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    Help with sexing EE

    I have another suspicious 5 week old. I’m thinking my purchase of 6 pullet EE’s might actually have been more cockerels than pullets! Thank you in advance!!
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    EE with strange feathering

    HI! I have an EE that has the stranges feathering, is this normal? Almost looks like someone has been plucking?
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    Ideas on moving 5 week old chicks in the coop

    I have 3 CQ’s that I got about 4 weeks ago, pullets just reaching laying stage (1 lays). I have 6 chicks that are 5 weeks old. Can I move them into the coop with the 3 older ones? I am hearing 2 weeks of getting used to each other. I don’t really have a way to keep them separate. Ideas?
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    When to offer crushed oyster shell and opening the nest boxes

    I have 7 pullets that are 18 weeks old. I noticed this morning my Buff Orpington and one of my Wellsummer's combs have turned quite red. I know that this is a sign that they are preparing lay. I haven't noticed any crouching or squatting, but have not spent my usual 1 hour so each evening...
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    My little backyard flock

    Hello! I thought I would share pictures of my 7 beautiful chooks! I have had them for 10 weeks and what fun I have been having. They each have their own personalities, grumpy, inquisitive, flighty and loving. My life is fuller having these beauties to look after each day. This is Buffy...
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    8 week old Silver Laced Wyandottes Pullet or Cockerel?

    I know everyone asks.... I am getting ready to put the chickies in their coop this weekend. 8 weeks is too old to have in your basement! But, do not want to relocate any roos! I have a home for them, but, I am not sure what their gender is. Any assistance with gender would greatly be...
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    Perch size?

    Hello All: Is there a certain width that the roosts should be in a coop? I had a coop built for me, by someone that has been keeping chickens for over 10 years. The perch that was put in the coop seems too skinny. It looks to be only about a 1/2 an inch wide. Should I put a wider piece of...
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    okay.. I'll post.. What breed is this?

    So male? female? Breed?
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    Strawberry Fun in the enlarged brooder

    OMG! gave the girls a cut up strawberry today! I have never laughed so hard in my life! At first they wouldn't even try them, then my ever inquisitive Barnevelder, decided she would try some. What a hoot! Once she had a piece in her beak, they all wanted what she had. Chasing each other...
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    2 week old chick with runny poop and reddish vent

    Help! This feed has Graphic POOP details... I have a 2 week old Silver Laced Wyandotte with a reddish vent, and chocolate pudding like poop. Other 6 chicks are pooping normal, and vents seem to be normal color. Thanks
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    Warm Oatmeal FAIL

    So, I decided to give my 2 week old chicks a special treat today... warm oatmeal. Haha..all they did was shake their heads and walk in it.. I haven't given them anything other than chick feed, I tried a piece of romaine lettuce, that too, walked on it and then 3 of them pooped on it...
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    8 day old Peeps are so skittish..

    My 7 little chicks, Welsummer, Barnevelder, Light Brahma, Silver Laced Wyandotte (2), Buff Orpington, and EE are acting very strange. They are eating and drinking great. But when I come into the room to check on them. They line up with their little heads facing the wall away from me. I...
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