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    Americauna Chick - Gender?

    Looks like a pullet -- might be she's just very alpha.
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    Ok, they're old enough to tell. What the heck are they? :)

    My full Aracaunas had very fluffy head, so maybe the crest is just that she kept the top fluff, genetically, but not the ear tufts. Plus aracaunas can be pretty nervous compared to other breeds, at least in my experience, so she might just have her head feathers up when she sees you. Mine often...
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    I know the breed...an EE from Sonew ~ Gender?

    Looks like a girl to me -- no spurs or anything :) In answer to the question about a black roo -- I had a pure black Aracauna roo with blue legs. He was huge, gorgeous, and mean. And tasty at six months... We spent a couple months trying to rehab him to be friendly after his hormones kicked...
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    8 week old chickens pulling out other chickens tail feathers...

    Hmm, interesting... they might be hormonal, could be! They are definitely young for laying, though a few of them have been going in the nesting boxes this week and burrowing in. They have DE in with their feed and their litter, and no mites that I can see... I read somewhere that talcum powder...
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    8 week old chickens pulling out other chickens tail feathers...

    They don't seem to actually be cannibalising or eating the feathers. Just pulling out tail feathers on a couple other hens (only two so far)... I've watched them do it: they'll just yank one out as the other chicken walks by and drop it on the floor. They don't play with the feathers or eat...
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    Woohoo! The Cuteness is Overwhelming! Baby Chicks have arrived :)

    Quote: Great idea -- they are pretty feisty and not staying in the water for longer than it takes to drink or walk through it, but I love the idea. We'll go get some stones from outside, wash them and put them in this evening. My son loves ANY reason to collect rocks. Come to think of it, so...
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    Ashamed to ask...

    food, treats, yep, there you have it! If the food makes a sound (like in a can) or you make a special noise each time, so much the better -- they'll learn to respond to that sound and come running!
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    *One more dead and more dying* I need urgent help! Please dont fail me

    So sorry. Some just don't make it, and there's nothing one could have done.
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    Did I end up with a roo? Opinions, please!

    My alpha girl had a much larger comb than her sister from the same mother. but yes -- check the legs -- roos also stand more erect, with longer legs usually.
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    Chick too small??? Pics. Speckled Sussex chick

    Thanks! Oh, and now that I've figured out who's who in my newly arrived flock (6 :30 this am!) I see that my SS from Meyer is much smaller than the Ameracaunas and Welsummers -- a surprise, considering the EEs are suppose dto only get to about 4lbs, and the SS 7lbs... So maybe they just start...
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    Woohoo! The Cuteness is Overwhelming! Baby Chicks have arrived :)

    I'm trying to figure out who's who, too. Based on the pics from the hatchery and on here, I came up with this: The BO is easy! She's yellow. We'll probably name her Buffy, so she can kick butt and keep the flock in line, lol. The 3 dark ones are the BA and Wyandottes. The other five are the...
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    Confusion at hatchery--are we EE and SLW pullet chicks?(updated pics)

    My SLW pullet from Meyer looks just like that, so hopefully you got the right order
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    Chick too small??? Pics. Speckled Sussex chick

    She is so cute! I'm sure she'll catch up -- And size isn't everything. My grandmother's best laying chicken (and favored companion) was a bantam who laid a double yolk egg every day for 18 years. She said the eggs were HUGE. At 15 years she was practically dead for two days, so my grandmother...
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    ID 2 week old chick - Welsummer, Ameraucana, or Speckled Sussex?

    Hmm. if the legs are grey, I would guess an ameracauna, not sussex. But, I'm definitely not an expert, juuust got my first sussex and welsummers in the mail today! But I have had araucanas and most of them had grey or blue legs
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    Woohoo! The Cuteness is Overwhelming! Baby Chicks have arrived :)

    Ooh, we are all so excited -- our shipment from Meyer arrived first thing (6:30) this am, and all the chicks are very alert and healthy, eating and drinking wonderfully well for the last several hours. So they all made it This was my first time ordreing from a hatchery, our other chicks we...
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    Got a call at 4:30 this morning... really?!

    That's a lot of roosters! For that very reason I turned down the free chicks offered with my order... My husband was so mad when he found out. He WANTs the roos for the freezer... I assured him we may end up with a couple roos anyways
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    My Chicks Arrived This Morning From Meyer Hatchery see pics

    WOW they are so cute!
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    Going to buy Comet chicks!!!

    I had golden comets and they were wonderful, sweet ladies. Laid every day without fail, even in winter. AND sometimes even twice a day. Enjoy them!
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    What to do when chicks arrive from PO?

    I'm curious where you ordered from? Because honestly it sounds like you didn't do anything wrong, and I'd like to avoid them in the future. It seems like the first shipment simply took too long to get there and the chicks were too stressed to make it. I am glad this shipment is faring better...
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    Really stupid question inside...so dumb I wont put it in subject lol.

    You can eat any chicken -- the meat ones just tend to have larger breasts and grow faster, while the layers tend to lay more eggs, more often.
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