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    Who's the daddy?

    I hatched this chick out of a large blue egg and I am trying to figure out what cross it might be. I have lavender ameraucana, crested cream legbar and crested blue mixed hen that may have laid the egg. I have a buff orp, crested SFH and buff orp/Australorp cross roo. The chick looks like it's...
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    Emergency!! 3 day old chick no vent hole

    My 3 day old chick has gone limp and is chirping loudly. Checked for pastypbutt and I see no opening in the vent just skin. Should i try to create can opening HELP!!
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    Neck spasms

    I have noticed one of my hens doing this weird neck spasm. It seems like she is trying to adjust things in her crop or something, not sure, but it doesn't seem like she has control over it. She seems fine otherwise. Anyone have this happen before? What did you do? Here's a video I found of...
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    Sick or frostbite?

    I have a rooster that has frostbite on his comb and wattles that has become lethargic. This morning I found him laying on the ground and he was very limp when I picked him up. He doesn't want to stand but when he does he's got a bit of a limp. His feet don't look frostbitten to me but I'm sure...
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    Marans laying peewee eggs?

    My black copper marans pullet has been laying for a month or two so far. I have only gotten very small (about 35g) light brown eggs covered in brown spots. All the other pullets of various breeds that were hatched with her are now laying mostly large eggs. Is this just because she's a fairly new...
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    Question about molting

    I have 12 hens that are just over a year old and going through their first molt. I also have 13 pullets in with them who are 8 months old. Since the older ones began molting egg production has decreased drastically to only 3 or 4 eggs a day. I was getting 15-18 eggs a day before. I know when...
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    How to prevent feather loss?

    I have 1 rooster in with 12 hens. I used to have 2 roosters but got rid of one because my girls seemed to be losing a lot of feathers on their back and I know that ratio wasn't the most favorable. I had my rooster separated from the girls for a couple weeks to give the girls' backs a break. None...
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    No tail feathers...why?

    I hatched a few eggs from my buff orp rooster and black australorp hen....4 of the chicks (11 weeks) don't seem to be growing any tail feathers besides some soft downy ones that curve upward. Anyone know why this might be? Could it be something to do with hidden genetics of the parents (they're...
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    buff orp/blk australorp cross...boy or girls?

    I crossed my buff orp roo and black australorp hen (both hatchery stock) and got these. I read many posts saying that the resulting chicks would be able to be sexed by color; girls would be black and buff, males would be black and white/silver. All the chicks I hatched (4) came out black with...
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    Swedish Flower Hen with vaulted skull

    I just had a SFH chick hatch and noticed a large bump on its head. After some brief research I discovered this is known as a vaulted skull. It seems that in SFH only this can be fatal. This chick is the first to hatch out of 18 and seems to be doing okay, but will this continue? Does anyone have...
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    Is this just molting or something serious...?

    My cockerel has started losing feathers around his head on one side mostly and there is some redness. He's acting normal and has plenty of energy. He dealt with some pretty nasty frost bite from this horrible winter but besides this has always acted fine. He has access to a dust bath and is the...
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    Lockdown question

    It's the beginning of day 19. I candled and weighed last night and none of the eggs had lost the 13% of weight so I put off lockdown and let the humidity decrease. As of now the most weight lost is only 10%. I saw movement in every egg and most of the air cells have grown since last night. My...
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    What will they look like?

    Does anyone have pictures of what chicks/chickens will look like from a BO roo BR hen cross or BO roo BA hen cross? Any experience with laying ability? I have an idea of what they will look like but would appreciate seeing some actual pictures of these crosses.
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    Experience with coastline poultry

    Has anyone ever ordered eggs from Coastline poultry out of North Carolina? I'm thinking of ordering their assortment but was wondering if anyone has had experience with them.
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    My cockerel sounds like a squeaky toy!

    He was fine when I first came down then he started crowing (he's just started learning how) then next thing I know he's making this constant sound when he breaths in and out and keeps trying to sneeze/cough. He still keeps on eating though....what should I do or will he resolve this himself?
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    Humidity diy incubator

    I've had my simple diy incubator set up this past week trying to get a steady temp and humidity going. I got the temp to hover around 102 (according to my thermometer, but I haven't checked its accuracy) but my humidity is right around 16% without any water. When I add water to increase humidity...
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    Broken/missing tail feathers bleeding badly

    I came home and checked on the chickens and one of my cockerel's back end was bleeding badly! This is not the first time this has happened but it's definitely the worst. I took him inside, gave him a nice mashed egg and tried to clean him up a little. I'm sure its from my other cockerels...
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    Rooster attacks when I'm not around...?

    My buff orpington roo is the sweetest little thing and great to his girls. He even enjoys cuddling with me once in a while. I always announce my self before I enter the coop so they aren't surprised and I've never had a problem with him attacking me (his brooder mates on the other hand did like...
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    Are these all cockerels?

    I'm getting the feeling they are :( all are 16 weeks. With it being winter they all refuse to leave the coop and are starting to fight with each other, not badly but enough for them to visibly be losing feathers :( I've been questioning their gender since theday I got them and going back and...
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    Chicken quirks

    I have 2 silver spangled hamburg pullets (about 12 weeks) named Kiki and Riki. They are named after a foreign fast food chicken place called Pollo Kikiriki. They are normally hanging out with each other all the time, too. Anyways, anytime they try to come hang out on my lap (or my back), or...
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