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    Help with Sex of this chicken

    The comb and wattles are very red for a 6 week old chicken, and the tail feathers look thin. I say cockerel.
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    Boys or girls 8 weeks old

    I agree! The lighter red one's comb and wattles are bigger and redder compared to everyone else's, and is almost definitely a cockerel. The darker red one has me thinking cockerel, but you might want to wait a bit on that one. The very first chicken in the thread is making me a bit suspicious...
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    Silkie... cock or hen?

    You might have to wait a bit longer to be able to have a better idea. Be sure to also post pictures of various angles! Right now you're only showing the comb, which is handy information, but it's also useful to have pictures of their side (to check for different sorts of feathers and to check...
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    Gender?? 2 week old chicks

    They're adorable chicks, but I definitely have to agree with the other people in this thread. 2 weeks is way too young for any defining sex characteristics to develop. Wait a few more weeks and try again!
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    Any one know if this is normal?

    If they're jumping at each other, then that really sounds like cockerels fighting to establish dominance. Try posting pictures in the "What Breed or Gender is This?" forum so you can get attention from people actively looking to help with identifying your birds - it will go a lot faster! Make...
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    Extra Fluffy?

    Does she growl at you or at other chickens when anyone tries to get near her? If you place an egg near her, does she use her beak to tuck it underneath herself? It really does sound like you have a broody hen on your hands. Broodies will puff their feathers up and will often make little...
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    How to handle EXTREME -40 cold?

    My area has been under some extreme cold warnings lately. It's so cold that I've had at least two chickens with frozen feet (they can't bend their toes at all) so far, and I'm worried that more will suffer the same. I've locked my chickens in their coop, which has insulation, and I've been...
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    Chick with bloody droppings - is it coccidiosis?

    Unfortunately, the chick died soon after I made the first post. Shame - she was nice. Thank you for all the responses! I will be sure to treat the other chicks with corid just in case.
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    Chick with bloody droppings - is it coccidiosis?

    My four-week-old chick has been having consistently bloody droppings ever since I noticed the issue yesterday. These droppings aren't like typing bloody droppings - they appear to be almost completely made out of blood. I don't think the chick has been very active lately and I think the comb...
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    Chick crouching with head between legs and tipping forwards

    I gave her electrolytes as that is the only thing the store carries. She is a black copper maran. I was considering it being crazy chick disease, but I ruled it out because I heard that it occurs in chicks two to four weeks old, and this one is only a few days old. I might be wrong though, so...
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    Chick crouching with head between legs and tipping forwards

    I checked on the chick today and it appears as if everything is normal. She's walking fine without any front flips, and she doesn't have her head between her legs anymore. I wonder what happened.
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    Chick crouching with head between legs and tipping forwards

    The only thing I have right now is electrolytes, so I gave that to her. She seems to be normal-ish when eating and drinking (just with her head bent a tiny bit and on weaker legs than the other chicks), but as soon as she's done, she goes back to standing with her head between her legs and...
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    New chick?

    If you don't have a rooster but still want to hatch eggs under your broody, you can obtain fertilized eggs from a local breeder (or have them shipped in from a farther location, but that exposes them to conditions that will potentially compromise their hatchability).
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    Chick crouching with head between legs and tipping forwards

    I have a black copper maran chick that is only a few days old. When I went to visit the chicks an hour ago, I noticed that the chick had its head bent down between its legs while in a semi-standing position. When trying to walk, it would often tip forwards and end up doing a frontflip. Its legs...
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    Do you remove eggs from a turner for the last three days?

    It doesn't say so in my automatic egg turner's instructions, but I have seen a couple sites that say that you should take the turner out at around day 18 and place the eggs on the wire bottom of the incubator. I think this option would make a bit more sense because it seems it would be easier...
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