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  1. chickenannie1

    Not meat birds! Help!

    I bought these birds 7+ weeks ago as day old chicks. They were sold as cornish cross meat birds. We are pretty convinced they are not. They are no where near butcher size and have red in them. Any ideas on them. All would be appreciated.
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    Why are my chickens dying?

    I had 9 layers. 5 Easter eggers, 4 golden-laced wyandottes and 1 silver laced wyandotte. I am down to 2 EE, and 3 golden. They seem to waste away to nothing but skin and bone. I see them eating but they are not gaining weight. They are only 9 months old and are currently laying. They start to...
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    Question about a comb?

    I got this little one about a month ago. I was told it was a barred rock, but recently I am beginning to wonder. It has a really odd looking comb and its feathers are sticking up on his head like a silky or polish. He hatched them from his own eggs and didn't have any silkies or polish there...
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    I am a mister what?

    I am pretty sure this little one is a rooster and I am thinking OEGB but not sure 100%. He has green or slate legs. He is 8 weeks old now and very pretty, but I am just not sure exactly what he is. I pulled him from the bantam bin at Tractor Supply. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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    12+ week polish

    Hey! I have no idea how to even begin to sex this little one. It is 12+ weeks. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I also have a white crested blue that has feathering just like this but wouldn't let me get it's picture!
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    I am going with Roo! What are your thoughts?

    I have two approximately 8-10 week old cochin bantam chicks. I am thinking that both are roos. What do you think? Chick 1 Chick 2
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    Sad days!

    My question is can a chick actually die of loneliness? I recently had two d'uccle eggs hatch and one passed away a couple days later. He had a malformed leg and I am pretty sure other internal issues. Now the other one was alone. I placed a teddy bear in with him but he chirped all the time. My...
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    What breed is this?gender?

    I picked up 5 of these little buggers from a girl who used them for easter pictures. She was a photographer. She had no idea what they were. They were just little yellow chicks! They are about 4 weeks old now. I think they are all pullets too. They all look exactly the same. This is a...
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    Question regarding feeding?

    I have a trio of bantam chickens that I want to ad to. My problem is the older chickens are laying and the new ones are only about 8 weeks old and of course still on feeder/grower. Can I mix these together and how do you feed them so that everyone is getting what they need. I know I can't feed...
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    What are your thoughts on breed and gender?

    I got this little chick from a lady who used it as a day old chick for easter pictures. She believed that the farmer she got it from said it was a Welsummer chicken. Do you all agree? She/he is about 3-4 weeks old at this time. Any ideas on gender? This is a better picture of its comb...
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    Possible crop issues?

    I recently picked up 6 free chicks from a lady who got them for use in photography. She apparently did not take too good a care of them because when I got them home all of them needed their butts washed and poop scraped off their feet. Each toe was a ball of poop. Since brought them home two...
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    Any ideas why I lost a good one!

    I went out to my coop last night and found one of my 4 month old easter eggers, that I raised from a day old, at the bottom of the coop still outside. She walked right up to me and I picked her up. When I did I went running to the house to get my husband. My poor chicken was skin and bone...
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    What can be wrong with my chick?

    I have 3-4 week old cochin/silkie mix chicks right now. Everything was great until yesterday when one of them stopped walking. She just lays on her side with her legs out to the side. She almost acts like she has spraddle leg. She won't support weight unless she has to, to get water or food. Can...
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    Could this be a sizzle?

    I have this little one here who I think may be what they call a sizzle. The hen was a bantam cochin frizzle and the father is a silkie. It is 3 weeks old, boy or girl? Sorry I couldn't get a better picture of the comb. It is black and I believe it will be a rose comb. This little one does...
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    Non-fertile eggs?

    I have a rooster in with 3 hens. I was incubated many eggs and hatched 11 of them, but now none of the eggs I am getting are fertile. Could there be a reason that my rooster is no longer fertilizing the eggs? The hens lay 2 eggs a day but haven't had a fertile egg in a month. Very confused here...
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    Frizzled ___ "what"?

    I got this chicken from someone getting rid of some chickens. I am a sucker for a frizzle. I am pretty sure she is a she, but has yet to lay an egg, but I am curious what she is a frizzle of. I have frizzle cochin mixes and she looks different than them. Could she be silkie cross. She does have...
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    Frizzle/silkie crosses?

    I have 3 frizzled black cochin hens and a blue silkie roo. What I am wondering is how do I know what the offspring is? I've heard sizzles, frizzled silkies, and what if they are displaying smooth (regular) feathers. I currently have 8 little black and white chicks from them. Some are displaying...
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    Is this a true Silkie?

    I got this from a lady when I was looking for a smooth feathered roo to put with my frizzle hens. She said it was a silkie but it doesn't look like any silkie I see on here. It has true feathers on top. Any thoughts?
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    I have a question for the experienced chick raisers?

    I have 15 9 week old pullets in a insulated coop outside. I live in central Wisconsin where it can get very cold, especially at night. Some nights, not too many this year, it can go well below zero. I currently have 2 250 watt heat lights in there, but do turn off one when it gets nice. What I...
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    Question about my Golden laced wyandotte chicks?

    I ordered 15(got 16) Golden laced wyandotte chicks from Mt. Healthy Hatchery in December. They are almost 8 weeks old now and we noticed that two of them actually have a single comb instead of a rose comb. They are all supposed to be pullets. Does this mean anything? These were the first chicks...
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