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    Do i have an olive egger? or just an easter egger that lays olive-y colored eggs.

    I thought it was crazy too! I've never had a chicken take that long. To her credit, her eggs are large and she's probably laying 5 a week.
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    One week chick with white milky poop, rapid respiration

    Thanks -- I forgot to mention that in my post. Chick Boost in the water. I gave her a little NutriDrench too. About the same. The other chicks were only with her in the box on the way home and for a few minutes in the brooder -- I isolated her as soon as I saw her breathing, but so far this...
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    Do i have an olive egger? or just an easter egger that lays olive-y colored eggs.

    The EE did FINALLY lay a blue egg -- almost exactly a year after her hatch date. So... if anyone comes across my earlier comment, just wanted to mention that she did start laying.
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    One week chick with white milky poop, rapid respiration

    I picked up my chick order at the feed store this morning, and it's a feed store I use often because they are careful with their biosec measures, and the chicks have always been healthy and well-managed. I picked up six chicks, and 5 of them are active and healthy, eating and drinking and...
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    Do i have an olive egger? or just an easter egger that lays olive-y colored eggs.

    Thanks for this thread... I was coming here to ask the same question. We have an olive egger (named Olive) who has been laying since about September (March hatch). I've been egg-shaming my one-year-old EE Isabella Bird (same hatch date) because I didn't think she was laying, but maybe she's been...
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    Topic of the Week - Winter Egg Laying

    I don’t use supplemental lighting. I have a small young flock right now, though we’ve had chickens for about 15 years. Picking up 5-6 more chicks this spring. All of my current hens hatched late Feb 2025. The Orpington, Olive Egger and Barnevelder all started laying in late summer. The New...
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    All Things Treadle Feeder

    I came to ask the same question. I've got a small flock using the Grandpa's feeder and it has been great. Our mouse population has all but disappeared. But now I want to add 5-6 more chickens, and will probably just get them as chicks. They'll be in the brooder until it warms up, and we'll...
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    My chick pics successive weeks for gender guesses

    Finally following up with info on which were cockerels. The chocolate Orpington, I’m happy to say, is a hen (photo attached). Both Isbars were, as expected, Roos. All the rest were pullets.
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    My chick pics successive weeks for gender guesses

    Chicks are 8 weeks and a few days old now. The two Isbars have red combs and wattles so… I only added one or two pics of them since I’m pretty sure their cover is blown, lol. I’m mostly wondering about the Barnevelder and Chocolate Orpington — said to be slow maturing. Both were slow to feather...
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    My chick pics successive weeks for gender guesses

    Thanks! I agree… I’m still crossing my fingers for Isbar 2. The Barnevelder was very slow to feather and took forever to get a tail, so I was suspicious, but no wattles or comb yet and she looks like a pulley to me right now. Will update at 7 weeks with more pics of the suspects.
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    My chick pics successive weeks for gender guesses

    I agree… Isbar 1 and the orpington both show early wattles that are fairly red. Isbar 2 seems iffy to me - still pretty pink comb, and no wattles yet. But I’ll be surprised if Isbar 1 and the orp aren’t cockerels.
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    My chick pics successive weeks for gender guesses

    5 week photos
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    My chick pics successive weeks for gender guesses

    3 week photos
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    My chick pics successive weeks for gender guesses

    I’ve taken photos at 3 and 5 weeks so far of my 7 chicks — New Hampshire Red, Easter Egger, Barnevelder, Olive Egger, Chocolate Orpington and 2 Isbars. All from Mount Healthy. All hatchery sexed as pullets. My guess at 5 weeks is anywhere from 1-3 cockerels, but I’ll be curious to see how close...
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    chick keeps having dried feed cemented/clump in beak

    I have one 3 week old EE who may have a small gap between top/bottom beak (not cross beak, they look like they are aligned correctly), but there's a small space where food keeps getting trapped and drying so that I see a little bit of it from the side, and can use my fingernail to loosen and...
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