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    Have you ever had a nice rooster?

    I have a rooster that is coming on a year old. He was one of 3 roosters we hatched from chicks and the only one who got to stay. He was never aggressive toward me last summer and was very respectful to my hens. I live in New England so we’re finally getting out of winter. Over the winter he...
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    My hen keeps having a problem with her vent?

    I have a BO hen that is looking kinda like the top photo. she gets a little pasted up too. She never grew a tail, and had issues with pasty butt as a chick. I have given her a warm bath once a week ago to try to clean her up, but never thought of Epsom salts. It's not overly red or anything...
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    Don't know what breed or gender you have? Click here!

    So it's possible for a rooster to feather out the same way as the hens do early on?
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    Don't know what breed or gender you have? Click here!

    So with a bachelor pad, can I still free range them together or do I have to keep them seperately at all times? I'm very new to this whole thing I'd love more chickens but I think my husband might be less than thrilled if I got 10 more birds
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    Don't know what breed or gender you have? Click here!

    Thanks! Should I expect the other two to start crowing soon? They're Cochins or at least part Cochin. Any recommendation to how many hens I should have per roo? I've only got 8 birds total with these 3 included in the 8. My kids would be devastated if they went away so I'd like to avoid that :(
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    Don't know what breed or gender you have? Click here!

    I'm trying to decide if two of these birds are pullets or cockerels. They're 10 1/2 weeks old. The first one is definitely a cockerel. He's crowing, getting pointed saddle feathers and feathered extremely slowly compared to the other chicks in the flock. This next one is one we're trying to...
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    Rooster?

    I've asked about one of these birds awhile ago in another thread, but I wanted to Check in now that they're older. They're about 10 1/2 weeks old and there's only two I'm unsure of. This is "Cleo" or maybe "Leo" if she turns out to be a he. She feathered out rather quickly as a chick and...
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    Does only one rooster crow?

    I've been wondering this too. I've got 3 10 weeks old chickens that have obvious comb and wattles that are red. One is DEFINITELY a cockerel "hei hei" (my kids love moana) crows morning noon and night. Well I have two others that I'm still questioning. My black one "Cleo or Leo" doesn't crow...
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    Can someone help me identify these breeds please?

    I posted in another forum and got one opinion based solely on comb and wattle but I have read this isn't the most reliable indicator of gender. This chick at 7 weeks old is the one in question. I hadn't questioned for a minute that it was a she because it feathered quickly and evenly like all...
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    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

    I was wondering myself, but I've got another couple with the same, How can I tell to be sure?
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    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

    Anyone able to confirm if this is a pullet or a cockerel? I've been pretty certain it's a pullet but recently I've seen "her" facing off with our cockerel. He's seeming to have an entirely different posture than the rest, however this chicken in question seems to have a similar posture to our...
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    Can someone help me identify these breeds please?

    There's only one with 5 toes. The "rir's" I suspected weren't what they claimed. Thanks for the confirmation!
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    Can someone help me identify these breeds please?

    Dot kings should be "dorkings"
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    Can someone help me identify these breeds please?

    I am new to chicken raising and we received 5 chicks from my sons preschool that they hatched in class. I was told that they were made up of Sussex, dot kings, Cochins and a few mystery breeds. I got an additional 3 elsewhere that claim to be Rhode Island reds that I want to confirm to be true...
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