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    6 week old Easter egger gender

    I know the rust color in wing indicates a cockerel. Does it always? Do I still have a chance to keep this baby (we have 6 roosters and can’t handle more) My heart shattered slightly when I noticed this. We decided not to hatch eggs because wanted all pullets, so we purchased sexed chicks for my...
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    Brown leghorn x partridge cochin

    This is the Cochin. At 6 weeks he was obviously a male. I couldn’t find any baby pics of the leghorn, but I know they are known for large combs too.
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    Brown leghorn x partridge cochin

    To add…this chick is the slowest to feather, but my Cochin was as well. Of course, he is male, but I believe Cochins are a slower feathering breed. At first I believed Brownie to be male because of the slower feathering, but my Cochin had a much larger comb by this age. As well as a black chest.
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    Brown leghorn x partridge cochin

    We hatched 5 babies on May 12 (my birthday too) and had 1 little brown baby (along with 4 other healthy, blue, black & barred babies) This chick came from a white egg, making the mother a brown leghorn. With the super fuzzy legs, the father has to be my partridge Cochin. From my understanding...
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    ***PICS*** Hen Stuck in Molt & Sick (Yellow Skin, Orange Comb and Wattles)

    I have a SLW with this same thing! Maybe it’s a genetic thing with SLW? She molted in October and has looked like this since (5 months) She acts healthy, but comb is starting to turn orange. She is almost 2 years old.
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    Dry brittle feathers

    Thanks for the reply. The only treatment was a single Elector PSP treatment, a month after molt started. I can treat her with BOSS, she will love that. She seems to get along fine with her feathers. They don’t seem to be super sensitive and she tolerates being held. I guess we will just have a...
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    Dry brittle feathers

    Yes. She had normal feathers before. I don’t know if it’s the mites that stopped the feathers from growing back, but no other chickens had this happen.
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    Dry brittle feathers

    My Wyandotte started to molt this fall, then just stopped. She has been like this since October. I noticed mites, so they were all treated with Elector PSP in November. Her feathers are now very dry and wiry. Will she look like this until she molts again next year?
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    Broody Austra White

    I have 3 Austra whites and all 3 have gone broody. I was able to break 2, but the third is relentless! I was shocked they went broody, and especially that all 3 did. I don’t want more chicks, so I’m still trying to break her. I may end up giving in and letting her have a chick. I have...
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    Does barred hen always produce sex link chick

    Thank you. I thought that’s how it worked. The most likely father is my partridge Cochin. I wasn’t sure since he isn’t a solid color it still works.
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    Does barred hen always produce sex link chick

    I have a moody broody (black copper marans) and would LOVE to hatch some of my own eggs. That is why I got roosters. Well, I ended up with 6 roosters. 4 silkies, a blue ameraucana and an accidental partridge Cochin. I can not afford more roosters. If I took my barred rock eggs would they be sex...
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    Blue Ameraucana pullet or cockerel

    Here are more pics
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    Blue Ameraucana pullet or cockerel

    I purchased 2 sexed male blue ameraucana From a hatchery. They are almost 12 weeks old. One is obviously a male. The other looks more female. The suspected female is also non bearded so won’t be bred, but it would be great to at least get eggs. Could I have got lucky and actually received a male...
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    Ordered as light Brahma pullet, is that what I have?

    They are both very pretty. If it turns out to be a male, it gives a good excuse to order more females. That’s how I look at it anyways.
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    Ordered as light Brahma pullet, is that what I have?

    This chick is 5 weeks old. She was ordered as a light Brahma pullet. She is much darker than other LB that I have seen and was darker as a chick. Ordered from my pet chicken (likely came from Meyer?) I like her and will love her as the pet bird I ordered, but just curious if this is really a...
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