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    Coronation Sussex ~ cockerel or pullet?

    This is Lavender - my fourteen-week-old Coronation. At first, I was sure he/she was a roo. Then a hen. Now I'm waffling and thinking he's a roo. >.> I've never been so undecided about one of my chickens before. This bird is not crowing - the speckled sussex Lavender was raised with was...
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    Neurological issue in chick?

    I have a five week old light sussex chick that I have been treating for what I believed was wry neck. She began with the twisted neck, leaning to the right, keeping low to the ground and occasionally flipping out and flopping all over the place. Yesterday we put the birds outside in their new...
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    Young cockerel limping/unable to bear weight on right leg

    My sweet showgirl, Eglantine, has begun limping and really favoring his right leg. When I pick him up, holding his back to my chest, he lifts his left leg, but wants to keep his right leg straight and rather stiff. I checked him out pretty thoroughly and could see no obvious signs of injury...
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    My babies ^_^

    So, while my wonderful husband was outside digging up the yard for the underground coop that we're attempting to construct, I took some pictures of my babies to share. :D Light dawns on yonder fuzzball's back. Cynthia, double-checking for grubs that might have gotten away...
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    Chicks' first day out!

    Short video of my tiny babies and their very devoted mother. Just thought I would share!
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    Finally! *pics*

    After a very rocky start and the removal of one broody hen from a shared nest when she pecked and killed a just-hatched chick, we have four tiny fuzzballs currently hiding out under our remaining broody. I'm watching her for any sign of aggression - she seemed a little pecky this morning, but...
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    Two broody hens and one dead chick

    My eggs are hatching and I went out to check on things to find one little chick off to the side, not beneath either of the hens. I tried to place the chick beneath one of the hens and she pecked me and the chick and I'm sure she killed it. I don't know what to do and I feel as though I...
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    Warning: Hatching neuroses ahead

    We're on day 16 of our grand hatching adventure. My eggs are tucked up nice and snug beneath two very broody silkies who have done a wonderful job thus far. But here are the worries that are consuming my every waking hour (and the sleeping ones, as well): 1. There have been a couple of...
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    Dueling, Broody Hens

    Okay. So I recently posted on another forum about my poor, miserable, broody hen, Betty. She'd been very, very broody for about two weeks and I decided to provide her with some hatching eggs, which she took to right away. In the past few days, however, there has been an increasing competition...
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    Need input!

    Hiya fellas :D This past weekend saw our backyard outfitted with a new coop and five lovely ladies to fill it. I'm pretty much obsessing over details at this point, but I know there's some room for improvement with my set up and I'd love to hear anything you guys would like to offer...
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    Vista de Pollo

    We are finally up and semi-running. :D Here is our new coop - not painted yet, and there are some modifications I'd like to make. The ramp needs steps, need an additional roosting board, need to find a way to keep rain from leaking into the nesting boxes and I think I'm going to go ahead and...
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    Age disparity

    This is probably going to sound like a ridiculous question to most of you, but I've heard such conflicting information from people I know that I wanted to put this one to some experts. My coop is almost finished and in a couple of days, I'm going to select my new hens. I've agreed to take a...
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    Chicken Newb needs help!

    Hello all ~ Not sure if anyone really reads introductory posts but I've been lurking on these forums for a bit, so I thought I'd say hi. While I've been interested in raising chickens for quite some time, I've never felt prepared to actually take the plunge until recently. They're such...
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