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    These are bantam americauna from a breeder. Gender?

    Thank you for your time. These chicks are about 3 weeks old. Fairly certain the light one with mottled brown wings is a male, from the tail. Not sure at all about the gray one. I tried to get good pictures , but they are so squirmy. 1. Light with mottled brown wing feather: (Sorry for the...
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    Gender help. Mostly frizzled bantam breeds.

    Ugh. I guess I’m impatient, LOL. I’ll wait another week or two and post updated pictures. I live in the city and have to rehome or cull the males. I start worrying as soon as they hatch how many cockerel’s I have to deal with and wishing I could keep at least one. For me, that is one of the more...
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    What do you do with your dead (chickens, ducks, quail, etc...)

    I chose “bury them”. I am disabled and don’t have money to send off a chicken to be autopsied. The cost in our area to send it off is too high and our local small town vet is awesome, but doesn’t see chickens. I’ve kept chickens almost 10 years and have only lost 5 girls. Two died due to a dog...
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    Gender help. Mostly frizzled bantam breeds.

    Not everybody was cooperating with picture day, lol. I tried my best to get side and front standing photos but some of the chicks were having none of that. I’ll tell you what I know of the breeds as most, I found out, are cross-breeds. Hopefully what info I have will help with sexing. All are...
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    Breeds & Gender Help, Please

    Comb is absolutely minuscule, but looks to be a single comb. Am I crazy or am I beginning to see the barest beginnings of a crest after all? I couldn’t see any partridge colored Houdens online though. Those feet.
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    Breeds & Gender Help, Please

    Nope. Just his fuzz sticking up a bit. I don’t think the brown one is a Cochin like the other 4 because I looked again and noticed that while the other 4 have 4 toes, it has 5 toes.
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    Breeds & Gender Help, Please

    If that is true then all 6 of my Silkie Rooster/bantam Cochin hen crosses are female. I can’t believe I got so lucky, did I? These were the first two babies to hatch of the crosses. They too have dark skin. After Sushi hatched these two out she abandoned the rest of the eggs so I put them in the...
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    Breeds & Gender Help, Please

    Hello. I have a group of chicks that are going to be hard to sex. You can’t compare them to each other because they hatched between the 13th and 16th. Some of them are up to 3 full days older than the others and I have no idea which. Half of them I am also asking for help with the breed. I’ll...
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    Bantam Cochin Roo or Hen 5mo. Old

    Thanks guys, I was fairly sure, but I already had two “sexed” chickens turn out to be roosters this year and was afraid I had 3. I began to doubt mah skills, LOL. She is a sweetie. She was a failure to thrive and I kept her in my shirt that first day and night, feeding her by hand before she was...
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    Bantam Cochin Roo or Hen 5mo. Old

    I have poured over pictures on google and I am still not convinced. I’m thinking maybe hen, but admit to not being good at it when they are younger. My only experience with Cochins is frizzles and their feathers look totally different.
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    Mystery Bird!

    The bird in front of the mottled black Cuckoo Maran and behind my Wellsumer and Blue Andelusian is Honey, my current Golden Sex-Link.
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    Mystery Bird!

    I have a Golden sex-link and had two at one time, that chicken looks like both of mine did at that age. It may be a she that has a bit more male hormone, giving her a bigger comb. Sometimes females have male traits. I had a female white Delaware that had pseudo-spurs. I also have a female blue...
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    It is just a matter of time ...

    Here is a YouTube video of “her” trilling on command:
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    It is just a matter of time ...

    I have an old one. I tried it years ago when my barred rock pullet turned out to be a rooster. It didn’t muffle him enough to be able to keep him. I still have the collar and will see if it works better on this chicken, if needed), but I’m not holding out hope.
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    It is just a matter of time ...

    LMAO
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