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    What sex am I?

    Uggg...I had a feeling but I just didn't want to believe it. He will bring my rooster count to 5/21
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    What sex am I?

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    What sex am I?

    Can anyone help me determine gender of these 2 birds? (Second bird is in comments) They are 12 weeks old, just barnyard mixes.
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    How high of a fence?

    I have a mix of birds. 5 RIR, 4 white leghorns, all a year old and 12 mixed 8 week old chicks which is looking like I have 3 roosters and the rest hopefully hens. I don't even mind if they escape the fence to some extent. I just just need to keep them away from the road. I figure a basic fence...
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    How high of a fence?

    Hello! How high does a fence have to be to discouraged chickens from escaping? Is 4 feet enough? I let my ladies free range but they've gotten into the bad habit of walking out the driveway and across the road. Yesterday one of my girls got hit by a truck. Thankfully she only seems to only have...
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    My naked neck has red spots

    Thanks everyone. It's been really hot and sunny here lately, the few random.spots turned into a completely red head. Almost like they are sunburnt. Aside from their red head, they have no symptoms.
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    My naked neck has red spots

    Hello! I adopted 3 naked neck chicks about 3 weeks ago. They are about 4-6 weeks old. I've been keeping them segregated, today I notice that 2 of them have red spots on their head. Is this normal or something that should concern me? I thought at first it was just bug bites, because black flies...
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    Help, please, sour crop perhaps help what can I do?

    One of my older ladies has also come down with a sour crop. I read some great threads in here about treating monistad. I'm just trying to decide if I should treat or just cull.
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