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    Comment by 'JessLynn' in item 'Crevecoeur'

    Sylvester017- It's a shame you weren't able to get crevs for your flock. /: I'd say the Ameraucana was a good choice though, I have one of those as well and we love her. She's very sweet and lets me hold her like a baby, she's no cat chaser though. Our old Delaware chases out the cats and we're...
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    Can anyone tell me what breed/sex this five week old chick is?

    Just in case anyone was wondering Edith turned out to be a crevecoeur. (:
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    Comment by 'JessLynn' in item 'Crevecoeur'

    I hope you get the opportunity to own one of these wonderful birds. They really are worth it and will make a great companion if you handle them young. (:
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    Review by '' on item 'Crevecoeur'

    Ok so I only have one so obviously my info is limited and some of the things about her could just be her individual personality rather than traits of the breed. I didn't even intend to get this breed in the first place, we went to a feed store that was selling barred rock and delaware chicks at...
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    Hen making clicking, gurgling, and wheezing noises when she breathes?

    I have a two year old production red hen named Clara who's sick. ): She lives in a free range backyard flock with five other hens of various breeds. We live in Phoenix and it is July so the weather is very hot and dry except for humidity and rain two days ago. I regularly change and put ice in...
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    Review by '' on item 'Delaware'

    Our first flock was three delawares and we loved them. We kept them inside in a large action-packer initially until they were big enough to go into the back yard. We handled them a lot when they were little so that they would be friendly and they turned out to be sweet and affectionate hens that...
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    Week old buff orphington is having respiratory problems ):

    Buffie's health is improving and it seems like she is going to be ok. In response to Chilali I cannot cull any of these birds though I know that is what many would do and I understand why. But my chickens are not meat birds that we plan on slaughtering, in which case culling them would not be...
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    Comment by 'JessLynn' in item 'Rhode Island Red'

    I have a three week old RIR that we keep in an action-packer with two other chicks (until they are old enough to go outside) and she is just the sweetest. She gets excited when I come near and will happily hop into my hand if given the opportunity. She also loves to sit on my chest and watch...
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    Week old buff orphington is having respiratory problems ):

    I have had very bad luck with chicks lately. On May 2nd we got three chicks of varying breeds and the littlest one soon developed some respiratory issues which included a lot of productive sneezing, gasping, and a very stuffed up sounding chirp. I didn't think she'd make it but after several...
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    Can anyone tell me what breed/sex this five week old chick is?

    We got her when she was just a black fuzz-ball at a feed store, they told us she was a barred rock but she obviously isn't. Has a white/grey belly and throat and no sign of comb or wattle. That crazy little mowhawk gets bigger everyday. You can't tell by the photo but her wings are very large...
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    White Silkie Boy/Girl

    Sounds like you've got the whole Silkie rainbow there. (: Right now I have two week-old white silkies and I've got fingers crossed for girls because we aren't zoned for roosters. It is so hard to sex silkies. :b
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    Free ranging pros and cons?

    When my chickens were young we'd let them free range in the back yard during the day under the supervision of Daisy (our chicken-loving black lab) and then we would keep them in a container inside the house at night to protect them from cats. Once they were full grown they became full time free...
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    Mystery Chicks!

    There are several breeds these could be since most white chickens start out as yellow fuzz-balls. The most likely in my opinion would be either white leghorns or delawares since these breeds are abundant and cheap and easy to obtain from any hatchery or feed store and I doubt whoever bought them...
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    White Silkie Boy/Girl

    If it hasn't crowed by now it's probably a pullet, I also don't see any "streamers" which is indicative of a pullet. Another thing you can look for is the way it stands, see how Afro Thunder (LOL that name cracks me up) is standing tall with his chest out? If the other one stands that way most...
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    Is my Delaware pullet a cockerel?

    The legs do seem big but that doesn't always mean cockerel. My first chickens were three Delawares we got from a feed store that we named Martie, Natalie, and Emily (after the Dixie Chicks). Natalie and Emily were text book pullets from the start, small feet, pale tiny combs, and very cautious...
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