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    Infection?

    Thanks! We couldn't today, but we'll pull her off the roost tomorrow, she looked cleaner today, but I'll give her bottom and good thorough clean and get the meds in her. She is one of my favorite layers!
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    Infection?

    This girl laid an egg with no shell in the driveway today (I noticed a bunch of my girls eating it and then saw this one walking away with egg white still hanging out of her vent). She hasn't laid in about a week. She is very standoffish so I couldn't get near her until she roosted. This is...
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    laying off roost?!

    That makes sense, and yes, there were 2 hens in the favorite box at this point so that may have been it. I'll get some of the wooden eggs.
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    laying off roost?!

    That's what I thought about the roost laying until I watched her climb up and settle down and lay from up there!
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    laying off roost?!

    Advice needed! 2 part question: I have 16 hens all the same age, all whom have started laying in the last month. I live in NH so it is very cold here right now. I have 6 laying boxes....and they use only 1. I find 10 eggs in it sometimes. One of my Orpingtons is going broody on me and...
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    Is Lady a Gentleman?

    I can try, but I can tell you no spur nubs yet. I keep checking.
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    Is Lady a Gentleman?

    Thanks all! Now to decide who will stay and who will go!
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    Is Lady a Gentleman?

    This lady??? Is about 22 weeks old. Rhode Island red Easter Egger mix I believe. I got her from a friend with 2 other, clearly roos. We were sure she was a hen until....well now I'm confused, (doesn't crow but my other roos don't either so) no spurs yet which the other 2 have, but boy she is...
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    Swollen foot-no bumble

    Noticed my girl limping a few days ago. Yesterday noticed her foot/ankle was very swollen, caught her but there is no bumble. Healthy skin and scales, just very swollen. This morning she can't put any weight at all, looked again but no sign of bumble. Her foot is hot. She is hopping around...
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    Hen or Roo?

    She told me she had no idea....and that if they turned out to be boys we could switch them out. I'll be giving her a call haha.
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    Hen or Roo?

    That makes sense with her craziness at this point. At least there is one haha!
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    Hen or Roo?

    Yeah, I've been suspecting we got a lot of cockerels....oh well. I did get 10 8 week pullets too so that makes it a little easier! So miss nasty leghorn is a hen?
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    Hen or Roo?

    I'm just going to throw the rest up and see what y'all think! The white leghorn mix is by far the most aggressive of the group, just generally ornery all around, everyone else is pretty chill at this point. I feel like because they are all mixes it is making it harder for me to tell!
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    Hen or Roo?

    I will try to get more pics! Everything you are saying makes sense, which is why I've been so confused haha. At this point this guy is probably one of the chillest in the group of 6 we just relocated which makes me think cockerel since he isn't trying to establish himself.
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    Hen or Roo?

    I'm totally new to chickens and I just got 6 roughly 5 month birds from a friend. They are all mixed breed and I have read every article under the sun and I can't figure it out (the ppl we got them from had no idea). The 1 below I'm leaning boy, but I don't know! I'm pretty sure based on the...
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