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    Need help with 2 bantam chicks breed ID

    I got 4 new bantams yesterday out of a mixed bantam bin. Only possibilities according to the hatchery's website are Mille Fleur or Porcelain d'Uccle, white Silkie, Golden or Silver Seabright, and Silver Duckwing, Brown, or Red Pyle OEGB. The 2 light chicks with black skin are definitely my...
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    Needing advice for my bantam after hypothermia

    I found my tiny bantam d'Uccle huddled down on the snow yesterday showing signs of hypothermia. I immediately brought her inside. I put her in a laundry basket by the heat vent with a hot water bottle, towels, and a small dish of drinking water. After several hours she was keeping her eyes open...
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    Gender ID of 9 week EE?

    I have 2 new EEs this year that hatched at the beginning of May. 1 is definitely a pullet, but I'm not sure on this 1. They both have the same size and color comb, but this 1 has more clearly defined rows and a more male feather pattern I think. The feathers around the neck have pointed...
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    Need help with bantam breed identification

    I have 3 new bantam chicks that are almost 3 weeks old. I'm pretty sure on 2 of the breeds, but not sure on the 3rd. I originally thought the 2 dark chicks were the same, since they looked very similar in the beginning, but they have different feather patterns now that they're coming in. Any...
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    Lavender Orpington Cockerel in East Central Illinois

    Hatched May 15th, so he's 21 weeks old. Just started crowing this week, so he needs to find a new home. He's a large bird and absolutely gorgeous.
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    12 week old cockerel ~ East Central Illinois

    Free cockerel ~ Tetra Tint (most likely). He's just started to crow and isn't all that loud. He actually sounds like a kazoo. As long as he's going to a good home to live or at least be treated humanely for the remainder of his life, he's free! I'm in Danville, IL, and I will be happy to drive...
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    12 week old cockerel

    Free cockerel ~ Tetra Tint (most likely). He's just started to crow and isn't all that loud. He actually sounds like a kazoo. As long as he's going to a good home where he can range and crow or he will be treated humanely for the remainder of his life, he's free! I'm in Danville, IL, and I will...
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    I finally figured out gender on my ducks! & new pics

    I brought home 5 ducklings in mid-April to add to my tiny flock of chickens. Based on my experiences of buying pullets that turned out to be cockerels, I decided to start with 5 and HOPE to get a couple of females to keep. As soon as they started making sounds other than peeps, I was totally...
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    What color of eggs should I expect?

    I could just wait several more weeks to find out, but I'm curious. I have a pullet who hatched out of a white egg. She appears to be a leghorn or white rock cross, though I have no way of knowing what the cross was. She was a yellow chick with a few black dots. Now, she's almost entirely white...
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    5 week old Lavender Orpington chicks gender?

    I have 3 Lavender Orpingtons who were 5 weeks old yesterday. I can only keep pullets, so I'd like to rehome these sooner rather than later. I know it's early, but I think 1 of them is definitely showing cockerel signs, and possibly 2. I'm only confident that 1 of them is a pullet, as she has a...
  11. twinmama

    Just sharing a picture of my adorable ducks

    I was just so excited that my 5 ducks got this close to me that I had to share the pic. Sorry it got a little fuzzy, but all I had on me was my phone. Even though I tried to handle and socialize them as babies, they seem to think I'm a mortal enemy most of the time. This weekend they finally...
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    11 week old EE Pullet?

    I got 2 EE (sold as Ameracauna) pullets, but one quickly showed himself to be a cockerel and was even crowing at 5 weeks. This one looks and acts totally different, and I've been sure she's a pullet for the whole 11 weeks. Today I'm 2nd guessing. I just noticed that her black tail feathers have...
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    My new Lavender Orpington chicks

    Just wanted to share a pic of my new babies. No great story to go along with it other than I drove an hour each way with my 3 year old twins to pick out our newest chicks. The kids were so excited to see the different animals on the mini-farm where these hatched. I've had poor luck this year...
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    Gender of 5 week old EE?

    I'm new to EEs, and I have 2. I'm thinking this is a cockerel. At 5 1/2 weeks there are 3 clearly defined rows on the fairly red comb. The feather pattern is all over the place with brown, black, mahogany, and dark gray. This one does NOT like to be touched and is constantly chest-bumping my...
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