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    Suspiciously Large Red Comb/face?

    Snatched off the roosting bar this morning. Compared to 1/2 siblings who are much older, I feel like the comb is suggesting cockerel.
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    Suspiciously Large Red Comb/face?

    I am sorry for the low quality, I have never had a chick be so flighty and intolerant of people. The traits that you mentioned are all qualities that I thought might make this a cockerel. The legs are absolutely thick T-rex legs. I am going to keep waiting to see what happens, but it has been a...
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    prayer warriors (following Jesus Christ, everyone welcome)

    2 Timothy 1:7 is a verse that I repeat to myself when I face fears or anxiety! "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." Praying for you to have relief from this!
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    Suspiciously Large Red Comb/face?

    I am so excited by this! The majority of our flock are WTB so they have very small, slow developing combs. This little mixed chick has had us puzzled. We sit on the porch every night and go back and forth as we watch them all. "Do you think it's a rooster?" "Maybe." "It would be nice if it was...
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    Suspiciously Large Red Comb/face?

    6 week update
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    Idaho?

    Do any central/southeastern Idaho chicken keepers know of hatching eggs available for pickup? Preferably black/ blue copper marans or ameraucana's. Magic Valley to the Swan Valley/Driggs/Victor area is within reasonable traveling distance. I appreciate it!
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    3 year old silkie egg troubles

    I am positive that one way or another things will sort themselves out:) I very much appreciate your advice and your following up on her condition! Thank you, we are so excited and grateful to welcome our first little one! I have been so blessed with a healthy and uncomplicated pregnancy and am...
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    Finding Eggs Randomly on the Ground

    Not an egg bodaggit! I had wondered if this was possible but haven't had this issue before.
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    Finding Eggs Randomly on the Ground

    I hadn't considered this as a factor! I am inclined to say no-- my coop is slightly cooler than outside. Concrete floor that stays cool, under a giant shade tree, and really great ventilation. It also hasn't been super scorching to where the hens all want to hide out 24/7. The locations that I...
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    Finding Eggs Randomly on the Ground

    She could be, but my understanding is that my hen's preferred box seems to change daily between two different options depending on where they think someone else wants to be. 4 boxes to choose from, two are favorites. Basically, if someone is already in a box that becomes "the chosen one" for the...
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    Lash egg?

    Livestock are fascinating because there are so many outliers and anomalies that defy our expectations! I wouldn't have ever thought that this came from a chicken if I hadn't seen her pass it in the driveway. She resumed laying very consistent eggs right before hatching her chick, so at this...
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    3 year old silkie egg troubles

    She seems completely fine. I am puzzled, to put it mildly. I have only had chickens for three years, so I am constantly learning, but I really did not expect to have my ladies throw me so many curve balls all of a sudden. If I hadn't seen the thin shelled egg and rubber egg, I wouldn't think my...
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    Finding Eggs Randomly on the Ground

    I have found multiple eggs from one particular hen (age 3) on the ground in random places. One was in my yard, another just outside the coop door. This has never been an issue before. Nothing has changed in their environment except the grain being harvested in the fields around my house, but I...
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    3 year old silkie egg troubles

    I don’t have photos of her poop, but I noticed yesterday after she soaked in the tote she had a very normal looking poop. I had hoped she was about to lay an egg/clear whatever material she may have, but it was just a poop 🤷‍♀️ I will absolutely pick up calcium tomorrow and give it to her!
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    3 year old silkie egg troubles

    I have a 3 year old silkie who has just started experiencing egg problems. She has been a very reliable layer of about 5 eggs a week, is the first one out of the coop and last one in, second in our pecking order, and always first to get to the table scraps. She laid a thin shelled egg about a...
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