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    Impacted Crop or Just the norm for this Hen? Please look at Pic

    That's what mine looks like - but mine is a 4 month old cockerel... His is definitely a swollen thing - like a bubble of fluid or air, not hard and solid. I just posted this morning looking for advice...
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    swollen crop in 4 month old cockerel

    I noticed the chest of one of my birds was protruding a lot and thought it was strange but since they were free ranging, I knew I couldn't catch him. I noticed it just about every time I saw him for a month (okay so part of me wondered if it was just the way he stands.) Last night when I...
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    Male or female - I think this one is male

    EE - Dad is a Silver Ameraucana, don't know what mom was. My students hatched these for a science project and I got the chicks. Got the eggs from a friend in the area who could confirm dad, but she had different breeds of hens and I don't know which egg it came from... Two other people in...
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    Male or female - Pair 1

    How the heck do you do that? I posted 5 older birds a week or so ago and was right on which were male and female - but today, wrong on all of them....
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    Male or female - I think this one is male

    10 week old bird... Based on tail and saddle feathers - I'm thinking male :(
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    Male or female? Pair 3

    Two birds - 10 weeks old... The all black one I am thinking is female based on tail and saddle feathers... The black and white one... I can't tell - depends on the pictures :/ Thoughts?
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    Male for female - pair 2

    Pictures of two birds that are 10 weeks old... One is gray and one has white and brown in it... I think the gray one has some pointy saddle feathers and some of the tail feathers look like they are getting longer and curving - so male? (I'm hoping female because I want to keep that one)...
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    Male or female - Pair 1

    To make things easier to explain - I'm calling them the black bird and the white bird.... They are 10 weeks old now. I have several pictures of each... I am hoping they're both female but I have a feeling they aren't... Thoughts?
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    Can you tell me if I'm right?

    I WANT them all to be pullets because I want them for the eggs, boys will be sold (I am not able to kill and eat them myself.) Why do you think #2 is a pullet? What am I missing? I was just noticing the tail feathers and some of the wing feathers... I know I've heard about the combs and...
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    Can you tell me if I'm right?

    Can anyone tell me if I'm right about the gender of these birds... The father of all of them is a Barred Rock Rooster (and he's huge.) The mothers could be a light colored EE, a Maran, a purebred Ameraucana, or purebred a buff orpington... They are all 3 months old - as of two days ago. I'm...
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    Chicken Saddles keep falling off

    I'm thinking your saddle is too big. I bought a small one for a silkie mix and it fit her well, didn't slide off and really never moved at all. I had purchased a medium size one as well just in case the small was too small, but I realize it would fit one of my full size birds. I have far...
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    Will her feathers ever grow back?

    This silkie mix lost feathers on her back because the rooster is just too big for her. So I bought her an apron, hoping that would protect her and let the feathers grow back. Then she went broody so I had her separated for about 5 weeks. She's been back outside for about 2 months now and...
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    Black spots on comb and waddle

    I THOUGHT this was fowl pox, but from all of the research I did, fowl pox goes through birds in 1-2 months. He has had these spots for months (We're going on at least 6 months, if not 9 months now.) The spots look bigger and more obvious in person, not sure why they look smaller and less...
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    Confirmation of scaly legs needed

    Before I go slather her up with vaseline - can anyone confirm that this is scaly legs? These are all of the same bird - she's the only one that shows signs of this, but from what I've read, if it is Scaly leg, I will treat them all.
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    Growth under beak on hen

    Under the beak and in front of the waddle there is a black thing... I've had this bird for a year, she's around 15 months old now, she's healthy and fine, but this THING is there. What is it? (sorry it's along the black post in the background but it was the best picture I could find it it.)
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