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    Six week old Orpingtons

    And the only blue left. Tail is starting to come in but until today it was looking more like the tail-less bird
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    Six week old Orpingtons

    Here's the other tailed bird (hopefully a pullet?)
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    Six week old Orpingtons

    My six week old lavender and blue Orpington chicks are feathering up quite differently. 2 have tails while the two I suspect might be roos due to ever so slightly larger and pinker combs have almost no tail at this stage. Is this a thing? I've already culled two that sprouted big red wattles...
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    Gender of this cross breed?

    She could be pure Wyandotte, but her mom ran with several other roosters as well.
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    Gender of this cross breed?

    This is my 12 week old Wyandotte cross (possible fathers are leghorn, light Sussex and Wyandotte) the comb and wattles made me think female but the one tail feather being so long and pointy has me second guessing. I've had a close look for pointy saddle and hackle feathers but they are still...
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    Day old chick with hurt legs

    I figured out why the hocks are bruised, its because its been trying to walk on them. Feet are completely contracted up and the chick is crawling on the stumps of its hocks. It screams with pain when I try to gently open its feet and then rolls over to take all weight off them. I've culled it...
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    Day old chick with hurt legs

    Yes, it was the last to hatch and the 12 others have been short of steam rolling it I think. It's isolated in chicken hospital now. Have given it a wee bit of electrolyte solution through a syringe that it was keen for and has perked up a bit but still can't walk. Will see how it goes. This is...
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    Day old chick with hurt legs

    I have a day old chick that won't stand up (was doing fine this morning) but now has both legs curled up. Both hocks look bruised and I can't get it fully extend its legs with just gentle pressure. One side is worse than the other. They aren't obviously swollen though and I can't feel any...
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    pale comb and panting?

    My young broody hen just hatched her first lot of chicks yesterday. Today I noticed her comb is very pale and she had been panting or just hanging her mouth open. It was a little warm today but not over 18 degrees. I'm paranoid she'll drop dead! I've been offering her water and food and she...
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    Chicken with lump by breast meat

    Sounds like her croup. Perfectly normal.
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    diff colored eggs from same chicken??

    They are 3 sisters, all have yellow legs and funny little mop tops and look very sìmilar.
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    diff colored eggs from same chicken??

    I'm trying to figure out which hen is laying the green eggs. I have three barnyard specials. The one I was almost sure it was just laid a nice cream egg! They can't change egg color can they?
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    Silkie/Easter Egger mix???

    Here is mine. I've got three that all look more or less like this.
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    culling chicks...

    SD Bird lady, I thought about that method too (as there is no way they'd fit in my killing cone) but worried about accidently chopping off my hand. How do you hold them down?
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    culling chicks...

    Thank you Donrae. My hubby likes that idea (Science!) At the moment I'm raising 5 cockerals to a slaughterable size (or until they start crowing) and at 12 weeks they just aren't worth the effort. In the future I'd rather cull as small chicks because I have limited space and the boys are...
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