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    Guess the sex of these chicks!

    Oh no! Hoping i dont end up with 3 roos!
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    Guess the sex of these chicks!

    I have 3 chicks that hatched out 3 weeks ago. 1 x cream legbar that's a wee pullet and then 2 x copper marans that I'm not so sure on.
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    What would you do?

    I chucked 6 eggs in the incubator 21 days ago. Today we have 3 chicks fully hatched and 3 eggs that haven't even pipped yet. I gave the 3 chicks to a broody hen who has enthusiastically accepted them. Would you give her the eggs too? She's a tried and tested broody. Very docile and maternal.
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    Which rooster?

    I'm planning on hatching out some cream legbar and some copper marans in a few weeks. I don't know which roo to keep for my mixed breed flock. Is there any benefit to one over the other? I'd like nice colourful eggs from the hens down the generations but hopefully there will be a mix of CLB...
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    Rooster not crowing or fertile...?

    It is :). I don't think he's lost his crow due to illness he would have to then have been sick for the last year and he just hasn't been. Could it be age....? Maybe 5 is just to old to expecting to much wild oat sowing!
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    Rooster not crowing or fertile...?

    So we've had a beautiful big Buff Orpington roo as the king of our flock for the last 5 years. We hatched him and his sister from eggs, he was very closely bonded with her, but she dropped dead about a year ago. Our roo hasn't crowed since. He was never the noisiest, but now he is totally...
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    Off balance chicken

    I have a young hen, about one year old, who started staggering about a few weeks ago. Over that time I have given her vitamins, fed her eggs and bathed her in mite removal solution but she is still stumbling about. In some ways she seems happy enough, she's eating and drinking, and moving about...
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    Are these brahmas 3 roos?

    Still thinking two roos and a pullet?
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    Are these brahmas 3 roos?

    They are 12 weeks old now, and have such a lovely temperament. So friendly and gentle.
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    Are these brahmas 3 roos?

    Thought I'd post some more pics as a few weeks have passed.
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    Are these brahmas 3 roos?

    I will be happy enough if I end up with one of each.
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    Are these brahmas 3 roos?

    Got some better pics of their combs..
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    Are these brahmas 3 roos?

    Actually looking at them again I think the one with the lightest colouring might be a pullet.
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    Are these brahmas 3 roos?

    They are about 10 weeks old. Combs pretty red so I'm thinking 3 boys...
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    Which meat bird - no crow?

    Thank you. Sorry if my posts were a little confusing. We already have a 3 roosters (buff orp, swedish flower and a tiny little sablepoot) and that noise level is tolerated okay by the neighbours. But I was thinking a dozen or more roos crowing would be something else. So my plan was to keep a...
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