off.
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    First Time Raising a Roo-How Many Chances Does He Get?

    He'd be a cull here. There's no excuse for attack to a child. It will only get worse when he gets spurs. I had someone intentionally provoke my cock, and he got a spur to the shin for it. Granted, it was the person's fault, and he's been warned not to agitate the cock, but he did it anyways. In...
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    Molting 12 week olds? Normal?

    It's normal for some feather loss. What you want to keep an eye on is missing patches of them, excessive itching, and things like that. I have been worried about things like that because I see people talking about infestations on their chickens (mites, chicken lice, etc). I put food grade...
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    Charging and headbutting cock

    Oddly enough, he fell right back into his place (thankful for that though). The girls were so lost without him, and so happy to see him when he returned that they all flocked around him. They spent the week he was inside lost and trying to flock around me. They have all grown up with him except...
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    Easter Eggers or Ameraucana?

    Also, I forgot to mention. It can be a "crap shoot" with EE, You can end up with a blue, green, brown, white, pink, or other off color. It doesn't guarantee they'll lay a pretty blue, or even a pretty green like one of my girls does. Thankfully, all of mine lay beautiful eggs, but it's not...
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    Easter Eggers or Ameraucana?

    Also, EE doesn't even necessarily mean it was bred with a pure ameraucana parent. It means one parent has a blue egg laying gene, sometimes both, but not necessarily pure ameraucana parents.
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    Easter Eggers or Ameraucana?

    She's an EE. EE can have grey, black, green, yellow, or even whitish color legs. What makes her an EE is the fact that she doesn't meet breed standard for coloring. I have EE and I have an OE. I get beautiful eggs out of all of them. I get a light blue, a bluish green, a green with white...
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