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    Brown Leghorn Rooster???

    They look an awful lot like my hens when they were young. I honestly wasn't clear until they started laying. But for sure if they start practicing their crow shortly you'll know for sure :D
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    Rabbit help ... not moving back legs

    I have a californian that just had her first litter. with these symptoms. She was getting around well yesterday and today she's not using her hind legs and acting as if they aren't working correctly. She has 4 kits and they are all doing well. Her hiney is wet and she's developed some sores. I'm...
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    Silkie Cross Breeds

    So here is our little one growing up nicely. Still don't know if the sex But I believe based on the egg and coloring it was one of the buff orpington hens that laid this egg with a white silkie roo. we've got a few more in the bator hatching right now :D second attempt at a leghorn silkie...
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    New rooster integration questions

    We picked up a new partridge silkie roo. He's a pretty boy I might add :D We have a white silkie roo, we had 2 but the other one had an appointment with a roaster he couldnt be late for ,17 hens of varying flavors and one little cutie silkie/buff orphington (we think) cross we hatched. It is...
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    Silkie Cross Breeds

    Well, only one of our 4 eggs made it. little fella is cute as a button. quiter then our other chicks have been, more receptive to being picked up, but does not like to be enclosed. like. one hand on top to prevent a jump. little fluff ball is cute as a button. starting to get a few of the larger...
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    Silkie Cross Breeds

    YAY! The first one hatched. White Silkie roo, Im not sure which hen laid the egg. could be a silkie, orpington, or gold sexlink. skin is pink, but our silkies were a couple weeks when we got em and I dont remember if they had black skin when we got em or not. The white egg is still in the...
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    Silkie Cross Breeds

    I'll post pictures as soon as they hatch. Last candling they were progressing nicely. I expect monday or so for them to start hatching. It's our first try so we're all super excited.
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    Silkie Cross Breeds

    Man, im getting so excited. we put 4 eggs in our incubator. as of now we are ~7 days from hatch time and Im dying to see what comes out. We only got 2 this far growing. one didnt start at all. and the other was clear after the last candling. so we have 2. 1 is from either a brown or white...
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    Comment by 'mike256' in article 'Best Coop A Round'

    Great stuff. It's stylish and fun. I really like the creative use of the satellite. now . . . . where do i find one :)
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    Silkie Cross Breeds

    Ok, BYC never ceases to amaze me. I have 2 white silkie Roos, 2 white silkie hens, 7 buff orpingtons, 3 brown, and 3 white leghorns, one gold sexlink, and 2 im not really sure. I think one is a gold sexlink, the other is white with light brown spots on her upper half. Now they all live...
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    Brown Leghorn Rooster???

    It looks like the brown we got with the huge comb is a hen. Shes starting to behave like a girl. It was like over night about 4 of our adolescent girls started doing the whole squat and get ready bit. I think she just has a big ole floppy comb. Ima have to keep an eye on her this winter I think...
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    HELP!! Chickens ate styrofoam!!!**

    This is great info. My birds have gone to town on the foam vent cover things around the house. Once they realized the whole of the skirting is foam block I started trying to kind of fence them out with plastic poultry fence. Well that didn't work for long. Those little buggers are trickey :D...
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    Greetings from the Columbia gorge

    I've been lurking around here for a while now and finally decided to join up. Lots of great information. I'm from the columbia river gorge in Washington state. We have 18 chickens at the moment. 3 brown leghorns, 7 buff orpingtons, 2 white silkies, 1 gold sexlink, and 5 assorted somethings. I...
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    Brown Leghorn Rooster???

    I have 3 brown leghorns about this same age and had the same question as well. One has a fairly substantial comb and waddle. the other 2 almost have pea combs at this point. The wikipedia picture did not match at all aside from being brown :D this thread answered my question as well :D great...
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