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    Is this egg fertile?

    Hello chicken friends! I'm new to hatching/incubating and I can't tell with the eggs as far as fertility goes. I've got a very chill silkie rooster in with some standard sized hens. They all get along as a flock, but I haven't witnessed any "action" so to speak. Everyone I've polled in my...
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    How confident are you at candleing?

    So I've never hatched chicken eggs before. As I've been reading, some people say you can tell when an egg is fertilized after three days, some say to wait until seven, and even others say that they can for sure tell if an egg is doing something after just 24 hours. So what about you guys? When...
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    Stray cockerel trying to join my flock

    Okay, we've got a tentative solution. My brother's flock doesn't have a rooster, so he's going to pick this weirdo up. I guess that's as close to a happy ending as a dumped chicken can hope for. Thanks for all of the advice!
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    Lacewing gender

    I am straight up terrible at determining gender. That being said, I tentatively vote cockerel.
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    English Orpington Chicks

    Lol, well then they're just big doofy chickens. But seriously though, orpingtons are pretty chill as far as chickens go. They make good mothers, or so i hear.
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    Starting my flock, wondering what I’ve got

    Wow, Blackberry is so cute! Quilty looks just like my easter egger pullet.
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    English Orpington Chicks

    Cute! Orpingtons are so charming when they're small.
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    Stray cockerel trying to join my flock

    He would be able to see the others in the smaller coop. Maybe I could give him the less stellar specimens from my project if I decide to keep him. I'll check on nextdoor. I'd hate to just keep him without trying to find where he came from. How likely is it that someone is looking for him? Like...
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    Stray cockerel trying to join my flock

    Hi everybody! A couple of days ago this mysterious barred rock showed up on my property. I've asked around to my closest neighbors, but none of them have lost a chicken. We never see it coming or going, so I'm not sure where it's roosting. It just seems to materialize in the morning out of...
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    Probably a leghorn?

    Thank you. I suspected that maybe it was an Easter chick that someone couldn't keep. That age lines up pretty closely. Usually people go for the classic yellow puffball chicks around Easter, and around here thats usually white leghorns or cornish cross. I'm very glad to hear that it doesn't...
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    Probably a leghorn?

    Here are some more pictures. Hopefully these are more clear. Thanks for looking!
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    Probably a leghorn?

    I got this chick a week ago from a friend who got it from a different friend. Its history is pretty much unknown. It is notably larger than my polish crested chicks that I got from the feed store, but it doesn't have the heavyset look of a Cornish cross. It doesn't have the Cornish cross...
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    Is my 3yo hen egg bound? Panting and pretended to lay for a long time. Please help. Advice needed.

    I'm by no means an expert, but this sounds strangely similar to something that happened to my hen back in January. I had a hen that I had to put on antibiotics for a respiratory issue. She got better, but acted strangely until I gave her a probiotic mix from the feed store. Maybe the antibiotics...
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    New here!

    Hello everybody. I've had chickens since 2014 and I've been lurking this site since before that. I figured it was finally time to join. I've got a mixed flock of seven laying hens and one bantam rooster. The rooster is a silkie, the hens are wyandotte, leghorn x2, easter egger, barred rock, and...
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