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    Broody Hen

    Hey y’all! I’ve got a very angry 10 m/o Speckled Sussex that is exhibiting some seriously broody behaviors (growling at me when I check the nesting boxes, puffing up, “pancaking”, and a naked brood patch). Assuming she reliably sits for the ~21 days needed to hatch (we do have a handsome...
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    Roo? Hen?

    Sorry to say, but Frankie is a good looking roo and loves to crow and protect his flock!
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    Six Little Chicks

    Our lovely flock is continuing to grow up! Frankie, our roo, is still finding his crow and uses it proudly in the mornings. Both of our eldest hens, Licorice & Dotty, have been laying eggs. Licorice’s being ~45g average and Dotty still gaining weight on hers (42g most recently). We made the...
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    First Egg!

    We finally, after picking up a pair of Appenzeller crosses to flesh out our flock a bit, received a first egg! Our other pullets are far too young still (~14 weeks) but our older pair are roughly 18-20 weeks and one of them has decided to finally lay an egg today (and in the box, no training...
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    Submissive Squat - Eggs Soon?

    Update: we finally got our very first egg of this batch of girls! Guessing it is Licorice, the first to squat. Her "sister" (another Appenzeller cross we adopted alongside her) Dotty has been squatting recently as well, however...
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    Submissive Squat - Eggs Soon?

    We picked up a pair of pullets to add to our younger flock a couple weeks back, estimated ~14-16 weeks of age (closest estimate we have!). This puts them around 17-21 weeks of age, as of now. Noticed today when doing a once-over on Licorice, our black EE x Appenzeller cross, that she has...
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    5-6 week update

    It's very possible! We hear a couple of our neighbors' roos crow a lot and I'm sure that influenced him at least a little. We also added two new pullets (which are a fair bit older than him and his original flock at 3-4 months, with them being just around 2 months) just yesterday, so I like to...
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    5-6 week update

    Isn’t he just?? So proud of his first (ear-grating) crow efforts! So funny how he thinks he can compete with our neighbors’ roos already. :rolleyes:
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    5-6 week update

    No more doubts as of today early morning. Little guy crowed his first crow! Combine that with his striking cockerel appearance and my suspicions are confirmed. :)
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    Six Little Chicks

    At almost 8 weeks, Frankie has finally picked up on our neighbors’ roosters crowing and decided to give a few crows of his own. (Personally, very proud of his first attempts!) We also finally introduced 2 new pullets to our flock, a pair of 3-4 month old Appenzeller Spitzhauben x Easter Egger...
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    5-6 week update

    Was pretty suspicious of this guy when he was only about 2 weeks of age. Posted here before when he was ~3-4 weeks. He’s now 5 1/2 weeks and I don’t think there’s any doubt left that he’s a cockerel! Still wanted to check in and have a few second opinions again now that he’s older (just in...
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    Six Little Chicks

    It has been staying 100°+ the past week or so and will continue to be over the next week. Yikes! The girls (and boy!) are handling it fairly well with daily ice enrichment treats and fresh water. Frankie, our cockerel, continues to show off his male growth. I have them pretty well trained to...
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    Six Little Chicks

    Update for my little chicks. They’re growing like weeds- every day I notice new feathers among the flock. Recently moved them out of the garage. They’re allowed to roam the fully chicken wired run, and are locked up in their hardware cloth run/coop before night. We have more hardware cloth...
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    Roo? Hen?

    Week 4-5 update, pretty confident little Frankie (Francis/Frank) is a boy. Just look at that comb! I’ll be continuing to update as he(?) continues to grow. This is a surprising first for me- I’ve always ended up with roosters over the age of 1 years, never hand raised any myself.
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    Six Little Chicks

    Thank you! They’re all such funny little things. Can’t wait until their feathers fully come in so I can better identify them by names! I thought so! That comb is suspiciously large for a young chick his age and he’s developing slower than the other SS.
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