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    Introducing one big chicken to four babies

    I have one older chicken who has been pretty lonely since her last flockmate died recently. She's become quite needy, trying to get into the house, and has also started to crow (she's very bad at it). So I got four baby chicks, who are now six weeks old. I reckon I've got two roos, which is a...
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    16 week old Araucana mix rooster, ftagh

    Does anyone want to give Boofhead here a new home? He’s a very sweet and friendly rooster. Araucana mix with the blue egg laying gene. I’m in Thornbury, Melbourne.
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    Six week old chick sexing - wheaten marans, andalusian and an araucana mix.

    Alas, he is a rooster.
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    Six week old chick sexing - wheaten marans, andalusian and an araucana mix.

    Here's an update on the Questionable Chicken, now 8 weeks. Rooster vibes?
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    Six week old chick sexing - wheaten marans, andalusian and an araucana mix.

    Hi! I have three six-week-old chicks, and am keen to know their sex! The brown one is a Wheaten Marans, the splash with the long tail is an Andalusian, and the lavender is a blue-egg-laying mix who looks very Araucana-ish. The lavender mix has no comb or wattle to speak of, but the area where a...
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    Sexing a wheaten marans

    Here's Kiki, a three week old wheaten marans. It had a lot of black on the wing at one week and I was sure it was a cockerel, but now I'm not so sure. Thoughts?
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    Sticky chick still not fluffed up

    All three are doing great! All fluffed up now and doing lots of eating, drinking exploring and pooping. Now begins the wait to find out if they're pullets or cockerels!
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    Sticky chick still not fluffed up

    Thanks for the reassurance! She's looking much more fluffy today. All three chicks are chirruping happily as they explore their brooder.
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    Sticky chick still not fluffed up

    I have three chicks that hatched yesterday - my first try at incubation! Two of them have fluffed up beautifully, but the third got stuck while zipping and I had to help her out. She emerged covered in gunk which dried hard and stuck one of her wings to her back. I gave her a gentle warm bath...
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