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    Can you figure out what breed she is?

    Hello, A friend of mine ordered an Astralorp but she does not look like mine did at this age (about 5 weeks). Any guess what breed she might be? Thanks in advance for your help!
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    Wheezing, Squeaking Chicken - Please Advise

    Thought about bringing into the house but I understand there are some respiratory diseases that are transferable from chicken to human so confining her in the house with the rest of the family seems like the wrong approach.
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    Wheezing, Squeaking Chicken - Please Advise

    So with regard to isolation, I'm not sure it is really an option. With nighttime temperatures below 0, and only one coop/run I can't protect everyone from the cold/wind and provide isolation. I gave all of them ACV and garlic to help boost their immune systems. I don't it's an obstruction as...
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    Wheezing, Squeaking Chicken - Please Advise

    Hello, My 8 month old Cukoo Marans started wheezing and making squeaking hiccup like noizes on christmas eve. She has been doing it ever since. She sometimes shakes her head and ruffles her fethers but otherwise seems very normal. She runs around, eats well (although she is Miss Piggy of the...
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    Cucco Marans Lays first couple eggs then stops altogether...

    Did one more check of the yard and run just in case. Definitely no eggs. Any ideas why she would have stopped laying?
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    Cucco Marans Lays first couple eggs then stops altogether...

    Yea somewhere outside the nesting boxes is what I was initially thinking too. I have searched their run, and the yard up and down several times and there are no good hiding places I haven't checked. We only have a city lot (fenced in) so it's not too hard to search everywhere. She is...
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    Cucco Marans Lays first couple eggs then stops altogether...

    Hello, Still pretty new to chickens having raised chicks from June 1st. A couple weeks ago we started getting our first eggs. Our Cucoo Marans, Ruby, laid her first egg, then took a day off, and the following two days laid an egg each day. Since then she has not laid a single egg, a little...
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    8 week polish and wyandotte - The Great Sex Debate but now confused.

    Here is a close-up of the polish: I think the head feathers are sorta roundish. The tail feathers are very round but I guess thats not really relevant. I read somewhere Wyandotte hens develop combs and waddles early compared with many other breeds, is this not the case? Does that lead my...
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    8 week polish and wyandotte - The Great Sex Debate but now confused.

    I started a thread earlier about a polish and easter egger I thought were roosters. With the responses I am now confused about two of my other birds that I thought were hens. I figured since these are different birds I should start a new thread but if I should have continued the other let me...
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    8 Week Polish and Easter Egger - The great sex debate!

    My wife and I have been debating the sex of two of our 8 week old chickens. The first is an easter egger cross and the second is a golden laced polish (not too laced at this point). I would love your thoughts.... Full body shot. Comb turned red very early on. Most of the others have not...
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    12 Day Old Lethargic SICK CHICK!!

    Three Horses and Glenda THANK YOU so much for your help!! So far things are looking good. Ruby (the sick one) is now running around a little, eating and drinking. She still seems a bit slower and less active then the other 7 girls but if I had not known she had been sick I probably would not...
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    12 Day Old Lethargic SICK CHICK!!

    She is in a brooder with 7 other chicks. The brooder is 4x8 with a 250 watt red heat lamp in the middle. They are on aspen shavings and currently living inside. They have not yet been outside, but I have brought them worms from outside and they have had some exposure to soil and grass. I...
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    12 Day Old Lethargic SICK CHICK!!

    Thanks, She is still alive today... I put some electrolytes in the water hoping that will help. She moves around a little more today and was eating some. Haven't seen her drinking yet, so made her drink a little. Saw her poop once today and looked like there was some blood in the poop...
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    12 Day Old Lethargic SICK CHICK!!

    Hello, I am new to chickens just having taken the plunge. I have 8 baby hens that were born on June 1st that all seemed happy and healthy until today. My little Cukoo Marans has been lethargic all day. She just stands around not moving much. While the other chicks run around she doesn't...
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