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    Please Help Identify my McMurray Free and Exotic Chick

    Hatched on 4/5 and included with my order of Speckled Sussex and Ameracauna/Aracauna (EE, I know). It has pinkish /yellow unfeathered legs, no comb to speak of, no muff. I assume a cockerel since last to get any tail feathers. Any idea what breed (s)he is? Can't match with anything in my...
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    Molting Even though Less than Year Old????

    I have a flock of 9 hens . . . 5 who hatched in the Spring of 2013. They are Black Australorps and Buff Orpingtons and they all molted for the first time between November and December. I also have a Salmon Favorelle from 2013 who has also recently molted. This year, I raised an EE, a barred...
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    Odd shaped, wrinkled eggs?!

    My 7 mo. Old SFH lays regularly, but the eggs are oddly shaped with wrinkles or ripples in the shells. Is she nutritionally deficient? The others lay normally.]
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    SWEDISH FLOWER HEN Cockerel - 12 weeks in MA

    Our town doesn't allow roos, so unfortunately 'Elvis' (on the right) must be re-homed. He's 12 weeks old (hatched 2/3/14). Very pretty and runs over to you for attention. Picture taken 2 weeks ago. Not crowing yet. Located about 20 mi. NW of Boston.
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    11 wk old SWEDISH FLOWER HEN Cockerel in MA / NH

    One of my SFH chicks was a boy and roos aren't allowed in our town. He's beautiful, non-crested and friendly and was hatched 2/3/14. LOCAL PICK UP only. He's also pictured in my avatar.
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    10 free hens NE Massachusetts

    Just saw this posted on Craigslist tonight. Hopefully, someone local can help out. These are not my birds (I just saw the ad), so please don't reply to me. ------ Due to circumstances, I need to find my girls a new home. I have raised all 10 from chick hood. In fact I have taken them around to...
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    Help Sexing 6 Week Old EEs Please

    Pictures are of my 3 EEs hatched 2/2/14. I suspect two are cockerels. Please help by giving your opinion on their sexes. Thanks in advance!!! Chick #1 Chick #2 Chick #3
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    4 week old chick - crop problem?! Help!

    I have five roughly 4 week old chicks. Three EE and two SFH. One of the SFH chicks started arching neck downward yesterday and doing what looked like some crazy chest preening. So much so, she's almost doing a somersault. Seems to be eating and drinking, but just acting strange with curling...
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    Can Anyone help with sexing 3.5 week old SFH Chicks?

    These are my new SFH chicks that were hatched 2/3. Can anyone help me with their genders? Thanks!!
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    EE gender ID help 3.5 weeks old.Help?

    Can anyone help me guess the genders of my 3 EE chicks that were hatched on February 3rd? Chick #1 Chick #2 Chick #3 They are all feathering in at the same rate and have some orangey coloring around the neck and breast. Thanks !!!
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    New Massachusetts Member

    Hi Everyone, I'm Sandy, and I've been lurking on BYC for about a year and figured it's finally time to say Hello. My family is from NW MA. Last April, we brought home our first babies from an Agway chick order -- 3 Buff Orpingtons and 3 Black Australorps (Betty White, Lady Gaga, Buffy (later...
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