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    52 silkies/showgirls/frizzles 😳

    Been keeping chickens for 20 years, ran a chicken rescue for 12 years.... but have never kept silkies!
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    52 silkies/showgirls/frizzles 😳

    He blanks it out now. Hes used to me and my maths! But i did tell him im not keeping them all.
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    52 silkies/showgirls/frizzles 😳

    Can anyone give me tips on sexing young silkies/showgirls? I went to buy 5 chicks on saturday and came home with 52 The woman wanted them gone and if i didnt take them she would have to dispatch them as they are not good for breeding ( colour faults or something?) Any how, how do i go about...
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    Confused chicken, roo or hen?

    hope these help. im even more convinced rooster now
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    Confused chicken, roo or hen?

    Sadly not, a very scared chicken if I go closer it flees. Gonna try and catch it when its dark.
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    Confused chicken, roo or hen?

    Yes, everywhere possible, but nothing.
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    Confused chicken, roo or hen?

    Nearly eight months, has never laid also never crowed. Im normally great at sexing but this one has got me stumped. From the brown flecks on the wings im guessing late blooming roo? But on other forums people are saying hen. Any ideas? Not seeing any pointy feathers round neck and shank, but...
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    young runner ducks how do you sex them?

    i have 9 young runner ducks and would like to know if they are male or female.... i know you can sex them pretty easily when they have 'adult' feathers, but is there any other way to do it when they are young?
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    in need of help, i think the vets are wrong....

    this is skippy when she was first rescued and 2 weeks ago so she is prgressing nicely... but now with this pushing/straining..... we are really stumped...
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    in need of help, i think the vets are wrong....

    ok, i am one of 3 chicken rescues, and i work closely with the others, we share problems and remedies and help each other out now in one of our centres is there a chicken... Skippy, rescued from a battery about 4 weeks ago she's still growing her new feathers back and is not yet back to...
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    chicken constantly 'pushing' + white pasty bum *video included* help please?

    can anyone tell me what this might be? chicky is not well at all. she is an exbattery chicken rescued 2 weeks ago with 330 others.
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    im pretty sure i have to break the bad news ...but to be sure... are these 2 roosters?

    the white/brown im 100% positive over.. but the grey one... not sure
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