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    Ameraucana Intellect (or lack thereof)

    I have 8 hens, including one EE and one ameraucana. I've never had a chicken who seems ... well, I hate to phrase it this way, but ... as dumb as my ameraucana. If I go out with treats, 7 chickens come running and Miss America (her name) stands 10 feet away facing in the wrong direction. She...
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    Production Reds and RIR?

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    Production Reds and RIR?

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    Do you think this is a Rooster??

    Here is a pic of one of my sneaky roos at about 17 weeks (the other is beside him). Note how the feathers on his sides and tail are longer and droopy. No spurs yet visible here. He got lighter over the few weeks I had him. The roos also seemed to stand taller -- more upright -- than the...
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    Do you think this is a Rooster??

    Girly for sure. I've been through 3 BR roosters (sent them back to the farm and got hen replacements) in my small flock. The roos are much lighter than what you have there, and the saddle and tail feathers are longer and decoratively droopy. My three roos had visible spur growths about like...
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    Red Star Eggs?????

    My red stars (golden comet, red sex link...too many names for the same chicken!) lay XL eggs and have from the beginning. Some eggs are light brown, some darker, and occassionally one will have tiny reddish speckles. Their eggs are frequently more oval than a traditional egg shape: both ends...
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