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    Think it's too cold for your chickens? Think again...

    it's -15F here in Southern Ontario today and all my chickens are hanging out outside of their heated house. For some reason they just prefer to be outside even in this cold. The run is protected from the wind on 3 sides by plastic so I guess its not too bad in there. The hen house itself has...
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    ripped comb

    My hen seems to be doing better today, but she's still quite a mess. I was wondering if I need to worry about getting more of the dried blood off of her head or if I should just leave it. If I do need to get the blood off, what's the best procedure. Her comb is definitely "dangly" and I'll...
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    ripped comb

    I've been through the forums and I know this has been dealt with, but I'm having some issues with the standard "cures" and was hoping for some guidance. One of my 7 month old RIR hens got into a scuffle and has had about 0.5cm of her comb ripped from the back. She's a bit of a bloody mess...
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    Help with sexing 20 wk old RIRs (or production reds?)

    ... and are they actual RIRs or production reds?
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    Help with sexing 20 wk old RIRs (or production reds?)

    ... and for the record.. I really want to be sure. A "rooster" label rings the "dinner bell" so to speak...
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    Help with sexing 20 wk old RIRs (or production reds?)

    The chicken above looks like a rooster to me (bigger tail) but the comb and wattle aren't really any bigger than any of the other chickens this one above I figure is a hen... short, squat, short tail, small wattle and comb this one looks boyish... longer tail, but again, no colour, smaller...
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    Help with sexing 20 wk old RIRs (or production reds?)

    @ccshambhala: The link returned a 404 error (i.e. the link is dead). I'll post some pics in a few minutes. I've just recently seen a single bird "mounting" another, but apparently even THAT doesn't mean much more than a dominance display... geesh these guys are confusing... they should...
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    Earliest egg you have gotten and from what breed?

    Not sure what I have in terms of breed (that's another post altogether), but production red or RIR whichever I have, I've two laying at 18 weeks and nothing yet from the others (now 20 weeks).
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    Help with sexing 20 wk old RIRs (or production reds?)

    I have 9 chickens raised from chicks. I ordered RIRs but, according to many of the forums I've been reading, it's not unusual for the hatchery to simply send production reds and pass them off as RIRs (?!?). As I have 9 chickens, should I be posting individual pictures of all of them? I don't...
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    19 and a half weeks old and still no eggs :( egg countdown anyone??

    Our RIRs just turned 18 weeks and we got our first 2 eggs today. Next step is to figure out which ones are roos and which ones are hens... I've got some with green colouring (apparently roos) with small combs and wattles (apparently hens?) and others without green, smaller, rounder and huge...
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