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    Help! Need someone to explain why these chicks are white...

    Hi. I had a hen go broody so I let her sit on a few eggs in the spring. Two hatched, and both chicks were yellow at hatching. Now at about 10-11 weeks old they are white, one has a spek of black on a wing. But, here's the confusing part. The egg for one chick was most definitely from my black...
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    Black Australorp hen crossed with Barred Rock roo...

    I had a hen (Ameracauna) go broody and gave her a few eggs to set on. Two of the three hatched. I was sure the hen that laid the eggs was the BA and I only have the one rooster (BR) in with the flock. Since both the mom and dad had been black as chicks, that is what I expected these to be...
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    Coccidiosis and Mareks...looking for info please!

    I have just discovered through a local poultry site that a "breeder"I have purchased several chickens from in the past year may have a problem in her flock. Several people posted that their birds were dying and a few had actually had autopsies done at the local college and the results were...
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    Hen's eggs are lighter in color and they are losing feathers

    Thought it was moult, but has been going on for over two months and the skin is very red. Eating commercial layer ratio plus BOSS. Feather loss is mainly on underside and around wings. Egg shell color is getting lighter. They are BR and just a year old. A leghorn that was in the coop was found...
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    2 week old chick with broken leg

    One of my chicks appears to have a leg broken at the hock joint. I have splinted it, hoping that it may at least fuse together. Is this wrong? I can't bear to kill the poor little thing. It is peeping like crazy. I have it separated from the others now in a box. I have offered her chick feed and...
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    Hen limping, holding head to the left, floppy comb

    Any advice would be appreciated. I have only had chickens less than a year. A few days ago, I noticed one of my RIR hens sitting under the roost when the others were outside, which is unusual. She got up when I went in and went outside but had a terrible limp and her tail is drooping downward...
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    Ameraucana or Easter Egger?

    This hen is supposed to be Ameraucana, but she just started laying and her eggs look more green than blue to me. Her legs are black or slate not green. I do notice some goldish bits mixed in with the black around her neck though..
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    Is this really a RIR?

    This hen is supposed to be RIR but she is much darker in color than the other 2 that are from the same breeder. They were all purchased at the same time. The only difference as chicks was that the other two were solid colored chicks but this one had a very dark wide strip down her back. Looked...
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    What the heck breed is this??

    This bird was supposed to be a SLW pullet and I believe it is a roo and definitely not SLW. Any ideas? In this pic it would be about 10-11 weeks old. Now at 14 weeks, it is larger than my RIR hens and has really heavy legs, which is why I think rooster, except it's tail has grown tremendously...
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    Aggressive chick?

    I have some chicks here (all supposed to be pullets) that are about 8 to 10 weeks old. There are fairly friendly but I have noticed in the past few days, one of my ameracauna chicks rushes the door when I put feed in and starts pecking at my hands and arms rather than going for the food. Is this...
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    Hens that now are roosters???

    It's a very curious thing that happened with my barred rocks. I got 3 straight run chicks in May and by a few weeks of age, it looked like 2 were pullets and one roo. The "girls" feathered early, had narrow bars, dark smudges on their legs and tails that were different from the slower...
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    One RIR is not like the others; any ideas??

    Hi, I bought four day old RIR chicks in May. One is a cockerel and seems to look RIR, I think. Burgundy red body, now getting greenish hackles and tail feathers coming in deep shiny green, but there is also bit of white. One pullet is darker then the other two and has tiny black bars on her...
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    4 month old barred rock found dead in coop today

    I found my favorite chicken dead today and am wondering if anyone has an ideas on sudden death in chickens. I'm not 100% sure of sex but am thinking it was a rooster. This bird had appeared to me to be the healthiest of the flock. Was the quickest growing, feathered earliest and was definitely...
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    Split my flock incorrectly...can it easily be changed 1 month later?

    Hello. I am a new chicken owner who bought 8 straight run day old chicks in May. Last month it was obvious that I had 2 roos, one large barred rock and a small RIR, the runt in the pack. I split the roosters from the other 6 who I thought were hens. I do have 2 coops, 2 runs. But now it appears...
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    Greetings from new chicken owner in Nova Scotia

    Hello. I am posting from the East coast of Canada. BYC has been one of my favorite sites since I first decided to get chickens in May of this year. I was looking for just a few laying hens for personal use and because our climate can be harsh, I opted for heritage breeds. I bought 8 straight run...
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