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    Bloody Stool - Treat Them All?

    Hi All, After 7 years of chicken parenting, I happened upon our first bloody poop this morning. It is definitely not a lining slough. It was a thick blood only poop. I think I need to treat with Corrid because someone probably has something, although everyone is active and healthy looking...
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    Barred Rock Gender Puzzler - Round Two: The Plot/Legs Thicken

    So Kiwi the he/she is a little shy about pictures from the side. Here are the best I could snag. Thanks again!
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    Barred Rock Gender Puzzler - Round Two: The Plot/Legs Thicken

    I *think* they are barred rocks. The store they came from received their chicks from Cackle that week and they didn't have any Sex-Links in the order. EEs, Brahmas, RIR and BRs. Anything is possible though. I suppose they could have used Sex-Links as packing peanuts, but that would have been...
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    Barred Rock Gender Puzzler - Round Two: The Plot/Legs Thicken

    Thanks everyone. I have been so suspicious of this chick since about day 3 that I need your impartial eyes. Thanks for the tip about the barred gene. Really good to know. I had been thinking that the darker coloring was indicative of females, but knowing that it takes two to lighten makes me...
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    Barred Rock Gender Puzzler - Round Two: The Plot/Legs Thicken

    I think I might have a gender confused chick on my hands. Colored like a girl, but endowed like a boy. For a recap of round one: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=145966 And now for round two. In pictures with both Kiwi and Bean, Kiwi (the confused chick) is always...
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    Stray chicken breed & gender check

    On our way to the grocery store yesterday we found a chicken walking down the street. So we live in a good sized city. Kind of random, eh? She is half the size of our EE and a third of the size of our Welsummers. She appears to be an adult bird, which is making me think that she is a Bantam...
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    Perhaps she just takes after my side - Barred Rock gender question

    Thanks again everyone. I have renewed hope that she is just plus sized.
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    Barred Rock Gender Puzzler

    Thank you everyone. I now have hope that she will just never be a runway model. Thanks for taking the time to peek at Kiwi's gender bending features. Thanks again!
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    Perhaps she just takes after my side - Barred Rock gender question

    Cankles. (S)he totally has cankles. Thank you all.
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    Barred Rock Gender Puzzler

    If only they came out with painted toenails or a propensity to leave the seat up to make it easier on me. I so obsess over these things. I think I need to let it go, or crow as the case may be. As if that will happen. Tomorrow's test will include chick's choice movie night. The Notebook or...
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    Barred Rock Gender Puzzler

    Thank you. She has to be a she. I mean what are the odds that I would have a he in every batch of sexed chicks? From three different sources?!? Here's hoping she is just a little hefty from the tail down.
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    Barred Rock Gender Puzzler

    I completely forgot about this board. Hi everyone. Sorry about the identical post over in the baby chick section. So she's a little thick in the legs. I am sure they are just egg birthing hips. Right? Kiwi (the bird with the thunder thighs) and Bean are the same age (< 3 weeks). And I...
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    Perhaps she just takes after my side - Barred Rock gender question

    Doh! That board probably would have made way more sense. I have my moments. Thank you for peeking at lil' miss(ter) thunder thighs. He/She is a puzzler. And for the reminder about the other board.
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    Perhaps she just takes after my side - Barred Rock gender question

    So she's a little thick in the legs. I am sure they are just egg birthing hips. Right? Kiwi (the bird with the thunder thighs) and Bean are the same age (< 3 weeks). And I am sure the stance and comb are coincidental. Sigh. Our girl to boy ratio for sexed chicks since the beginning...
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    Broody hens (and good mamas)

    My understanding is that Welsummers are not overly good mothers. We had a roo turn up in our Welsummer chicks last year and easily found a home for him because apparently the males actually tend to be the better mothers.
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