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    Is this molting or pecking order harrassment??

    No roosters!! And we watch them very carefully. Her behavior is quite normal. No messing around with her wings and all of our chickens are lice free. The others are all very healthy looking. She has looked like this for the last 3-4 weeks. They live in our converted shed with a big caged in...
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    Is this molting or pecking order harrassment??

    So my barred rocks are 18 months old. I have 2, and three rhody reds same age. Also 2 eight month old sexlinks. The rocks seem to be in the middle of the pecking order. I get 5-6 eggs a day, and they all seem to get along. What could be causing their wings to look like this?
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    Rhode Island Red Enthusiasts!!

    I am from Rhode Island and vacation in Little Compton. For those of you that know the history of the Rhode Island Red, (they were first bred here in Adamsville, a tiny section of Little Compton). Anyway I took a ride through town and found this....a monument for the Little ladies and...
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    15 week old Rhode Island Red rooster?

    Well that's good news then!! My town doesn't allow roosters and I want to keep her!! :)
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    15 week old Rhode Island Red rooster?

    That's the only other picture I have, does it help? Why is she so much darker than the others?
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    15 week old Rhode Island Red rooster?

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    15 week old Rhode Island Red rooster?

    This is one of three RIR that I have. It is very red compared to the other two, and seems to be developing a comb. Is it a rooster or too soon to tell?
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    Do they need water at night?

    I am very new to the chicken world. When we put our chicks in their house for the night do they need access to their food and water? We have been placing it inside near the door, but in the morning they run to it as though they didn't know it was there. Can they see in the dark or will they just...
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