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    Sex of these chicks? Help please!

    Oh, I've never heard of a Dixie Rainbow... Thanks Brahma.
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    Sex of these chicks? Help please!

    Thanks Moonshiner, exactly what I needed to know!
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    Sex of these chicks? Help please!

    Hi there, I've seen these two chicks for sale, supposedly 13 weeks old, so nearly pullets. Owner says she doesn't know sex or breed. Can anyone help me identify them? Cheers!
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    Help! Chicken with red tummy / swollen abdomen

    Thanks Eggcessive. I meant lice not mites! But I'll check the coop all the same, and will get some Permethrin spray for either. Cheers. Let's hope Ophelia can sort herself out...
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    Help! Chicken with red tummy / swollen abdomen

    Thanks very much @Eggcessive ! Now you mention it we did have mites a few weeks back, and dealt with it with DE. They seem (mostly) gone. So she might have plucked the feathers because of that. I'll keep an eye out for more. The false layer description resonates with her behaviour - often in...
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    Help! Chicken with red tummy / swollen abdomen

    We need help for our hen Ophelia. She's a classic laying hen, part of a flock of 6. We feed them ~90% layers pellets with occasional scraps and crack. Water and food always available, and we run garlic and apple cider in the water every second fill. The flock free range for ~3hrs a day, and have...
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