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    Second generation olive egger

    Thank you! This makes a lot of sense! I'm thinking the neighbors just go off old wives tales for the info they're giving. I wasn't fully trusting of it but wondering if it held truth and it seems like some of it does but that the full truth got muddied over the years here in the area we live...
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    What breed is she?

    Looks just like my starlight green egger too
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    Second generation olive egger

    Thanks for responding! We have a good mix of colors in our flock (I've got about 30 laying hens) but honestly the only dark ones we hatched from this batch were the black copper marans. The blue and green layers we hatched from are on the lighter side with reds and whites. I think I have 1 blue...
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    Second generation olive egger

    So I did a hatch and we ended up with 11 cute little chicks. I hatched 2 of them from a nice olive egg (same hen just 2 eggs) daddy is a black copper maran rooster (could be 1 of 3 that I have). The thing is that they're yellow chicks. All the others from my blue or green eggs came out black and...
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    Black copper maran roo?

    Thanks! I was sure he was but my husband started questioning due to his coloring not being like a rooster yet! I told him he's young still and just needs time but I had to ask!
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    Black copper maran roo?

    Bought this little guy at 6 weeks old as a roo. He's now about 9 weeks give or take. Just wanted to check if we agree he's a boy. I wouldn't be gutted if he's a girl because we have about 6 boys out of a total of 9 we hatched and bought as day olds... but I'm hoping for an older boy to expedite...
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    Strange noises from chicken

    Aren't they though!
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    Strange noises from chicken

    I think that might be it honestly. She's otherwise very healthy, despite others in the flock having something
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    Strange noises from chicken

    I checked her throat when everything started and periodically since (because gapeworm :hmm). Half of my hens have showed signs of facial swelling (mild) and half haven't shown that symptom. Some have rattled breathing and some don't. It's been going on at least a month now and while my flock is...
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    Strange noises from chicken

    It's certainly odd.. she seems fine otherwise and while she's still making noises it's not all day.. just randomly throughout the day.
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    Strange noises from chicken

    I'm not 100% sure because I haven't had them tested but the state vet I consulted on the phone said symptoms sound like coryza. My chicks and meat birds never caught it despite being in the same barn every night. Weird update, I just watched her mount one of my other chickens and "mate"...
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    Strange noises from chicken

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    Strange noises from chicken

    This particular chicken has made these sorts of noises for months now but this is the loudest and most frequent I've heard it. My chickens are currently going through some sickness and it might be exasperated by that but I want to make sure it's nothing more serious since I've never heard...
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    Mixed chicken pullet or roo

    Thank you! I'm pretty glad she's a pullet as I'd love to keep her and we've got black copper maran roosters growing right now to be the roo of the flock so if she was another boy we'd have to do something with her
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    Mixed chicken pullet or roo

    I swore she was a boy the way her feather originally started coming in but tonight I looked at her and though... that might be a pullet 🤣
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