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    Chicken has swollen cheek

    Noticed this afternoon that this hen has a swollen left cheek. She’s acting normal but I don’t know what the cause might be. Just wondering if anyone out there has any advice.
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    12 week old Easter Egger - pullet or roo??

    I have a friend who has happily said she’ll take him to live with her girls. She has a bigger flock and I’m sure he’ll be very happy there.
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    12 week old Easter Egger - pullet or roo??

    As a side note...incase it matters, Margaret does this a lot to the others: This is NOT my chicken...just a photo I found that looks exactally like Margarer to demonstrate her behavior.
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    12 week old Easter Egger - pullet or roo??

    I know there are pros to keeping a roo around but for me the cons just win out. All of the extra things that come with keeping a roo is something I’m not ready for as a new chicken mum. Maybe one day down the road.
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    12 week old Easter Egger - pullet or roo??

    Maybe we will wait a bit longer...feels like delaying the inevitable though ☹️
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    12 week old Easter Egger - pullet or roo??

    Yes, we got both of those birds at the same time...Margaret always seemed slightly bigger
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    12 week old Easter Egger - pullet or roo??

    Such a handsome guy...it hurts to likely let him go to someone else! But we were intending on having an all girl flock
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    12 week old Easter Egger - pullet or roo??

    My approximate timeline for the comb...obvious 3 rows of peas around 4-5 weeks...started to pink up around 6-7? It’s always had really thick legs (which sparked my suspicion right away) and has always had this upright “in the boss” stature
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    12 week old Easter Egger - pullet or roo??

    Here’s another photo of him/her
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    12 week old Easter Egger - pullet or roo??

    Okay folk...the gorgeous white bird in the photo is Margaret. I have suspected for a while that Margaret is actually ‘Man-gret’ and have loosely set up a new home for him if my suspicions are correct. All of the experience out there on BYC will likely be able to give me a concrete answer - I’d...
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    My pullet has protruding vent and odd body shape...Please Help!

    My hope if we can’t resolve her issue now is that her body will just deal with it when it comes time to lay...however I’ve also heard terrible stories and as a newbie to chickens I’m terrified of the worst case scenario. Your story gives me a glimmer of hope that maybe it’ll all work out okay.
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    My pullet has protruding vent and odd body shape...Please Help!

    Everything about her feels normal...I haven’t had any worries about the actual structure of her body. I do think the tail points down because since she was little she’s always had massive wings that wrapped over the tail (I used to call her my condor). There also isn’t any odor that makes me...
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    My pullet has protruding vent and odd body shape...Please Help!

    She is supposed to be an Ameraucana...I purchased her from a reputable hatchery. I’ll look more into the two breeds you mentioned. I think her tail being down is just a result of being born with gigantic wings that pinned her tail down when she was little? The only antibiotics I’ve used have...
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    My pullet has protruding vent and odd body shape...Please Help!

    Thanks for your insight! I don’t think constipation is an issue...she never seems to struggle at all to poop. Maybe I’ll try some wet feed...can’t hurt and everyone will think it’s a treat!
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    My pullet has protruding vent and odd body shape...Please Help!

    I appreciate your help
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