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    Time to play another round of...'Sex My Chicken' (EE's)

    Sigh..... that's what I thought too... he's a handsome boy for sure. Of the 6 EEs that I bought 1 passed away athis under a week old and the remaining 5 all but 2 have flay combs like this one. Somebody told me that these flat heads do not carry the blue eggs gene... do others agree?
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    Time to play another round of...'Sex My Chicken' (EE's)

    There we go I edited to include age and additional photos...
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    The EE braggers thread!!!

    Hey guys! I'm new to chickens we started our flock this spring. Our first chickies were 6 EEs 1 passed away. And then picked up 2 welsummer 2 gwl's and 2 australorps Of the 5 remaining EEs 4 of them have super flat combs I'll attach photos. The fifth EE, of course is the only one with a comb...
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    Time to play another round of...'Sex My Chicken' (EE's)

    Thank you for joining us for another episode oooof... 'Sex My Chicken' today's episode features a lovely 10 week old Easter Egger currently named Mallory Mallory's interests include foraging under our fruit trees, ruffling up its feathers and "playing"/"challenging" her friend Not-Pam, an EE...
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    Welcome to the game show "sex my ducks" ;)

    Thank you so much for your guess!! As soon as I make lunch for my kids I'll go out and take some better photos for you. But yes, Onion has always been at least double the size of the other two scovies. I at first though maybe "he" was older than the other two. As he started to feather before...
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    Welcome to the game show "sex my ducks" ;)

    Thank you for your comment!! Oh keno honks loud. My son (20mths) mimics her all the time. I'm confident she's a girl. When do the Drake curly feathers come in? For future reference?
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    Welcome to the game show "sex my ducks" ;)

    thank you so much for your comment. Yes I heard that about the voice seeing of the pekin. And I'm fairly confident keno is a girl my gosh she is sure noisy compared to the muscovy. I had not heard about seeing by caruncles tho. That is new to me. I have read a few places that you sex by their...
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    Welcome to the game show "sex my ducks" ;)

    Thank you so much for your magic wand faery God-Amiga!! And for your reply. I'm newer here. Have only made a couple of posts so I wasn't sure if it was something I did or didn't do. Lol Thank you also for your guess. I promise not to get after you should your guess be wrong. :p I think...
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    Welcome to the game show "sex my ducks" ;)

    Is there a season nobody is playing "sex my ducks"? Like are the photos I supplied not good angles or shots? Poorly chosen physical features? I'm sorry if my post is rude or deterring in some way. I just wanted to bring some humour to the topic.
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    6wk old glw and australorps

    What makes the red on the wings tell you for sure a boy? I've never heard or read that before. Super interesting.
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    6wk old glw and australorps

    Thank you guys! Yes the EE has some gorgeous almost ruby red feathers coming in. I have another EE from the same hatch. I think, the breeder i got my 6 EEs from gave me a jenky story about how 1 died but then it didnt but then it did but then when i went to pick them up i had all 6 of my...
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    6wk old glw and australorps

    Hoping you chicken experts can tell me the sex of these 6-7wk gwl's and australorps. Bird A) Bird B) Bird C) Bird D) This is my 9week old EE. Pretty sure it's a girl but would love any opinions This is my welsummer, Wellington. Was told she's a girl but I thought it...
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    Welcome to the game show "sex my ducks" ;)

    Helloooo contestants. So today I have for you 3 lovely not so little 8 week muscovy ducklet's and a gorgeous 8-9 week old pekin for your viewing pleasure. I've attached some photos for the online panel of poultry professionals to *drum roll* guess that sex!!! Our first runner up is the lovely...
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    house Meaties in chicken tractors yay? nay?

    thank you so much for all of your comments/replies!! You're wonderful. You're insight is much appreciated.
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    house Meaties in chicken tractors yay? nay?

    would a tarp over the tractor at night be enough to keep their body heat in? i dont want them to smother each other. lol obviously. here in the valley its usually stupid hot even at night mid/late summer but it would be cooler closer to processing time. thats something i didnt think about before...
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