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    *Yolkiest Warrior* White Leghorn vs. Ameraucana. Help me write my english paper

    The first essay assigned for the year is a compare/contrast essay and i have a great idea. Lets compare and contrast two breeds of chickens in a sort of "deadliest warrior" competition. for those of you who have never seen the show, they do tests to see the high and low qualities of both sides...
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    Broody eating chicks?

    i have a broody light Brahama hen. today is day 21 for her and she was sitting on 14 eggs. yesterday when i came home from school i noticed that an egg was pushed out of the nest, shell half off and the chick fully developed and dead inside, it stunk though. i disposed of it and left her to her...
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    contagious Respiratory disease? *WARNING: GRAPHIC*

    This is what my Sebright hen looks like right now, she's still alive at the moment but i'm not sure for how much longer. its heart (and gut) wrenching. I lost my sebright rooster to something similar about 2 weeks ago, although his eyes didnt muck up like hers. i found her in the nest box...
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    What Color Silkie?

    I got this guy at my local poultry auction for 7 dollars. He's a silkie Rooster, but i dont know what "color" he is. i'm thinking he's blue but its slightly different than the others i've seen. He might also be Grey. Not completely sure. two other questions also. His crest has been cut back it...
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    little birds and my Layer feed issue

    I have a total flock of 6 nine month old girls out in my coop and run right now. they are all large fowl birds. last week at the poultry auction i took home a golden Seabright hen. No idea how old she is but her body shows a lot of bleaching. so i'm guessing a year and a half to two years. She...
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    Just a rooster?

    I have a flock of 11 chickens, they are about 9 months old and this is my first time raising them. I have one rooster, Eagle, and lately he has become a pain. He was never aggressive at all with any of the people, but now he seems to have this desire to be the ultimate protector of the flock...
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    Days old chick dislocated hip

    a chick that hatched on new years day has a bum leg. i felt the area around his hip when i saw there was nothing around the knee and the bump wherethe leg fits into the hip is farther up his body than on his other side, he doesnt use that leg at all and has since trained himself to hop on his...
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    Wyandotte hatching eggs

    I would really like to get ahold of some Blue laced red wyandotte or any other large fowl wyandotte hatching eggs for the valentine's day hatch. i'd have to have them by the 24th of january. wyandottes are a beautiful breed and i'd love to get some. but i cant ever seem to find any around here...
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    Easter Egger lays white egg

    I have a regular Easter Egger, her name is time out. she was born 1st week of may. today i just got my first egg from her. and to my surprise....its WHITE!!!! as you can see, she has the beard and tufts, she has green legs, and a pea comb. but today i got this egg... What in the world...
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    EE/ISA brown Cross with cool feathers. Splash or laced?

    My first time hatching eggs i sat 14 eggs and i had only 2 survive. this is one of them. i call her Ducky for ironies sake. She is a mix of my Easter Egger rooster and what i Believe to be an ISA brown hen. in otherwords a red sex link. i cant tell which hens are laying which eggs but i have...
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    Hours old chick hurt leg

    My first time incubating, and I have had quite an ordeal with these chicks, i used an auto turner and put the eggs in upside down. i feel like i have to help them all out of their shells. so far i have only one that is doing really good. This one is the only other one that is actually seeming to...
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    Egg laying Experiment

    DISCLAIMER: this could be in the totally wrong section, but it does have something to do with genetics so i figured it somewhat belonged. BACK STORY: Okay, so i have a flock of eleven chickens. i have 1 cockerel, and 10 pullets. my 18th birthday just passed this saturday, and i recieved an...
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    Easter Eggers or Ameraucana?

    The bin at the farm store this spring had these guys marked as Ameraucana. But since then i've learned that this isnt always 100% accurate. So i'd like a little help with identifying if Eagle and Time Out are true ameraucanas or just EEs. They're roughly 20 weeks now and the hens arent laying...
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    New Guy

    Hello im from NorthWest indiana and im very new to the whole chicken thing. i actually have been reading the forum here for quite a while now, even before i got my flock. right now i have 11 chickens, one male, 10 females. We have 3 "amerucanas" (thats what the store had them marked as but im...
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