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    Ohiki 尾曳 Long-tailed Breed Male/s and/or Female/s?

    Hello everyone! I happened to hatch some Ohiki eggs and I'm not quite sure what gender they are, or even if they can be sex in the first place. In any case, I hope someone here can play the gender guessing game with me (hopefully someone here has the knowledge)! I'll be copying and pasting...
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    Bantam Breeds and Other Unusual Crossbreeds or Breeding Project Hatching Eggs

    I have seen some posts about something called a sapphire egg layer or super blue egg layer. They are a cross between a white leghorn and an ameraucana or easter egger. They are said to be efficient egg layers due to their leghorn bloodline and they lay blue eggs! I haven't seen much variation in...
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    Bantam Breeds and Other Unusual Crossbreeds or Breeding Project Hatching Eggs

    The qualities of a silkie mixed with an efficient brown egg layer. That would be a nice cross!
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    Help! Chicken quit laying after only two months!

    A lot of chickens are either molting or are getting ready for winter. The shorter hours of daylight usually cause chickens to lay fewer eggs, just a natural cycle. There is also the possibility that nutrition requirements are insufficient though this is often not the main or sole cause. Other...
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    Bantam Breeds and Other Unusual Crossbreeds or Breeding Project Hatching Eggs

    If anyone is selling bantam olive eggers or bantam araucana hatching eggs please let me know in a private message or in this thread. I am also wondering if anyone here has any unusual or project corssbreeds that they have created and would like to spread across the nation through the selling of...
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    The NEW Crazy 24hr AUCTION thread

    @TJChickens Very curious about several of your hatching eggs. So the breeds you have for auction, if you were to arrange them side by side (silkied serama, EE serama, bantam ameraucana, porcelain, golden neck etc.) what order would they go in from smallest to largest?? I wish it were easier to...
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    Hens getting sick, losing appetites and dying - wormer ineffective - management of worm damage

    Suddenly becoming sick after getting better could be a sign of many things. It could be that they're eating poisonous plants that have recently grown within their reach and it's affecting their digestion. Even though the first bout of sickness might be different than the following, they might...
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    help! can someone tell me the breed and gender?

    Huh. Odd. I've seen hens fight like roosters. The whole flaring dance and stricking one another. Even heard attempts to crow. Never quite saw mating happen. Your hen may have a hormone imbalance? Or it could even be a random mutation that causes roosters to exhibit female feathering. Sebright...
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    What is "good coop ventilation" for the winter months mean?

    I always considered a hardware cloth window along the top as good ventilation. Any opening to allow moisture to evaporate out of the coop would do. It should have an awning or something to keep out the rain/snow. If the inside stays dry then the chickens won't be prone to drafts as easily. It's...
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    What breed are these chicks?

    A regular farm chicken could literally mean any breed, even haphazardly made crossbreeds, but the breeds usually found on a typical farms are leghorns, Rhode Island reds, or a sex-linked cross such as red or black star, or red or golden comets. Yours look like they are almost definitely...
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    Cat attack/ Opening and closing mouth?

    Always remember to be wary of your cats whereabouts. Though they're domesticated, they still hunt using tactics similar to wild cats which can get pretty intense. A hen may end up with severe internal injuries after an attack, yet no external bleeding because the cat failed to pierce the hen's...
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    Is this a Frizzle Cochin?

    She looks like a frizzle. Frizzles usually aren't spontaneously hatched, they usually have a frizzled parent. If you can contact the guy, ask if he had any frizzled breeders and your question is answered. Her feathers should continue to curl outward as she gets older. :)
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    Young vs. Old (sad face)

    Sounds like a typical pecking order. Introductions usually start with wary looks and running around. The rough socializing is normal and you'll notice a lot of fearful cheeping, pecks to the head, fighting for food, and the list goes on. Try not to coddle the young ones; they need to integrate...
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    Staggered hatch, hen won't leave nest with chicks a week later.

    Normally hens instinctively abandon eggs that don't hatch. If her eggs started hatching on Sunday, then it's pretty odd that she's still sitting until Friday (today), even when the last hatch was 2 days ago. If the unhatched eggs are duds then toss them out. It's going to be tough, but candling...
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    2 week old chick gasping for air

    It could be the heat. Check the temperature at the level where they are standing. Heat lamps can shine super hot in some areas, or not enough to keep them at a comfy level of warmth. The humidity is also important. Check with a hygrometer. Usually wooden types of bedding and a heat lamp really...
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