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    What feather pattern is this?

    Not a breed question, but I didn't find a better board to ask. The hen is I believe a mille fleur/Ameraucana mix. I'm not sure the quality of the parents. What is her individual feather pattern called?
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    When to allow chickens to roost

    A 4H judge told my daughter last summer that you shouldn't allow chickens to roost until they are 6 months old. Something about the keel bone could grow crooked if they roost too early. I've found nothing that indicates anything about age to allow roost. Is this anything someone can...
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    Lethargic chick

    I found one of our almost 3 week old chicks lethargic and with eyes closed yesterday morning. None of the other chicks in the brooder show any signs of trouble. We separated and after a day it has improved. Eyes are open and it is drinking. I don't know whether it is eating. It moves around...
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    Buff orp chicks sexing

    These two have the same parents. Their tails are pretty distinctively different at this point. Does this indicate sex?
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    Day 30 chick!

    This one hatched today, 30 days after we first noticed mama on a clutch, 4 days after the clutch first started hatching and 2 days after mama abandoned the last 4 eggs after hatching 7. We put the 4 in the incubator as one had pipped. Three of those hatched, one was dead. We let these go so long...
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    Day 30 chick!

    This one hatched today, 30 days after we first noticed mama on hens, three days after the clutch started hatching, and two days after mama abandoned the last 4 eggs. We moved those last 4 into the incubator as one had pipped. Three of those hatched, one was dead. 10 of 12 of the clutch in total...
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    Long hatch

    We first noticed broody mama on a hidden clutch of eggs on March 28th. One chick just hatched last night on day 26 if I count that right and she wasn't sitting before we noticed.
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    Early hatching

    We put eggs into our Genesis on April 4th around noon. This cutie: pipped around 8PM on 4-22 and hatched overnight. At least three more of 10 have pipped. We are running at 100F. I don't have a calibrated thermometer, but the Genesis agreed with the one thermometer we had in the incubator...
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    Chick with lame foot?

    This chick had to be rescued after no zipping 24+ hours after pipping. Its wing was stuck to the membrane which is probably why it didn't zip. I noticed one foot seems lame. Any advise?
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    Hello from Oregon

    Hi, I've been reading the BYC forums for a couple of years now and decided to join. My kids raise chickens for 4H. Until recently we've had all feed store chickens. Last fall we were given a bunch of BBS orpington eggs and we are starting to work on getting some nice BBS orps. I'm trying to...
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