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    Anyone have Speckled Sussex from Cackle with egg issues?

    I found this... maybe they have a D3 absorption issue. I know I do! lol Gentically, myself and my kids. I wonder if this can be a mutation in chickens as well. https://animals.mom.me/causes-calcium-deposits-chicken-eggs-8157.html
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    Anyone have Speckled Sussex from Cackle with egg issues?

    Anyone have Speckled Sussex from Cackle? If you do, egg issues? My girls have always tended to lay strange eggs. Thinner shells (If I find broken ones, it's theirs), the shells all have the "sandpaper" calcium bumps on the pointy end, and now they've lost their pigmentation. I have 7 SS, 6...
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    Flock dynamic of guineas

    Well, it's all that's available locally. Three feed stores and a TSC in my local area and none will carry an organic, higher protein starter* :( All in all I've been very happy with the results I've got from it with the 40 various birds I've raised. I wish that anywhere in the several books I...
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    Verifying Sex of Speckled Sussex

    So what did the bird end up being? My SS Roos were obvious by week 6. One was obvious by week 4. The "surprise" roo was a late bloomer and one morning he woke up with a giant comb at 6 weeks. lol I still think this one pictured could go either way. If she was really 12-16 weeks in those pics she...
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    Flock dynamic of guineas

    And yeah, I agree with R2elk. I would never raise them with Chickens again, and I would give them their own coop. If I had done that, I wonder if I wouldn't have had to cull the meaner males. Perhaps they just would have left the chickens alone. I have 9 acres, so once the coop is open in the...
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    Flock dynamic of guineas

    I started with 12 straight run. I ended up with 7 being males. They will start facing off against each other in the brooder. But it was never anything really bad. And I never saw any bad fighting amongst them when I still had all 12. The issue was how mean some of the were to my chicken hens...
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    How to RAISE a good rooster.

    I've only had two Roos so far. Speckled Sussex from cackle. I read they tend to be more docile. I heard in a SS group on FB that the ones coming from Cackle lately were mean. I was hoping that wouldn't be the case. I did the hands off approach. Didn't matter. The Alpha Roo would come at any...
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    Failure to Thrive.. but wings and legs grow?

    She did end up dying :( She never did get much bigger but some of her feathers grew. She had crazy looking wings on her tiny body. She went pretty quick. One minute I was looking at her int he brooder because she was acting funny, the next minute she was dead. I don't remember exactly what age...
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    Speckeled Sussex Cockerial overload?

    lol The comb is starting to pop up a bit! lol Though, one of my current 6 mo old sussex pullets had that much white on her chest too. So I don't count on the feather color much at this age.
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    Speckeled Sussex Cockerial overload?

    LOL I ordered 8, got 9 from Cackle in the spring. 5 EES 4 SS pullets. 1 SS died the next day, but 8 made it. All were pullets. I was feeling lucky. lol One of my EEs did die suddenly last week and I have no idea why. Well... I found her bad off, I had to finish the deed. Our last order was 12...
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    Speckeled Sussex Cockerial overload?

    Yes, they have a 90% guarentee. So far I'm looking at getting like $7 back. lol I would have prefered pullets ;)
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    Speckeled Sussex Cockerial overload?

    *facepalm* I can have roosters, we live in the middle of no where. But if all 4 are roos that would leave me with 4 roosters for 16 females (if there are no more surprises), that's too much. *sigh*
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    Speckeled Sussex Cockerial overload?

    I ordered 1 male, 4 female SS from Cackle --they sent 1 male and 5 female --supposedly ;) I had already got three females from them in the past, no issues) Join me in speculating? They are 5.5 weeks old. Picture 1. This is the original ordered male. He came marked with green ink and was an...
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    Failure to Thrive.. but wings and legs grow?

    I will keep everyone updated :) The new chick is kinda doing the trick to get her more active. Before I got her a friend she just sat in the corner all day, barely waking up.
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    Failure to Thrive.. but wings and legs grow?

    I've been careful with the supplements, rotaing with plain water. So I don't think I've OD'd her. No treats. Just the organic grower/starter at Tractor Supply in the Orange bag --I can never remember the brand name. :) She's not picking on the new chick at all. I actually feel bad for getting...
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