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    Ventilation question

    I’m expecting new chicks in a few weeks and am building a coop. It’s going to be a simple slanted roof coop, raised 2’ off the ground. The coop itself, not including the 2’ elevation, will be 3 feet tall (floor to roof) on the tallest end and sloping down to 19” tall on the short end. It...
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    Adding a second coop

    Hello! It's been quite a while since I've been here. When I first got chickens about 6 years ago I built a raised coop which I could stand in, basically a shed on stilts. It's about 8' x 8'. The roof of the run didn't do well and something got in and killed my flock last year. I replaced...
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    Injured leg on chick

    Hello everyone. It’s been a while since I’ve been here. I’m posting about one of my new chicks. I received them on Tuesday. I kept them in the house all day and most of Wednesday. I put them in the coop Wednesday evening. When I was hanging the heat lamp, it slipped from my hand and the wire hit...
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    Guesses at these breeds?

    Can anyone hazard a guess at what breeds these chicks are? They are 7 weeks old. I couldn't get a really good picture of #3. One of them should be an olive egger, and the other two are part of the assorted rare breed choice from My Pet Chicken, which can consist of: Buckeye Ancona Easter...
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    Bald chick, fine otherwise

    can anyone help me try to figure out why this chick is missing so many feathers? I had noticed that it was missing feathers around its neck. I was able to catch it today and get a closer look. I saw that it is almost completely bald on its chest and stomach, and looks like there are some new...
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    Can you tell me which is my MPC Olive Egger?, and help guess the others?? (Picture Heavy)

    The list of possible breeds: - one of these chicks should be an olive egger, as I also ordered one of them, but don't know which one it is. (I removed the ones that I ruled out) Easter Egger Ameraucana (Wheaten, Blue, Black, Splash) Andalusian (Blue, Black, or Splash) Sicilian Buttercup Golden...
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    The fluff butts are here! Order from MPC

    I ordered 7 chicks, hatched yesterday, arrived today. I ordered 1 BCM, 1 OE and 1 RIR, along with 4 from the rare breed assortment. Now I get to go home and take pictures and try to figure out which is which!! My hubby was kind enough to take pictures of them for me since I'm at work. If...
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    Missing eggs?

    I believe something has been getting into my coop and stealing/eating eggs. Last week I noticed that the girls seemed to be laying less than usual, but didn't really think anything of it. I had three ameraucana eggs under a broody. Thursday I marked each egg with an x so that my stepdaughter...
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    Day 8 candling, looking good!

    I posted a couple weeks ago that I had ordered eggs from Papa's Poultry in CA, being concerned about them coming so far since I live in PA. Well, so far, so good. I have 3 under my broody silkie and 6 in an incubator at the school (my stepdaughter is in the FFA). Of the nine eggs, 8 are...
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    What a I looking for when candling?

    I purchased some hatching eggs, which arrived yesterday and I'm going to put them under the broody today. I want to candle them to look for detached air cells and scrambled yolks, etc., but I'm not sure what I'm looking for. Does anyone have any pictures, or can you describe, what I'm looking...
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    Cochin Gender....again

    I have asked this before when this bird was much younger, and I can't seem to pinpoint whether I think it's a hen or a roo. I'm leaning towards roo and my husband thinks hen. No crowing or egg laying yet. It's an 18 week old blue cochin.
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    Anyone have olive eggers from Papa's Poultry?

    Ordered some hatching eggs from him and am curious about what they end up looking like and what color eggs they lay.
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    Ugh, didn't pay attention to where eggs are coming from!!

    I placed an order yesterday through Papa's Poultry for some auto sexing OE and Cream Legbar hatching eggs. I was so excited to find the OE ones that I jumped on ordering them, as I hadn't had any luck locating chicks that I wasn't going to pay an arm and a leg for. I only ordered 6 eggs...
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    Wanted: Female Olive Egger chick and Femaile Blue Cochin chick - South Central PA

    Have a broody hen and am only allowed 2 more chickens per my town ordinance. I am really wanting one of each of the breeds. I live in south central PA, near MD, WV.
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    I think my hen's comb fell off??!!??

    I have an 18 week +/- blue laced red Wyandotte. I went this afternoon to feed the girls when I got home from work, and was looking at her. It occurred to me that something was different about her. She is missing her comb....entirely. She wasn't bleeding, acting strangely, or anything, just...
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    Updated: Guess gender of 7 1/2 week old Blue Cochin

    I posted a couple weeks ago with pictures of my chick, and wanted to post some updated ones to see what everyone's guess is now, as far as gender. Those wattles are leading me to believe it's a roo.
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    Guess at sex of Cochin Chick? - 5 weeks old

    Anyone care to guess the sex of my 5 week, 3 day old blue Cochin chick?
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    3 week standard blue cochin

    I had one chick hatch out of the nine eggs I set under my broody. I'm really hoping for a pullet. I have read that the roos feather out slower than pullets, but I don't have anything to compare him/her to. Does anyone have any old photos of their cochins around this age, and can tell me what...
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    Wheaten Marans - pictures of eggs?

    At the local chicken swap this fall, I purchased a young wheaten marans pullet. I ended up with a wheaten because I let my daughter pick it. I wasn't expecting to really like her, for whatever reason. I'm not sure why though, lol. Let me just say that I love this little girl. She is the...
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    Sneezing Chickens, no other symptoms

    On September 27 I bought three chickens at a local poultry swap. I quarantined them for 4 weeks, then moved their temporary "coop" next to my other chickens' coop. I kept them there for 2 weeks, and then moved them into the coop. The day after I moved them in with the flock, I came home to...
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