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    Scaly body mites?

    Any update on what this was? Did the hen recover? I have a pulley with something similar…
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    Favus? Yeast imbalance? Mites? What is this!!

    The only 14 week pullet affected out of 6. It did that thing where on Sunday during weekly once over it was running round like normal and looked fine and on Wednesday night, it was wing drooping, lethargic, & not going into the coop. I thought it was the heat (it’s 110-118 here), isolated it in...
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    Building a coop! Questions as we go....

    A few “lessons learned” from my coop… 1., I may have 28 feet of roosting bars, but all 10 hens squabble for the highest bar- to the point some get pushed off. The youngest pullets just stay on the lower bar (3 girls), leaving more than 18 feet of roost completely unused while the highest is...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    I found the secret stash…. 35!
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    Araucana chicks, 11 weeks genders?

    Looking for input on the gender of my araucana chicks since I am not good at sexing them until they crow.
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    Araucana thread anyone?

    Yes! 25% fatality rate with tufts right out the gate. It’s one reason why my broody hatch rate was so high. I love the tufts, but only have 3 Araucanas with them. My goal is 2 breeding flocks- one with a tufted roo and cf hens and the second flock the opposite. Because of there short backs, I’ll...
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    Araucana thread anyone?

    I’m new, but I’ll share what I’ve learned- I’ve incubated two hatches of Araucanas- the first was 1 egg out of 12, the second was 5 out of 36 eggs. I waited 24 days with each and then gave up. I had an 87% hatch rate of different breeds between the two, so I didn’t think it was the incubator. I...
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    Mystic Onyx Egg Color

    How old were they when they began laying? I have two, aged about 6 months old and no eggs yet!
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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest Photo Submission - Thread #10

    6 week old cuckoo Maran
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    What Breed and what gender am I? Best guesses

    I am allowed but I’m pushing my flock limits 😬. I have my RIR and a beautiful Araucana (breeder sourced) as well as a BC Maran that take care of the girls. The BC is still a little guy and he will grow up with this flock. As for the other cockerels, I post them on Craigslist for free and give...
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    What Breed and what gender am I? Best guesses

    Thanks! I’m excited to see if they are pullets- the second one has the sweetest temperament and is really big, but I’m really hoping pullet 🤞
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    What Breed and what gender am I? Best guesses

    Yeah- that’s what has me cracking up. The eggs didn’t look maran but I totally thought well summer eggs until this lil’variety pack of mixers broke out and fluffed up… and then those Mohawks 🤣
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    Guesses on breeds? All hatched from shades of browns eggs

    That second one looks like a copper maran face but no feathering on the toes…. Tis the season for barnyard mixes and mystery chicks
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    What Breed and what gender am I? Best guesses

    This cracks me up because they told me well summers and Marans…. 🤣 any idea on gender though?
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    What Breed and what gender am I? Best guesses

    Bird number three has a Mohawk, no muffs and yellow legs
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