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    Cockerel or Pullet?

    That's my bad. The top pic was a Black Star. This is the other Cochin I was wondering about.
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    Cockerel or Pullet?

    These pics are 2 of our other Black Cochin's. Smaller combs and waddle. Are these pullets?
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    Cockerel or Pullet?

    SO helpful. Thanks! 3 of our Black Cochin's have made their voices known and will be gone tomorrow. We have 2 more that aren't making any noise but I'll be checking those saddle feathers closely this evening. This is so disappointing. After losing just one chick on the first night, now...
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    Cockerel or Pullet?

    Out of 17 chicks purchased Mar 2 I've already removed 3 cockerels, 2 more gone tomorrow and am asking about these 2. Neither have crowed at all but the white one is bound and determined to mount one of our Ameraucana pullets. Does that make it a cockerel? The Saphire Gem isn't doing anything...
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    14 Week Introduction Didn't Go So Well

    Back in March we brought home 18 day old chicks. Lost 1 and have 17 left to merge with our 5 three year old hens. Since about week 9 we would put the 17 in one part of our coop for the day with a barrier between a few times a week. 2 weeks ago we started leaving them in that side of the coop...
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    Any Reason to Keep a Cockerel?

    Thanks so much for all the replies. You've given us much to think about. This morning I found that one of our Sapphire Gems is also making his presence known. Should we decide to keep one of them my vote would be for the Black Cochin. We've had them since chicks and now they're 14 weeks so...
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    Any Reason to Keep a Cockerel?

    Thanks. That's what I figured.
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    Any Reason to Keep a Cockerel?

    We have 5 - 3 year old hens and adding 17 chicks that we bought March 2 from Atwoods. The 17 are in an extended part of our coop with a barrier between so they can all see each other. Today I confirmed my wife's suspicion that we have a cockerel. He's a beautiful black cochin with feathered...
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    Sexing Holland Lop Bunnies 14 weeks old

    That's a great article linked above. I raised French Lops and Dutch rabbits in my younger days. The article is exactly how I sex'd mine.
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    Lost Our First Hen Today - Any Insight? 2 Pictures, 1 corpse

    Thanks
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    Lost Our First Hen Today - Any Insight? 2 Pictures, 1 corpse

    No clue.
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    Lost Our First Hen Today - Any Insight? 2 Pictures, 1 corpse

    First trip out to our coop about 10am this morning and found our Blue Laced Wyandotte dead on the run floor. No sign of attack(see pic). When I first got out there I thought maybe she was dug in getting ready to dust up. Then I could tell that wasn't the case. She was only about 9 months old...
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    2 Broody Hens - Use Separate Wire Cage For Each?

    Thanks, I'm on the hunt for a second cage
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    2 Broody Hens - Use Separate Wire Cage For Each?

    We have 11 total, no rooster. They have been laying for less than 90 days and we've had 3 different hens go broody, one of them twice already. Now 2 of our 3 Welsummers are taking over the nest box, not laying for the past few days. We've used our 1 wire cage to break the other's but since we...
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    Head Injury

    She's back to her old self. Used the Blu Kote for a couple days. That stuff is sticky! Stays on better than Hen Healer.
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