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    Do all coops struggle with heat in the summer?

    I'm not trying to be a negative nancy but that shed like it currently is will get hot inside in the summer and probably trap moisture inside in the winter. It can definitely be made to work, but it will need some more ventilation and maybe something like hardware cloth where the window is at.
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    Bielefelder 7 day old - cockerel?

    You have a little cockerel. Bielefelders are autosexing-males look like yours and females are much darker brown with the well defined chipmunk stripes and no spot on top of their head.
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    Bald headed hens

    I've had a similar situation this spring, although slightly different flock dynamics (smaller, no rooster.) A couple of my birds started getting bald heads this spring when they all started laying. I spent more time around them in and out of the coop and eventually saw the same couple birds...
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    Golden laced wyandottes

    Both appear to be pullets. The lacing and even coloring on their wings, rounded hackle and saddle feathers, and not much color (or size) in the wattles and comb point to them being pullets. In my experience, Wyandotte cockerels tend to have much larger combs and wattles and more red in them by...
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    This chicken is a gluttonous dinosaur

    My chickens love crawdads. Last year I found one in the yard when I was mowing. I made the tidbitting noise and threw it in the run and it might've lasted a second on the ground, then the keep-away began. More recently I found 1/2 of a pincer in the run so they must be on the lookout for them...
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    Help with gender?

    The rounded hackle and saddle feathers, along with the red comb, indicate a pullet thats getting closer to egg laying age. You should have some olive eggs from her in the next few weeks!
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    Nature Photography

    I don't have any pictures to share but I do have a couple links you guys might find interesting. I didn't get to see Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) because of a lot of bad weather here but I love looking online at what others photograph. Yuri Beletsky is an astronomer and award-winning photographer who...
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    Roo or hen and what breed?

    They both must have crooked toes then. No big deal, I was just a little confused for identification purposes. Either way within a couple weeks you'll have a much better idea whether they're male or female. Also, :welcome. Best of luck to you with your chickens and hopefully they're both girls! ✌️
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    👆 The Moonshiner
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    Roo or hen and what breed?

    In that case I'd lean pullet on the first bird and cockerel on the second, just based on comb and wattle color and size. (Even though we can't see the comb on the first bird, it looks really pale and I don't see any male specific feathers on either bird at the moment.) I thought they were the...
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    Roo or hen and what breed?

    I'd lean cockerel, and it's definitely splash colored. I don't know where you're located but it reminds me of a British Araucana with the muffs and small crest. Also, those toes are pretty crooked. I assume it gets around ok?
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    What chicken breed and color is this?

    In my somewhat limited research it appears they are both extremely rare here in the US. It looks like the Sulmtaler bantams are all or mostly in the UK/Europe.
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    What chicken breed and color is this?

    Looks like Greenfire Farms has large fowl Sulmtaler hatching eggs for sale at the moment. https://greenfirefarms.com/sulmtaler.html There was a member here recently looking for Pyncheons and they were coming up empty, even for birds that weren't correct for the SOP. It also seems that any...
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    Help graphic image

    Oops...:oops: Yeah that doesn't look good at all. I hope for the best for you and your rooster.
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    Help graphic image

    It appears that other chickens have been pecking his feathers out around his butt. It also looks like he has prolapsed a bit and they've been pecking at that too. At the very least, separate him from the others for now. I'll let others with more experience treating injuries help you out with...
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