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    Abandoned eggs

    hey all! I had my first broody hen, I got 5 eggs from friends that have a rooster. Exactly 21 days later the chicks hatched and I now have five heathy chicks that mama is looking after. Here is the issue. I dont know anything about the process of incubating eggs, I made the mistake of five days...
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    New hen not eating or drinking

    Thanks! I was worried about spreading illness so I was avoiding introducing her to my silkie. I do have some sizzles that I'm also going to be getting tomorrow, would it be okay to put them in with her?
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    New hen not eating or drinking

    I apologize a head of time for the long post.. I just recently got a new silkie hen, my first 'outsider'. I've had my exsisting flock since chicks..I just lost one of my two silkies so I found this silkie so my lone silkie would have a companion. Anyways, the new hen is in quarantine currently...
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    Hen with swelling around eye

    Can someone maybe give me an idea on what could be causing one of my pullets to have swelling around one eye? It has been going on for over a week, at first I thought she may have been pecked. She is small and low in the pecking order. But it hasn't gone away. She is drinking, eating, running...
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    Don't know what breed or gender you have? Click here!

    I know silkies are near impossible to sex, but thought I'd give it a shot..my two bantam silkies are around 7 weeks. First four pics are chick #1 Last two pics are chick #2
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    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

    Any idea on sex? Not even sure it's a barred rock..looks completely different than my others with barely any white mark on top of head.
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    Barred rocks..male or female?

    The first chick is also the most 'skittish' of my flock, 'he' does NOT like to be held! I do notice he stands tall quite often.
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    Barred rocks..male or female?

    Hello, I want to apologize in advance, I'm a brand new chicken mom & this is my first day on BYC, so I'm sorry for my newbie questions! I already had great help determining the age of my red sexlinks from you all! My next question is about these barred rocks (at least I think thy are BR)..I'm...
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    Can you help us sex these barred rock chicks

    Is this BR a roo? He is the lightest of them all and also the only one that barely has tail feathers, even the others that are younger have more tail feathers than this one! TIA
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    New chicken mom!

    Can someone tell me how old & what breed my two pullets are?
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