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    Anyone want to take a guess at these littles? Meyer Rare Breed Assortment

    Yes! It is looking like so far we have: - 1 buff silkie - 1 white silkie - 1 Mottled Cochin - 1 Blue Cuckoo Marans - 1 Black Cooper Marans - 1 Easter Egger - 1 Olive Egger
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    Ronin's Flock

    Week 3 photos! They are getting big so fast, if we didn't have bad storms rolling in I'd say it's almost time for them to go outside. Demi. So sweet. I'm hoping the complete lack of pink in the comb is a good sign, keeping my fingers crossed since Demi is part of my straight run...
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    Ronin's Flock

    We are well into Week 2 and the chicks have officially reached their Awkward Teenage Weeks. Took some photos so I can shame them later when they're older. Luna was renamed to St. Fu (Saint Fu). Aka STFU. Because he/she never, ever shuts up. Ever. St. Fu is the smallest chick in the flock by...
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    New to me breeds - cutie pies!

    Congrats on the Sicilian Buttercups, I absolutely love that breed.
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    Are these 12 week old birdies ladies?

    Yes they look like hens, love the names.
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    What Was Done to this Game Rooster?

    Yeah it's really sad. I think a lot of people don't think much of it because they consider chickens "stupid" animals that are so bred for human consumption they aren't worth any ethical consideration. But anyone who has raised them from infancy knows that they're sentient emotional creatures...
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    Breed & Gender

    Looks like a pullet to me too. If it's an OE mixed with Black Copper Marans I think they just have a pretty red face in general: http://www.theartofdoingstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/black-copper-marans-hen.jpg
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    What are your favorite veggies to grow for your chickens?

    Spearmint because it smells good and it spreads like mad. Also daylilies because I get to enjoy the beautiful blossoms and then when I'm dead-heading the blossoms that are wilting the chickens get to eat them as a snack.
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    What Was Done to this Game Rooster?

    The feathers are stripped away on the underside of the bird so that wounds can be tended more easily after cockfighting bouts. It also makes the fights more bloody. Right before a fight the bird is plucked and its wattles are cut off so that the other bird can't rip them off. Looks like in one...
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    Hoping my silkie is a pullet

    I think it's a cockerel, none of my silkie pullets have ever had a walnut comb that large. Lots of wattle and dark blue spot on the cheek too, pullets have a lighter blue color usually in my experience.
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    Choosing Best Hatcher. What Design/ specification to look for ?

    I've had really good luck with the Brinsea Eco Mini II.
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    Official BYC Poll: How Often Do You Clean Your Coop?

    I'm in Camp "Whenever It Needs It". With baby chicks I'll clean the brooder out once or sometimes twice a day, but once they hit the run it pretty much composts itself so I don't mess with it too much other than to cover it with mulch periodically when the chickens dig it down too low. That with...
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    Ronin's Flock

    I just got a new flock of baby chicks that was hatched on June 2nd, so I'm setting up this little thread so I can do some week by week photo shoots of them and generally keep up with their shenanigans as they get bigger. Without further ado, here's the crew in their "We Survived Week One And...
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    Cockoo Maran - him or her?

    Another vote for cockerel. All in the tail feathers.
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    Here’s a good one.

    Three Rhode Island Red hens, 1 Rhode Island Red rooster, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Barred Rocks, and what looks like (maybe) 2 Ameraucanas. That's my best guess.
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