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    Which breeds v to add to flock?

    Hi everyone! My flock is currently 2 black Australorps and 2 production reds that are all about 1 year old now. I really enjoy watching them and sharing their eggs. I have room for two more birds and these are the hatchery stock breeds I can choose from: Black Australorp Jersey Giant...
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    Red/Brown with White

    Hello everyone! Could you please help me identify these 7-8 week old chicks? I hatched them from light brown eggs that were being distributed as food from a hatchery supplier's surplus (so I don't have a breed list to refer to). Compared to the Australorps and production reds they hatched...
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    White chicks

    These chicks are about 4 weeks old. They have grown larger than my other chicks (Australorps and reds), just shy of 1 lb each. They were hatched from brown eggs. My guess is that these three are white rock males but I'm still learning. Any help would be appreciated!
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    "RK Naturals" reviews?

    Rural King recently added their line of non-GMO feed, RK Naturals, to the shelves but I haven't found any information or reviews on the feed quality. The immediate downside is that there is no date on the bags. Does anyone have experience with it? Why does the 21% starter say it's for...
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    Poor layer?

    I hatched (what I guess is) an Orpington in January 2015. She's a pretty bird, loves to explore in the yard, and she's curious. The only problem is that she doesn't lay much. I would say she's laid about 20 eggs total. She's housed with four other hens (reds and Australorps that she was...
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    Chicks with multicolored wings

    Good morning BYC! Any ideas what breed these week old chicks might be? (I think they are the same breed so I put them in one thread.)
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    Stripey Chick

    This little one hatched late Friday/early Saturday from a pale brown egg. I would have thought it is a production red but it has stripes down the back rather than the solid brown coloration. It's too young for an ID but I was curious if those wiggly stripes are possible in PR chicks. Thanks!
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    Which red-colored breed?

    This chick will be 8 weeks old on Monday. She (I think) hatched from an unlabeled, mixed batch of surplus eggs from a hatchery supplier. She's very inquisitive and not as skiddish as the other chicks that she lives with. I'd like to know her breed please. She has a tail, she just didn't...
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    Wing folding with primaries sticking out

    This is one of my 2.5 week old chicks and he has an odd wing. When he has his left wing folded, the primaries lay over the secondaries instead of being tucked against his body. The feathers lay like this consistently. When I fold his wing "correctly" for him, he flaps and the feathers go back...
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    Feather growth rate

    My chicks are about 1.5 weeks old. Some of them have grown out wing feathers and tail feathers much faster than others. I found blogs saying that this is the results of gender differences while other sites say that chicks can't be sexed until weeks older. What's your experience with the...
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    Crooked foot

    This chick was hatched on Monday/Tuesday and I just noticed that he/she has a bent toe. He seems to run well enough with the other chicks but will it be a problem later on? Is this one of the cases where it could be fixed with a splint or "shoe"?
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    Egg orientation during lockdown to hatching

    The eggs are starting to hatch and some are way ahead of the others. The early chicks are moving around and bumping the other eggs which are both pipped and unpipped. These other eggs are no longer in their lockdown position. My understanding is that we don't turn the eggs after lockdown so...
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    Almost a chicken keeper/owner!

    Hello! So I've thought about keeping chickens for some time and last month I was surprised with five dozen eggs! A makeshift incubator was devised out of an cooler and now 15 days later we have 56 eggs with moving embryos and a couple of questionable ones. The breed(s) is unknown. The...
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