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    Rooster producing only male offspring?

    That makes so much sense, the little i had seen about chicken genes seemed to be totally backwards, almost as thought the females had the "xy" or mismatched chromosome. ZW, makes everything clear. Perhaps we will try hatching more of our australorps eggs under the terminally broody hens. Thanks...
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    Rooster producing only male offspring?

    Our roo has sired a number of chicks, while most were killed on mass by a viscous cat, the all appeared to be developing into roo's. Since then more have hatched, 3 out of four were boys and the "hen" is developing a worrisome tail. I know is possible for a human man to only make XX children...
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    6-day-old limping

    she doing just fine! we had good luck with the braces and "physical therapy" putting her on my hand and rotating it, tilting it side to side and finally working up to little bounces that strengthened her legs on the way up and her wings on the way down. My boyfriend was all about doing the...
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    6-day-old limping

    How have things gone with your little chickie? did s/he make it? I hope so!
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    6-day-old limping

    maybe is a vitamin deficiency is making her legs soft. you may still need to bind her legs so they harden in position as you give her vitamin supplements. (some people have had luck with drugstore vitamin water, im using chew-able vitamin b12) but you say she didn't arrive like this? id still...
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    6-day-old limping

    It's called splay leg, it may have a number of causes, bullying could be one, vitamin deficiency is another, often it occurs when they try to stand on a slippery surface and do the splits. There are braces you can buy or make to help, but they'll need time away from the rest. i've recently...
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    Splay leg chick pecking talons

    my landlords chick is splay-legged and curl toed, he's responding well to a homemade brace and a healthy diet. he had mites, my landlord put diatimeceous (sp?) earth in the box. he's pecking his talons, is this a sign of mites? a vitamin deficiency? or is it that they'e grown b/c of his lack of...
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    **Fancy Rooster Contest!! Ends 2/28/16**

    This is how i picture you in your coop! That is one beautiful bird!
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    Egg in my pocket

    I use basically the same rules, but with three hens i never have to put an egg in my pants at all, and for us terrible smokers, never in the same pocket as your smokes!
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    Egg in my pocket

    Just an fyi for those that didn't know, always wash out eggs or any other uncooked protein in cold water, hot will cook the proteins to the fibers and leave the crusty stiffening effect. same goes for egg conditioning your hair, I learned that one the hard way! the hard-boiled way! (oh my, that...
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    **Fancy Rooster Contest!! Ends 2/28/16**

    Has he met an emu? My friends daughter was terrified of chickens after an incident at the petting zoo when she was two. She was doling out the layer pellets one per hen to be fair to everyone when one clever hen jumped up and kicked her hand. Pellets went flying, she fell over against a fence...
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    **Fancy Rooster Contest!! Ends 2/28/16**

    When I saw them I thought they looked an awful lot like Malays, sounds like they act very similar as well. Our last clutch was very small, only four chicks and 2 were roosters, maybe it's because we didn't have an adult rooster at the time but the boys didn't start fighting until 4 or 5 months...
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    beautiful! what kind of bulb is that you're using? I need to get mine set up before the 20th and I'm wondering if a standard bulb will do. Thanks for the great idea!
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    **Fancy Rooster Contest!! Ends 2/28/16**

    they are beautiful!
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    **Fancy Rooster Contest!! Ends 2/28/16**

    @GitaBooks Thanks! I keep thinking to myself Rex and Dominator could be before and after pictures for a cheesy PSA; "This is Rex before a life of drugs and crime...and THIS is Rex now! Choose a future! Just say no!" (ps. I'm not making fun of dominator! I know his appearance is the result of...
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