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    Possible broken leg...splint or let heal on it's own?

    My rooster, Crowmarty, may have broken his leg about 5 days ago, or dislocated it at the hip. It just hangs there and he can't seem to put much, if any, weight on it. I don't find any swelling and it's not crooked. He may have gotten in caught in the chain link while sparring with another roo...
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    French Black Copper Marans Trio

    Because of neighbor complaints I'm forced to get rid of several roosters. In an attempt to spare the lives of my sweet French black copper marans boys, I'm offering two hens with one rooster. I have two, possibly three, sets. Pictured are two of the roosters and a sample of the egg color (egg on...
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    French Black Copper Marans Trio

    Because of neighbor complaints I'm forced to get rid of several roosters. In an attempt to spare the lives of my sweet French black copper marans boys, I'm offering two hens with one rooster. I have two, possibly three, sets. Pictured are two of the roosters and a sample of the egg color (egg on...
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    Did a hawk do this to my Ameraucana rooster? *** graphic picture ***

    I believe Big Blue died because he was trying to protect his hens! My husband found him still slightly warm (in a wooded spot behind the coop) and partially eaten in his chest area near/under his wing. This rooster was a good size, and I can't believe a sparrow hawk could do this? That's the...
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    Is this a Wheaten Marans chick?

    Hello! Four weeks ago I purchased my first Marans chicks: ten black copper and one that I was told is a Wheaten Marans. Someone on another thread pointed out her green legs and said they didn't think so. I trusted she would know what she was talking about as she does show. The gal did have...
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    4-wk old wheaten Marans pullet or roo?

    4 Her comb is much smaller than the obvious baby roo in the foreground and the one behind her, but I think I see a slight tinge of pink in it. I'm also wondering about the two blues to the left of her - their combs look a lot alike, are yellow, but one baby is almost fully feathered and the...
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    Three week old chick not growing

    I had four chicks hatch with different mommas within a week of each other. The are about 3 weeks old, but one is about a third of the size of the other three (all Ameraucanas) and has little feather development compared to the others and isn't as active. They can fly and get up on things, it...
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    Trio of Pekins visiting during day - leave at night.

    About 10 days ago a trio of adorable Pekins showed up on my property early in the a.m., and initially I thought someone had "dumped" their grown up Easter ducks on me. They spent the first night in some brush in my backyard, but now they come every other day - to the same spot in my yard - but...
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    Silkie rooster is "parenting"! Common?

    I gave my broody Silkie hen 3 Ameraucana eggs to hatch, which she did successfully. I'm amazed though at how her mate, Shaq, is a full on participating father. He tries - although somewhat clumsily - to feed them. He's also very obviously trying to help Kandi teach them to climb up the ramp...
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    Hens picked at medicated chick starter...eggs okay to eat?

    I'm using Purina medicated chick start and grow. One of my hens got in with mom and babies and may have eaten some of the chick starter. Is it okay to eat her eggs?
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    Is this style of slaughter humane?

    I'm taking three roosters, for the first time, to a processor nearby. I asked how they "do it" and she said they use a barrel and slit their throats??? Can someone tell me what this process entails? Even tho these roosters are particularly evil, I'm not going to be able to handle it if they...
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    What's the youngest chick you've had crow?

    Since I am absolutely blown away by this one starting at 18 days old (THOUGHT I heard it yesterday - now I know I did), and today he was singing his little heart out on the perch. For fun, I'd like to know about other folks' crowing babies, at how old and what breed? This one is a bantam...
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    UPDATE - one crowed at 18 days old???

    Are you serious??? This baby is 18 days old and CROWING!?? It's the Cochin/Ameraucana. His comb is quite yellow, but it is pronouced. I need to start a new thread to see who's got the youngest crower. I have hatched waaay too many roosters in the last year. I'm beginning to think my house...
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    Polish / Silkie 11 wk Cockerel - Michigan

    Pogo hasn't started crowing yet, but there's no mistaking his gender. The parents are a white Silkie roo and gold laced Polish hen. He will let me carry him around and love on him, but he does like to bite my feet - so not good for a child. He is a very, very pretty boy. I will consider...
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    Is it ethical to take mean roosters to auction?

    I of course would disclose the surly temperament, but is it acceptable to take roosters like that to the local auction? Or should they just be culled? Culling would not be an easy task for either me or my husband.
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    Looking for suggestions for using fence pickets.

    My sister gave me several good quality 48" dog-eared fence pickets, and I'm wondering if anyone has used them for framing a chicken tractor? Suggestions/ideas/pictures would be much appreciated!
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    PICS ADDED! SE Michigan - Ameraucana chicks

    They decided to hatch on Mother's Day! Ten have hatched so far, which includes one Easter Egger. My camera isn't doing them justice - they are some pretty coloring! I will have 11 chicks from my Splash Roo (from Pips & Peeps) and my 6 blue, black or splash hens from Cree Farms, Pips & Peeps...
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    Rooster overpopulation - what do most of you do?

    Somebody on here said it had been the year(s) of the rooster, and boy I believe it! I have nine and only want to keep two. It's really noisy, as you might imagine, and I'm at my wit's end as to what to do. I have some listed here on BYC and am trying Craigslist to no avail (silkies, bantam...
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    OHIO/MICHIGAN: Two Silkie/Ameraucana Cockerels - Easter Eggers

    I had these listed last week and originally thought they were Cochin/Ameraucanas but realized after looking at the color chart it's not possible for Joey the white Cochin to father a white chick and these blues - therefore the daddy is Baby Blue, the silkie roo I have listed and the mother is...
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    ***SOLD*** White Silkie Roosters

    This is Larry Bird. I rescued he and his brother from a hoarder last June when they were about 6 weeks old. Both birds are available, and I will be posting more pictures later this evening. They are used to being together but I am willing to separate. I can take additional pictures of the...
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