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    Orpstralopes Chicken Coop

    Mountain Bird Chicken Farm I'm a college student at Appalachian State University that raises some chickens up in the mountains. I've got 3 Buff Orps, 3 Silver Laced Wyandottes, 2 Black Australopes, 3 Plymouth Barred Rocks, 7 Red Sex-Links,and 4 White Leghorns. This is the first time I've ever...
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    White Leghorn Cross Gender Guess???

    anyone else got a second opinion?
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    WHAT?? is wrong with this baby chick?

    No mites - I use DE, which isn't necessarily "good" for young ones but I've never had any problems in the past two years. However, he does get picked on a lot. I know that is just usual behavior but its pretty intense to be this little fella.
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    WHAT?? is wrong with this baby chick?

    I think it's got to be a slow grower - very strange indeed, never seen anything like it.
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    Blue Orpington...Roo or Hen?

    I'd say it's a little early but #3 is definitely a rooster.
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    New chick questions

    Normal behavior! They love to stand off the practice their future pecking order battles. I don't think it points to gender either..(I might be wrong though!). I think all of your chicks will warm up if you handle them enough!
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    White Leghorn Cross Gender Guess???

    That's what I'm hoping for! A great pair to give to a good friend in need
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    WHAT?? is wrong with this baby chick?

    I think this chick is in the batch with my 5.5 wk. olds and it is supposed to be a Golden Laced Wyandotte. What is wrong with he/she? Below is a picture of another bird that's at the same stage (same breed): In the bottom right corner: Close-Ups: The similar bird: What's wrong with me...
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    White Leghorn Cross Gender Guess???

    Here are two chicks that a broody hen in my hen house hatched about 9.5 weeks ago. One has relatively larger waddles than the other and I'm pretty sure that he is a cockeral. However, the other has smaller waddles and I can't tell. Any guesses? Roo?: Together:
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    Duck food... issue...

    I bought some pekins and fed them chick starter for the first two months and they seem to be doing well. they just won't get in the baby pool...i thought ducks swam...
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    Broody hen won't leave the infertile eggs...

    Do you want baby chicks or not? I;d recommend pulling her out of the box if you don't want her sitting on the eggs. It won't hurt and she'll probably go broody again soon.
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    EGGS HATCHED!!! What now??

    So...the hen that has gone broody, for what I thought was 2 weeks, turns out to have hatched her two eggs I let her have this morning. She's in the laying house with the rest of the flock (7 hens and one roo). Also, she's in a nesting box inside the laying house. My questions are: Should I let...
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    What breed are these yellow chicks?

    Very loveable breed. if it turns out to be a hen, she'll be one of your best broodies.
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    Rooster or not?

    I'd say it's a hen - there's no hackle feathers or saddle feathers. If it's really 6 weeks then I think it should have them by now??
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    Sexing 3 week olds?

    is there any way to tell the sex of 3 week old chicks. i have buff brahmas, jersey giants, amberlinks, buff orps, and golden laced wyandotte. I don't really care about vent sexing, just being able to tell what sex they are via feathering, comb/wattle analysis, or other way. I've heard all...
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    White Leghorn Cross Gender????

    I've got two chicks that are 6 weeks old that have a barred rock as a mother and a white leghorn roo as the father. They have very defined combs and wattles. Here is a picture, if it is too fuzzy I'll post another. What sex do you think they are?
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    2-3 wk old chicks...BREED confirmation PICS?

    Picked these bad boys up at a friends the other day and he told me that they were Black Jersey Giants...I am beginning to think they are Black Australorps though. All 3 are larger than the rest of the chicks and their feet are starting to yellow a little at the tips of their toes. Here's some...
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    Fire Ants

    Actually to rid an area of fireants completely you would have to spray with a very powerfully modified insecticide. It's designed to only rid certain species of ants, including fireants. I'd have to look up the name, but I know such a thing exists because I found an ancient container in a barn...
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    Culling Alpha Rooster

    Agression...he's gotten a little cocky with some of my friends.
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    Culling Alpha Rooster

    anyone?
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