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    8 Rhode Island Red chicks (male) in Austin, TX

    My order of baby chicks coming on Wednesday will be padded with ~8 RIR baby boys. I raise my chickens for eggs, not meat, and therefore have no desire for the boys. While I realize male chickens are mostly unwanted (even free), I thought I'd give it a shot. If anyone is interested in them...
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    Who laid these dark brown eggs?

    Most of my chickens are now 22 weeks old, and a few have started to lay eggs. I'm trying to figure out who is laying, short of setting up a camera inside the coop. Most of them I've figured out (I think), but this dark egg is still really confusing to me. Whoever it is has now laid 6 eggs...
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    Mille Fleur d'Uccle rooster rehome near Austin, TX

    Hatched Feb 18th (so about 3.5 months old). This guy used to be fairly friendly but has entered his teenager mode. He runs away like a crazy chicken if I try to touch him. *If* I can catch him, he will sit quietly in my lap. Previously he was challenging the other roosters in the bunch...
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    5.5 week old with balance problems and head shaking

    Sorry it took me so long to respond. I had a super busy last few days. I decided Saturday to end her misery. She had gotten to the point where she could not stand up at all on her own, and the others had started picking on her. I walked in on 2 of them standing on top of her and pecking...
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    5.5 week old with balance problems and head shaking

    First, a little background, then I'll do the 12 questions. I'm a registered vet tech, but no one at my hospital knows about chickens. About 2.5 weeks ago I noticed one of my d'Uccle bantams (~3 weeks old at the time) falling over sometimes when she walked. At first I thought it was just...
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    5 chickens - Almost 2 weeks old - All similar in coloring - What breed?

    Thanks all for the help. I can be a little obsessive at times, and not having at least a guesstimate breed to file these 5 under was driving me crazy. I'm going to label them on my spreadsheet for now as 3 Campines, 1 Buttercup, and 1 EE, and will see how they turn out in another month or...
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    5 chickens - Almost 2 weeks old - All similar in coloring - What breed?

    Thanks. Trying to get as many pictures in while they're still in the adorable stage before they hit the awkward teenager stage. ;) Plus it helps me document and keep track of who's who.
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    5 chickens - Almost 2 weeks old - All similar in coloring - What breed?

    The poofy one is the right side chick in the first set of pictures in the first post. She's one of the 2 larger, but somewhat similarly colored ones. Below are 2 closeups and a full body shot from just now. She definitely has greenish legs, whereas the other large one seems to have light...
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    5 chickens - Almost 2 weeks old - All similar in coloring - What breed?

    Didn't even think to look at the combs. I thought they wouldn't be large enough at this age to tell anything, but I think you're right about the small ones being Campines....though the 2 week pictures on that link are a little small to be able to see well. I think one of the big ones may be a...
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    Hello from Austin, TX

    My husband and I live just outside the city of Austin (SW of it), and we just got our first chickens a couple of weeks ago. I've been stalking the forums for a while, but decided to finally make a profile. Neither of us has ever owned chickens before, but we're the new parents of 35 new...
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    5 chickens - Almost 2 weeks old - All similar in coloring - What breed?

    These guys are 12 days old in these pictures. I got 2 different assortments (bantam and "rare") at the same time and have spent a lot of time in front of the computer the last 2 weeks comparing pictures to try to get everyone sorted out. I think I've identified everyone I was sent other than...
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