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    Chocolate Orpington roo and pullet? 6 weeks old

    I have 11 6-week old chicks, two are Chocolate Orpington. The rest are two are other color Orpingtons (Buff and Choc/Gold laced), a Wyandotte, a Barred Rock, two Olive Eggers (Cuckoo Marans x Legbar?), two Splash Marans, and a Sussex. The first four pics show the bird that looks like a roo to...
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    Old hen has right eye swollen shut

    This barred rock is 5.5 years old and suddenly has one eye swollen shut. She has been broody and otherwise behaves normally. I don't see any discharge or evidence of eye worms. We get about 5 new hens every year and she is in the oldest age cohort. An Iowa blue of the same age is broody now too...
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    Feather footed cuckoo marans - hen?

    I have three FF Cuckoo Marans and am confident two are roosters. The third, I waiver on. This one is smaller and darker than the roos, but I'm still not sure. Anyone have an opinion on whether this one is a hen or roo? Pics: 1. Just the chicken in question. He/she is about 13 weeks old. 2...
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    Egg with tail

    One of my EEs just laid this egg in the middle of my backyard (7pm, almost dusk). She was lurching, like a dog, and laid this egg in the grass. I read other posts where pullets laid eggs like this, but this hen is over 2 years old. She is also lowest in the pecking order. Her eggs are normally...
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    Ok to worm pullets?

    I have recently wormed my laying hens with Safeguard liquid (the one for goats) and am at the tail end of the second 10 day egg withdrawal period. After I realized worming was necessary, I had already moved 7 pullets into the enclosed coop/run, sequestered in a rabbit cage, but they are living...
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    Hen seems to be dying

    I have a hen who seems to be dying and want to make sure it is nothing infectious for the well-being of the rest of my flock. Last night when locking the coop my 1 year old Gold-Laced Wyandotte was huddled in the back corner of our enclosed run, under the coop. We couldn't reach her, so my...
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    Marans roosters?

    I bought 3 sexed Marans pullets and want to verify that 2 are in fact roosters before selling them. All 3 are about 13 weeks and in the first picture, two of which are Black Copper Marans. I also would like to learn how to describe the other Marans coloration. He appears somewhere between Blue...
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