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    Clucking for an hour each sunrise

    We have a dozen or so chickens of many different breeds and we love them all but are quickly growing tired of one or two of our RIR's who wake us each morning at 5 am to cluck (similar to the egg song) for an hour each morning. They are the only ones doing this. It really has nothing to do with...
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    Black Copper Marans, gender?????

    I am thinking I have two boys and two girls. They are 6 weeks old, the one ducking his head looks just like the one with the big comb. I was thinking the ones with very little comb were girls (the ones on the far right and far left in the picture) Can they be sexed at this age? Is comb a way to...
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    Sick Ameraucana?

    We bought 2 blue ameraucanas 2 weeks ago. They were 4 weeks old when we got them. She raised them on medicated food and so have we, except a few days ago I gave them non-medicated. A few days ago we started putting them outside during the day and brining them in at night. They have both looked...
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    Rooster??????????

    First year with unsexed chicks. Bought this off a little farm on Vancouver Island. Wanting an easter egger so badly that I bought two hoping for one to be a pullet. I was told they were ameraucana x welsummer or RIR, she couldn't remember who the dad was. I can see the ameraucana but not sure...
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    When can chicks go outside?

    Sorry, I know this has been asked a million times but I don't feel I fully get the answer. When can chicks go outside? Only been a chicken mom for a year. Last years chicks were 12+ weeks old before I put them outside. Embarrassing. The answers I see for this question are: when they are...
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    Coccidiosis

    Been surfing BYC for a year now and have loved it and learned so much. I just joined a few minutes ago because I am really worried about my chick. I bought 3 EE 10 days ago. They are all now about 20 days old. Yesterday one of the chicks started looking weak and lethargic. We thought it was a...
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