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    Pathetic Polish Roo

    My sister, who is very new to chickens, went and picked up a Polish rooster that she had found in the classifieds. She had seen pictures of the bird previously, but when she went to get him it was dark and he was sleeping. They transferred him from cage to crate and she did not really look him...
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    Anyone else ever?

    I have a gold-laced Wyandotte cockerel who is approximately 12 weeks old atm. When he was about 4 weeks old, he started getting his male saddle and hackle feathers. This was BEFORE he got any of his regular feathering on his back. His entire back was a patch of pointy, irridescent, "rooster...
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    Ohio - Australian Black Swan Male - 4Years Old

    I am listing this bird for my mother. I will try to be as accurate as I can in his description, but feel free to ask questions if I am not clear. My mother acquired him as part of a pair a couple of years ago. His mate was killed just as they were starting to build a nest this Spring so he is...
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    Helping chicks hatch out

    My sister is a preschool teacher and is currently hatching about 20 eggs in her classroom 'bator. Hatch day is technically tomorrow. She came into the class this morning to find that 6 of them had pipped (she last checked them on Saturday so there's no telling when they actually started)...
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    Sexing 4 week d'uccles

    So my d'uccles are roughly 4 weeks old now. It's fairly obvious that one of them is a cockerel at this point. But I am still holding out hope for the other. Someone give me reason to believe that I am not doomed to only get roos in straight run purchases for the rest of my life. Please...
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    So I was gifted some silkies...

    My sister purchased these for me at the Lucasville swap today. She was told that they were 4-5 months old and either both pullets or one of each sex. Having no experience with this breed, I have no idea how such a determination is made. Anyone want to help me out? Any advice would be...
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    Chick comb conundrum

    I was recently suckered into picking up a group of assorted Bantam from the local TSC. For the last two weeks I have been certain that I had two of each kind (OEGB, golden sebrights, and d'uccles). The two that I assumed were sebrights vary pretty greatly in patterning. I just chalked it up...
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    TSC Bantam surprise!

    Anyone want to venture a guess as to what I have brooding here? They came out of the assorted Bantam bin. I think they get them from Meyer. My entirely uneducated guess would be OEGB on the little chipmunky ones, golden sebrights on the two dark ones, and maybe some sort of brahma on the...
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    How does this happen?

    As a fairly new chicken mom (this is my first year), I find myself worrying constantly about these silly birds. They make me a little crazy, and not in a good way. I wake up in the middle of the night fearing that I forgot to latch the coop at least once a week (it's always latched, ftr)...
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    Gold sex link or something else?

    As some of you may know, I bought 7 GSL pullets a few weeks ago. One of them has always looked different than her sisters. I realize that there is a lot of variation among hybrids (I have 7 of them, all different), but "Rosie" just looks a lot smaller and hasn't all of the white flecking like...
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    Can chickens eat too much?

    I picked up 7 six month old comets yesterday. The birds look good, very clean and in good body shape. They do, however, look smaller and less developed than my similarly aged hen. Are comets usually on the small side? But anyway, on to my question I guess. They have been eating like they...
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    Any idea what breeds they might be?

    I realize that they are likely some sort of barnyard bingo cross, but any ideas as to possible lineage? I'm no expert on breeds but the white roo looks sort of Columbia Rockish to me. They are all about 18-19 weeks.
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    Going to be cold tonight...

    So I moved my 8 week old chicks outside to their coop 3 days ago. It has been no cooler than about 65 at night and 85-90 during the day. We're in for a cold snap tonight. It's supposed to get down to 45. I am soooo tempted to just throw the brooder back together and bring them in. Are they...
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    New to this chicken sexing thing...

    I've posed this question elsewhere and got replies ranging from "definitely a rooster" to "definitely a hen" and everything in between. She/he is a bit more feathered now so I thought I might solicit your advice again. My best guess on age for this one is about 7 weeks. What d'ya think, boy...
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    New here, and up to my neck in roosters I fear

    I have been reading these pages fairly regularly since deciding to adopt some preschool hatching project chicks. It's been roughly 8 weeks since I went chicken crazy. Thought I would pop in to say hello and maybe solicit some help in sexing these buggers. Thanks in advance for any help...
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