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    Hens or Roos? (And bonus points for breed 😃)

    Is anyone in the mood for a game of hens or roos? These are school hatching program chicks - about 4.5 - 5 weeks old. There’s one very obvious roo, and 1 (I believe) obvious girl - but 4 I’m undecided. Thoughts?
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    Lohmann Cockerels or Leghorns?

    So, any idea on what they might be? The hatching service said they have New Hampshire, Lohmanns, Leghorns and Australorps?
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    Lohmann Cockerels or Leghorns?

    Hey 😊. I received these chicks from a school hatching program - they are about 3 weeks old here. Can anyone tell me if they are Lohmann Brown cockerels or if they could be leghorn chicks? Thanks.
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    Late bloomer?

    It’s unanimous 😂.
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    Late bloomer?

    So sad. Maybe he’ll be one of those miracle roos who never crows - fully understanding the human neighbourhood dilemma haha. 😂😂😂
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    Late bloomer?

    Hey everyone. I was given this lovely coronation sussex at 12 weeks old. ‘She’ had a large comb but it was very pale in colour - no wattles. ‘Her’ feathering didn’t set off any alarms. But here we are at 18 weeks and ‘she’ has been molting and I think I am seeing male hackle feathers and...
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    Aussie Flies!

    I do like the idea of natural remedies 😃
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    Aussie Flies!

    Thanks for the many tips!! I haven’t yet encountered any lice or mites - just flies in the yard. I’ll try Amazon for some of your ideas.
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    Aussie Flies!

    So today we had a lovely warm day here in Melbourne and the flies came out in great number!! I have a fly trap in my chicken yard - Envirosafe. It’s working but I can’t decide if it’s attracting more flies than I would otherwise have. Anyway, Summer is approaching and I was hoping for some...
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    New chicken feeding habits.

    Hmm yes, my girls are being less than hospitable!! But, I’ve set her up with her own little coop with food and water - she goes for the water but right by the feed. Perhaps she just needs time to settle in.
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    New chicken feeding habits.

    I was gifted a lovely 12 week old coronation sussex. She thoroughly enjoys pecking and foraging around the yard and will eat grain mix that I scatter. However, she doesn’t seem to understand the concept of eating from a bowl or eating chicken feed - she looks right past it and goes back to...
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    Are ‘late bloomers’ a thing?

    Thanks 😃
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    Are ‘late bloomers’ a thing?

    I guess I’ll know for sure I’m coming weeks. I was very confident given there were definite boys - easy to compare against eachother. But now the boys are gone I don’t have that direct comparison advantage haha.
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    Are ‘late bloomers’ a thing?

    The last pic was for comparison 😃. I have read that Australorps generally don’t have ‘late bloomers’?
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    Are ‘late bloomers’ a thing?

    Hey everyone! I had a small flock of 8 Australorps 12 weeks old. On Sat we surrendered 5 roos. They all had lovely roo tails and big red wattles and combs - 2 or 3 were crowing. I put a post on a FB page about how peaceful things seem to be with just the 3 girls now and I have had a few...
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