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  1. CountryLife4Me

    Hen gasping for air, no vet available

    Hello. I'm hoping someone can help me. I recently added a rooster to my flock of 17 hens. They are about 7 months old and were in perfect health. I did not realize that you should quarantine new birds, and I added the rooster right into my flock. We soon noticed that the rooster had a runny...
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    Any Midnight Majesty Marans Egg Pictures?

    I am looking for egg photos of Midnight Majesty Marans (Hoover's Hatchery, TSC or Rural King). I bought one MMM because I wanted a dark egg layer, but my hen is not laying dark eggs. They are tan with the slightest bit of darker tiny speckling on them. I'm wondering if this is just an anomaly or...
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    Was expecting olive eggs but got tan?

    Any guesses on this chicken breed? She’s 6 months old and has just started laying. She came from Tractor Supply (Hoover’s Hatchery). I really thought she was going to be the olive egger I asked for, but she’s laying tan eggs. I’ve recently read that Hoover’s Olive Eggers have about a 50% or...
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    Unique Looking Pullet

    Can anyone help me identify this 12 week old pullet from Hoover’s Hatchery? She has unique feathering, and I can’t find any pictures online that look like her. Of the “breeds” I purchased, my best guess would be a Starlight Green Egger. Does anyone else have a SGE that looks similar, or any...
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    3 Mystery Chicks

    I have three chicks that are now 5-6 weeks old that I can’t seem to identify. Unless Rural King (Hoover’s Hatchery) gave me the wrong chicks, then these should be Easter Egger/Americana, Sapphire Gem and Prairie Bluebell Egger. Anyone have similar looking chickens and like to give an opinion on...
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    Speckled Sussex or Russian Orloff?

    Hello! I purchased 20 chicks from Rural King about one month ago. I’ve been able to determine the breeds of all the chicks so far except this one. I purchased one Russian Orloff and one Speckled Sussex. I had one chick die early on and I’ve now determined it was one of these two breeds. I just...
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    Got my first egg today from my 'Australorp' but it's white???

    I am so excited that I got my very first egg today from the chickens that I raised! I saw my 7 month old Black Australorp go into the nest box a little while ago. My rooster followed her in and stayed with her, which is unusual because he never leaves his flock. I was so hoping she was going...
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    Rooster Thinks He's Fabio...

    I have one Silver Spangled Hamburg rooster and 4 hens. He is about 4 months old, just started crowing, and now he is trying to mate with my Delaware...... constantly! I think he is only mating with her because she is the only hen that has started laying so far??? Anyway, I'm starting to...
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    Enough hens for a family of 3?

    I have the following birds in my flock (only the Delaware is laying so far) and I'm wondering if these hens will be sufficient to feed a family of 3: 1 White Orpington 1 Black Australorp 1 Delaware 1 Silver Spangled Hamburg (will probably have smaller eggs) I am considering adding a Barred...
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