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    Breed? Gender? "Rescue Chicks"

    Thanks, everyone. For now, we have the two definite-cockerels in our baby coop (they'll eventually go to freezer camp) and the maybe-pullet (we've named it He-she) in with our pullets.
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    Breed? Gender? "Rescue Chicks"

    Re: red sex link: Looking at some pics, that's a good guess.
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    Breed? Gender? "Rescue Chicks"

    Aw, that stinks. Even the one at bottom?
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    Breed? Gender? "Rescue Chicks"

    Here are a few more of the him/her: I forgot to add that s/he's already bigger than my other chicks, too, which are probably at least two weeks older than her.
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    Breed? Gender? "Rescue Chicks"

    My neighbor's friend took in some chicks that had been hatched and raised by her daughter's class. After a few days, she discovered that a townhouse isn't exactly conducive to that idea, so I agreed to take them (with the warning that I wouldn't keep any roosters - we only live on 5 acres and I...
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    can a raccoon open a barrel lock

    Here's what they broke into.
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    can a raccoon open a barrel lock

    They definitely can, as we learned last night. Our egg doors had them, and we thought that they'd be OK since they're on a flat overhang 3-4 feet off the ground. Nope. The raccoons somehow hung from the chicken wire below, held on to the overhang (probably with the shingles) and jimmied one...
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    How to get an orange yolk egg?

    My girls have been gorging on Cicadas lately. It's so funny - I let them out and they *book it* over to a tree that they know will have a bunch. Their eggs have been super colorful and flavorful. Mmmm - cicada eggs! :D
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    what does an early crow sound like?

    Our 9-week-old Barred Rock tried his first 5:30am crow this morning. Oh, my. It sounded like three chickens dying. Here's hoping he works on it quick like.
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    Chickens are a Marvel of Instinct

    I observed something similar when my girls first encountered a wolf spider. They were still very young - 2 months or so - and I'd put them out in the mobile run we'd constructed for them. Then a wolf spider as big as my hand started to scurry through, and they morphed from feathery little...
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    Chickens drawing blood at 2 months old. Please help.

    Did you check their combs? We have two Welsummer hens on different ends of the pecking order, and our top hen used to mercilessly harass the omega. She'd even jump and attack as if she had spurs whenever I put everyone out in the big mobile run. Jerk biddie. Anyway, one day th clipped omega's...
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    Neat - Bottle Cap Nipple Waterer

    I just saw this and ordered two: http://www.mypetchicken.com/catalog/Feed-and-Water-Supplies/Brooder-Bottle-Cap--p1298.aspx Between only having 4 chicks and being too lazy to set ups a full-on nipple watering system for only a few weeks, this seemed like an ideal solution. I recently moved on...
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    Our Little Roo?

    You know, I think you were right - I think our percher's the girl. Here's our probable (so far meek) male:
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    Can you eat fertile eggs?

    Think of them like dog breeds - some of the crosses might be awkward, but they work genetically.
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    Our Little Roo?

    That might be him, then - our other one's spot is much more diffuse.
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