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    2.5 week old speckled sussex chick with odd feathers?

    Sadly Borb passed away on Tuesday. They made it to 7 weeks of age, but never did grow any further. They would eat but never gained weight. I'm very curious if this was a case of RSS (runting and stunting syndrome) so we sent the remains off for a necropsy. Will share the results when they come...
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    Possibly a cockerel?

    One of our hens went broody this past fall so we bought a few EE eggs for her to hatch. Only one of the 4 ended up hatching in early October. This lil one is now 7 weeks old and getting their feathers in, so I understand if its still too early to tell. I'm thinking it's a cockerel but being...
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    2.5 week old speckled sussex chick with odd feathers?

    This makes me feel so much better! 😁 Thank you!!
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    2.5 week old speckled sussex chick with odd feathers?

    We purchased 2 speckled sussex chicks from a local woman for our broody hen. Our hen rejected them so we've been keeping them together in our brooder. This lil one (we're called them Borb cause they're round like an orb(bird+orb=borb)) is super round, much smaller than the other chick, and has...
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    Hello from the suburbs!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We got our first set of chicks in March of 2022. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 9 chickens currently (6 hens, 3 chicks) (3) What breeds do you have? 4 silver laced wyandottes, 1 golden cuckoo maran, 2 easter eggers...
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