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    4 mystery chicks from the feed store, 4/14/2014

    Four magical mystery chicks, purchased a couple days ago at the feed store. Any guesses as to which breeds these may be? Assumptions: They are about 5 days old. They are large fowl. They are from Murray McMurray. They are pullets. They are cold tolerant breeds (I'm in Alaska, and the feed...
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    Hens pecking at a pullet when I an tending to it

    I have a 16 week old bantam cochin pullet and, amongst other birds, two 1.5yo buff orpingtons, one of which was the cochin's broody. Occasionally I have needed to check the cochin out and when I grab her she will usually squawk a bit and make a little struggle (she's a lot more mellow than my...
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    How long does it take a broody hen to recover?

    I have a hen that went broody and hatched a bunch of eggs. She's a BO and the eggs were misc. bantams that were donated. I sold four chicks at 2 weeks old, then gave another four to a friend at 7 weeks. Now, there is one chick left, at 9 weeks old, and it is still sleeping in the BO's fluff...
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    Two new pullets, one has a respiratory infection

    I picked up two new pullets yesterday. One is now showing signs of a respiratory infection. They are both in the quarantine tractor and haven't mixed with my flock. Will the sick one always be a carrier and thus infect my flock even after it recovers? Is the not sick one contaminated...
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    3 month old cornish-cross...male or female?

    Somebody gave this bird today. I think it is about 3-4 months old. Is it a male or female? It's my first corn-x, so I'm kind of clueless.
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    Sexing help: bantam ee/silkie/brahma mixes, 5-6 weeks old

    I have three chicks whose sex I'm not sure of. It's probably too early to tell, but I figured it wouldn't hurt in case somebody knows some good indicators that show up at 5-6 weeks old. The chicks are bantams and a two are ee-brahma mixes, and one is an ee-silkie mix. Pics to follow...
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    Chicken Concussions

    I was checking out my chicks (2-3 weeks) old the other evening. I would get set them on the top of the external nest box at about chest height and check their weight, for lice, etc. One of them got startled and shot off the box like a rocket and right into a post head first. It staggered...
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    Hen suddenly stopped laying and is acting aggressive/skittish

    One of my buff orpingtons was the champion layer this summer, cranking out an egg a day with hardly a break. About a week ago she stopped laying one day and I haven't seen an egg from her since. She has also become more aggressive to the other birds and more skittish around me. She was always...
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    Cold Weather Water

    I am in Anchorage, Alaska and it sometimes gets a bit cold here. I have seven chickens, all acquired in the spring, who will be wintering over with us. They have a solid coop, I'm about to build a nice, big covered run, but I haven't decided how to handle their water. If you are living in a...
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