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    never had a rooster before, so what to do with so many?

    Additional might have to wait til tomorrow whens its warmer and not as nasty out as it is this afternoon tho..... about 40 right now and raining. Granddaughter told me she put them all in the hutch and turned the heat on hahaha (one of those newer filled radiant space heaters)...... i went out...
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    never had a rooster before, so what to do with so many?

    I am about 90 percent sure about the gender at this point ( comb, wattle, tailfeathers etc) but second opinions never come amiss. will have to see about get a picture up for my mixture of juveniles hahah ( 4 grandkids each chose 4 )
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    new to chicken world

    Welcome here.......I am new here too! i will keep an eye out on your post cuz inquiring minds want to learn! hatchaholic hahah I have never heard that term before hahaha
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    Don’t know what this is? Came from black sex link/welsummer pullet bin but is neither

    I got 4 mystery chicks this year from TSC.. they were in a tub marked Salmon Faverolle...... I had never heard of them and my grandkids were buying them so I brought them home. when I looked up the chicks and they were the wrong color. Some one here identified them as Silver lace...
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    12 week old rir hen or roo?

    My grandfather used to grill me on the attributes especially tail feathers. Granny used to have Buff Orpingtons and there was a young cockerel whose comb/wattle didnt come in time with the others....but the tail feathers were pointed and wispy and he had larger feet than the others. My...
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    12 week old rir hen or roo?

    looking at that last picture, the ends of the tail feathers look pointed and wispy......
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    12 week old rir hen or roo?

    if its tail feathers are individually rounded it is probably a pullet but its comb and wattle are really red hahaha
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    12 week old rir hen or roo?

    i thnk it looks like a cockerel , he has a reddish comb and reddish wattle coming in. Are his/her tail feathers fully formed to a nice round finish or wispyish or pointed. If its whispy or pointed another clue as to maleness ( the ladies like things perfect and round hahaha) do you have a...
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    never had a rooster before, so what to do with so many?

    I am afraid that my grandkids would be distraught at the eating option hahahahaha on the other hand when my grandson first learned about eggs, he stuck his hand under a hen and pulled one out and said "I want this one for breakfast its still warm" (he was 5)
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    For those who free range

    We have Hawks Coyotes, coons possums ,,,I haven't seen a fox yet in this area at all. We have a HUGE dog that runs around all evening and night and on Sunday ( we have to keep her tied during day as Post people generally are afraid of huge black dogs). I dont ride shot gun over the adults but...
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    For those who free range

    My ladies free range on 50 acres of mostly woods. I have found that the "easter eggers" are the best for survival in that area. They are attentive, observant, camophlaged nicely and very very very smart. I actually have not had a problem til this year when our flock was reduced to...
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    Chicken math

    After my new batch turns out to be half roos, I am trying to convince my husband to let me get Pullets hahaha
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    never had a rooster before, so what to do with so many?

    I let my grandchildren choose chicks this year. We got all straight run based entirely on my 12 year old granddaughters impassioned plea of male chicks left to die in cold or being ground up solely because they are male . OH and THANK you to the person who identified our mystery chicks as...
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    Lizzie?

    I have an EE named Blue who tries to crow. In olden times my grandfather would say it was bad luck to have a hen crow (hahahaha) but its funny nonetheless. Do not know what makes then crow.......but your Hen is adorable!
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    Hello from Mississippi

    haha mostly wooded!
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