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    Hen having seizures

    Sorry for the late reply, I completely forgot I posted this on here! So we got to the point where it seemed like she was having them every half hour, I was getting ready to cull her as it seemed to be getting so much worse but life got a bit crazy so I put it off. The other hens leave her alone...
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    Hen having seizures

    I have a rhode island red bantam hen who we hatched a couple of years ago under a broody hen. Over the last year she's started having what I assume are seizures, started off with her leaning back and her legs and wings going stiff with her head stretched down but then coming out of it just as...
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    Sexing 9 week old Rhode Island reds

    Here's a head shot
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    Sexing 9 week old Rhode Island reds

    Here's an updated picture of the Rhodies One went "missing" so down to 2 What do we reckon? Still pullets? 13 weeks now
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    Sexing 9 week old Rhode Island reds

    This was last week, no sign of any shiny pointed feathers around the neck, one has dark feathers coming around the neck. They are all very similar in size for feet, one had slightly chunkier legs, noticeable right from hatching. Two have tails that are quite short and "soft" feathers and one...
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    Sexing 9 week old Rhode Island reds

    No one else has birds local to me so it definitely came from my lot, would it make any difference that they are bantams? I only have 2 pekin hens, both broody with eggs/ chicks right now and frizzle hen that hatched the Rhodies out. I've been expecting the combs to grow rapidly in the last few...
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    Sexing 9 week old Rhode Island reds

    I put my guess on that one too as he was just so much chunkier when he hatched, thick legs and all, kids named him Steve. The small comb is throwing me, every other pic of a Rhody has a huge red comb at this age.
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    Sexing 9 week old Rhode Island reds

    It was clear as day, cock-a-doodle-do, on 2 separate occasions, I just haven't caught which one yet
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    Sexing 9 week old Rhode Island reds

    So this is where I'm being thrown, one is crowing
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    Sexing 9 week old Rhode Island reds

    Oops missed a photo
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    Sexing 9 week old Rhode Island reds

    Thoughts on these 3 please, 9 weeks old and I am struggling to accurately sex them.
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