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    Do pointy saddle feathers generally mean it's a rooster?

    That's what I figured, he doesn't have Spurs though, do they develop later? He still hasn't crowed, and his gait/posture is more horizontal, like a hen, when free ranging, he forages like a hen, does not scan for threats, like a rooster If it wasn't for the pointy saddle feathers, I'd think he...
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    Do pointy saddle feathers generally mean it's a rooster?

    Rooster, or Hen? This is one of my Easter Eggers I purchased in March, it hasn't crowed yet, but is mounting the other EE hens and being generally a mean jerk As you can see, both hackle and saddle feathers are pointy, the tail feathers got pulled out by my alpha Buff Orp hen
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    Pip's battle with botulism

    To be honest, I'm not 100% sure it is botulism, but based on my data it's a possibility Data point 1; moldy food Data point 2: disease progression started with wobbliness Data point 3: progression advanced to partial leg paralysis Data point 4; wing droop just barely started before I caught...
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    Pip's battle with botulism

    Tonight's update; I come home, open the door to the bathroom and Pip's running around like a crazy bird, good balance, and she's fast too, she sees me, and immediately starts her "Pick Me Up!!" Chirping, I oblige her, as soon as her feet hit my t-shirt, she climbs up to my shoulder and starts...
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    Pip's battle with botulism

    Moldy food confirmed... The feeder had a decent chunk of Grower feed with dry blue-gray mold on it, hidden away in the corner, I have disposed of the contaminated food in the stack of old tires that construct the majority of my backyard rimfire range, there is *no* way the hens can discover...
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    Pip's battle with botulism

    Pip is a 6-7 week old Wyandotte pullet, yesterday morning she looked a bit unsteady and wobbly, when I got home from work that evening, she had lost a good deal of mobility, due to her right foot being partially paralyzed, on a scale of 1-10, she'd be around a 3.5, she could walk, but only in...
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    Chicken Math strikes again

    I'm really falling for the Wyandotte breed now, amazingly docile and friendly.... I'm nursing one of my five chicks back to health, she seems to have picked up a case of botulism , I've caught it in the early stages though, right now she is a bit wobbly and has a slight partial paralysis of her...
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    Chicken Math strikes again

    Latest updates; A couple weeks ago, my sister got a batch of six mail order chicks, Wyandottes and Easter Eggers, her first batch of 3 day old chicks, normally she gets ones a couple weeks old, she put them in her unheated barn, and lost two to chill, I stepped in and added them to my heated...
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    Chicken Math strikes again

    Went back to the agway today to get a chain for my chain saw, they looked over the saw, said there was nothing wrong with the existing chain, and I should keep running it until it dulls, and then get a new chain and have this one sharpened... Gotta love honest retailers. While I was walking...
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    My roosters are starting to exhibit antisocial behavior

    I hate to say it but Tribble has worn out his welcome, I will be solving this issue tonight I released him from "jail" this morning, and within minutes he was back to his antisocial behavior and tormenting the pullets, frustrated, I chased him into the barn, cornered him, grabbed him (and...
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    Chicken Math strikes again

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    My roosters are starting to exhibit antisocial behavior

    Today is an experiment of sorts... Tribble is in "jail" today, in a dog crate inside the chicken barn, mainly to see how the flock, and specifically, Raven do without him, it's looking good so far, Raven has always been the more rooster-ey of the two, he will find food for the girls, keep...
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    My roosters are starting to exhibit antisocial behavior

    I spoke too soon, tribble is back to his mean old self, double teaming the buff orp, I may just have to bite the bullet and send him to Freezer Camp
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    Chicken Math strikes again

    I just went to the Agway for another bag of grower crumbles for my EE pullets, really I did... But there, ready for the purchase, was a vertical brooder with a layer of Golden Laced and Silver Laced Wyandottes, how could I resist, I lost my sole remaining PPR a few days ago (not sure how, she...
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    My roosters are starting to exhibit antisocial behavior

    Just make sure the FunShell is only used in a manual action shotgun, a single shot, double barrel, bolt or pump action, they will not cycle the action of a semiauto, I'd most strongly recommend a robust single shot like the H&R, always check the bore for obstructions after the shot, make sure...
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