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    I think I have a meat chicken/d’uccle cross. What in the world?

    This sweet giant was sold as a hatchmate of the tiny lavender d’uccle next to it. Sweet giant thing has feathered so slowly. It barely walks. It’s hefty. Dense. But it has gorgeous feathered feet, and vulture hocks like a d’uccle should, but it’s near full d’uccle size at 5.5 weeks. Also...
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    I bought the chick to fix her spraddle legs...but now to decide her breed.

    Ok, I'm talking about the smallest chick in the image. I was at the farm to get chicken food, and noticed this little one with bad spraddle legs. She could not even stand. They said she was just out of the incubator. I bought her to fix her legs (she just got her splint off today and is...
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    My Brilliant Cochin Roo

    I have an 18 week old Cochin roo. He's been an obvious roo since 6 weeks. He lives with me in the suburbs and so crowing is a no-no. He's watched his polish brother and silkie brother both be fitted with No Crow collars to keep their noise levels to suburb-acceptable levels. Both of them are...
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    Bantam Cochin or Bantam D'uccle?

    This sweet girl came out of the bantam D'uccle bin, but there were Cochins in there too. It's missing the beard and vulture hocks (though some of the others have picked at her feet, so that might or might not be strictly true that there are no vulture hocks), but she doesn't seem as round as a...
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    My experience with the No Crow collar

    I usually get the vent sexed pullets when getting chicks, because I'm in town and roosters are a nuisance animal. But those straight run silkies always get me and I pick up a few and I always end up with a rooster. And this last time I'm pretty sure I got two incorrectly sexed chicks even...
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    Buff-Laced Polish pullet....but maybe not.

    Sold as a sexed pullet, but from what I've read of crest growth, this is a masculine growth pattern. S/he is also fairly assertive. She jumps at one silkie in particular, and pecks her head. When a bird flies overhead, she stands up to look while the rest cower and hide. Almost 4 weeks old...
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    Welsummer--Half Pullet/Half Roo clues

    Ruby is only 4 ish weeks (give or take a few days) and she's got me all confused. She's a hatchery-quality chick, so that blurs things, I know. Reading up, I worried from the start, because her "eyeliner" was pretty faint, but her head triangle was dark. She has skinny legs, but she has a...
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    Sold as an Amerecauna, likely an Easter Egger, but flouting every norm

    Her tiny emerging comb does NOT seem to be a pea comb. Probably a single. Very pink legs. She looks different than other EEs I have had. Is she still an EE, or a mix up? The local hatchery had a few different chicks in the bin. Her white sister is obviously an EE or Amerecauna with slate...
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    Chicken not eating after dog attack, please help.

    On Saturday two dogs from the farm across the street broke through our fence and killed our rooster and we caught them running off with a hen. They dropped her and we brought her in. The main wound we can see is on her back. About 3 inches long and 2 wide. Mostly torn skin, but a gouge in...
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    Is this a Blue Australorp?

    This sweet girl is 7 weeks old and I bought her when she was sold as an Australorp. She has all of the markings of a typical Australorp (white toenails, white foot bottoms, black legs, black eyes, black beak, etc.) But her feathers don't look like the typical black. (I just assumed she was.)...
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    Sold as an Australorp, but the emerging feathers seem wrong?

    She was sold as an Australorp, but I am wondering if that's the case. Her emerging feathers are very light. Perhaps a Blue Australorp instead? Or...some other breed? What say the experts? This is our first go-around with Australorps.
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    Chickens maybe started laying, and then stopped?

    Ok I am sure someone has had this issue, but I am struggling to search it properly. So I am sorry if this is a question asked often. I have 5 hens, all about 20-22 ish weeks old. 2 Buff Orpingtons that are not really showing many egg laying signs. No worries, they are known to be later...
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    Gender confirmation on Barred Rocks, EE, and Buff Orpington (please help?)

    I feel pretty good most of the time that all 5 of my girls really ARE girls, but I would feel so so great to get some more experienced eyes to give their thoughts. Above is Stella. She's about 4 weeks old. I think she's a pullet. She has the head spot, the black leg wash, the darker...
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    I've been lurking for months, but felt the urge to join for real today

    Hi, I am Rachel from Utah and we just got our first backyard chicks 3 weeks ago, after years of research. We currently have 5 chicks. Two Buff Orpingtons, two Barred Rocks, and one Easter Egger. As you can see, we chose them mostly by their temperaments and cold-hardiness. I joined here...
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