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    Molt or Something Worse?

    Thank you!
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    Molt or Something Worse?

    Morning chicken forum family, I am hoping y’all can weigh in on what my sassy RIR hen may be experiencing. I’m very new to chicken keeping and have not yet gone through a molt with any of my birds. Penny, my feisty little red hen, has recently started looking so haggard (see pics below). The...
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    Cull Considerations - Slow Start and Slow Growth

    Thanks, Mrs. K. I'm pretty sure it was my excellent photography skills because he does look unsymmetrical in that picture. Update: Here are pics of the boy from yesterday; very little growth but happy running with the rest of the flock. I'm still thinking he's a he. Still not a cockerel I plan...
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    Breed(s) Guess - Roo & His Lady

    Locally, from a friend who's kiddo was looking to downsize his flock. And they got Rufus as a chick from someone online selling his "pullet" 🙃
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    Breed(s) Guess - Roo & His Lady

    Hi All, I’m hoping this is an easy one. My rooster, Rufus, and his favorite hen, Marge, are pictures below and I’m hoping to get some idea on their breed(s). Rufus is awesome - a work horse for his hens and an excellent partner for me as we work together to care for his flock. I believe he is...
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    Grown Rooster Chasing Chick

    Well, I have a fantastic update to share - this afternoon I allowed the chicks the opportunity and access to come out and free range with the adult flock - and all went great!! I used the box as a tunnel/safe escape for my chicks and my rooster did excellent - he did not chase at all, he only...
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    Grown Rooster Chasing Chick

    Thank you so much for weighing in. I am so new to this, it’s the first time I’ve raised chicks and only had my adult birds since Jan 2023. I am making a tunnel of sorts out of a wooden box with chick-sized openings so the chicks can come out of their enclosure as desired, and explore but return...
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    Grown Rooster Chasing Chick

    I am raising 30 chicks ranging in ages 7 weeks - 10 weeks, and am in the ‘look but don’t touch’ phase of integration with my adult flock of 6 hens and 1 rooster (pic of chick enclosure attached). It has been 2 weeks since this phase began and I intend to go another 2-3 weeks at least. Both...
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    Post your most handsome cockerel/rooster contest! ends June 12th 2023

    That is fascinating. I looked up the breed and everything is black, even his bones. He is one special, handsome boy! And made some beautiful babies...I'm in love 🥰
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    Post your most handsome cockerel/rooster contest! ends June 12th 2023

    He is gorgeous!! I've never seen a roo that looks like him with black comb/wattles/beak but I'm new to this. Breed? Please tell me more about this handsome boy!
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    Cull Considerations - Slow Start and Slow Growth

    Thanks all, I appreciate the advice!
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    Cull Considerations - Slow Start and Slow Growth

    This may help - pics (again) of my slow-grower and a picture of my pullet, who is the same age. Based on how the little one asserts himself and charges around the place, I'm thinking late blooming cockerel. Appreciate the input!
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    Cull Considerations - Slow Start and Slow Growth

    He has not tried to crow yet. I have 5 cockerels and only 1 has begun to crow however all the other cockerels are very clearly cocks based on their larger red/pink comb and wattles. When I try to pick him up he runs for the hills and then squeals like a pig once caught 😂 But all of my cocks...
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    Post your most handsome cockerel/rooster contest! ends June 12th 2023

    My boy Rufus, a rock star to his hens and kind to me 💙
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    Cull Considerations - Slow Start and Slow Growth

    Hi Everyone, I am new to chicken-keeping (since Jan 2023) and LOVE it. I currently have an adult mixed flock of 1 roo/6 hens, and this is my first spring hatching/raising a mixed flock of chicks (30 total - 5 cockerels/25 pullets) and it's my goal to eventually integrate (most) into one large...
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