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    Trying to decipher if I have Roos or Hens…

    Can’t tell if I have roosters or hens here. Any insight would be great as I’m looking to rehome a couple of my flock and don’t want to get rid of hens if I end up with roosters. One is a welsummer, who seems to have a little bit larger of a comb than my other welsummer… 18 weeks old. The other...
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    Bugs climbing on my chicken run.

    Probably about the size of a long grain of rice. It’s 1/4” hardware cloth, and I’ll add another picture for size. I’m located in the Southern California mountains. About 7,000 ft elevation. Usually we don’t even get ticks in our dogs and things up here but sometimes do in the summer if they...
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    Bugs climbing on my chicken run.

    New to chicken raising. I’ve had my girls for 4 months now. We built our coop and run on our own and it wasn’t existing. Noticed today these little bugs climbing all over the wood of the run. Any idea what these are and if the way are dangerous to my hens?
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    Is my buff rock a roo or a hen?

    I found out a couple weeks ago one of my chickens is a rooster. This one tends to be about the same size. They are 13 weeks old. Is this buff rock a roo too?! No crowing or anything yet but don’t know if that’s just because the other seems to be more dominant. New chicken mama
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    Barred rock hen or roo?!

    I have 12ish week old chickens that are all different breeds. I’m new to having chickens and I had ordered 8 all female sexed chickens. I know sometimes mistakes are made here. One recently started crowing around 5:45 am. Very immature crowing sound still. Only crows a few times and only in the...
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