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    Mauled Chicks, Help Me Decide What to Do

    I have my chicks in a large, raised coop with hardware cloth all around. They have roosts, but most of them still hang out on the bottom of the coop at night. Last night, something terrible happened. Some animal came along and nipped off most of their toes. A couple of them are ok, but there are...
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    Frizzle Cochin: He or She?

    Hi! I got this frizzle cochin (as an egg) from DipsyDoodleDoo. It might be a bit of mix. It's an unusual shade of gray, isn't he? What I really want to know is, is this a cockerel or a pullet? It's about a month old, so perhaps too early to tell, but I'd like to hear your best guess! Sorry for...
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    BC Marans Nozzle Clogged? Egg Color Lightening

    Ok, so this is a weird question. I have a French Black Copper Marans hen I raised from a chick. She comes from the Wade Jean line, from a very reputable breeder. She is very true to type - correct coloring, feathered legs, good body shape, even has that Marans attitude. The first few months she...
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    What Color Is This? Please Let It Be Laced!

    I bought a batch of eggs from a nice lady who is crossing Ameraucanas and Wyandottes, looking to get some laced Easter Eggers. The eggs were a lovely shade of green. She's a couple of generations into the project now. The rest of the chicks who hatched were black, but there is one who is...
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    Seramas For SuburbaBackyard Project? Or is a rooster still a rooster?

    Hi! I live in a suburban area, so much to my chagrin we've never been able to have a rooster. I've been eying Seramas recently, thinking that if my neighbor's dang dog isn't considered a noise nuisance, and my other neighbor can fire his stupid motorcycle up at 2 am every night, surely I can...
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    Using Australorp to Hatch Seramas?

    Hi! I have a handful of backyard chickens, including a frequently-broody Australorp. She has hatched 2 batches of chicks for me in the past. I've been intrigued by Seramas recently; they're just so dang adorable! I wondered if anyone had ever used a LF hen to hatch Seramas. I was a little...
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    What Color Will These Easter Egger Chicks Be? Many Pics!

    Hi! I hatched about 70 chicks this past Friday. WHOA! Fuzz overload! Most of them are Easter Eggers crossed with a chicken soup of genetics - Australorp, Comet, RIR, even Turken! There is supposedly some Silkie and Cochin in there, but I've seen no fuzzy feet. Anyway, there are some...
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    HELP, chick fell down to bottom of cabinet incubator!

    Ok, so maybe this happens all the time, or is supposed to happen, but I can't find it mentioned anywhere on BYC, which is a first. I am hatching 90 eggs in an old GQF cabinet incubator. It has 3 levels of egg racks. A little while ago our first chick hatched, loud and active and lovely. Too...
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    She Flew The Coop!

    I've had chickens about 9 months, and none of them have ever been inclined to try to make it over my 6 foot fence. Yesterday my neighbor came by and asked if I was missing a black chicken. "WHAAAAT?!" said I. Sure enough, my Australorp had high-tailed it to the other side of the fence! I...
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    Isolated Enough From Fowl Pox?

    I wanted to ask about two young birds who may have been exposed to Fowl Pox. Two weeks ago, I put two chicks (about 2 months old now, fully feathered) outside in a coop by themselves with a heat lamp for the chilly nights. Today, two of my four adult birds are showing definite signs of fowl...
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    Cochin/Silkie: Boy or Girl?

    This is the prettiest chick I've hatched ... so naturally it's looking rooish! I wanted your opinions though. This chick is about 6 weeks old. What do you think? Definitely roo or can I hold on to the tenuous hope that it's a pullet? Also, if it's a rooster ... Anyone in Central Texas want...
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    What Color Are These Cochin Chicks?!

    Hello! I recently hatched 3 bantam cochins. One is a frizzle, the other two are normal feathered. I thought I had a splash and 2 blue, but now I'm not sure. Any guesses? Sorry it's a little fuzzy, these guys were skittering all over, alarmed at the sudden world shift from brooder to kitchen...
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    Chick with Possible Marek's - Put Down?!?!

    Hello! I have a chick that's about 6 weeks old that I suspect has Marek's. I am here to ask if she has a chance of recovery or if I should put her down. She is a splash cochin/silkie - yeah, I totally don't want to lose her, she's beautiful! She is outside with 2 other chicks of the same...
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    FS in DFW, Texas: 4 Newborn Cochin Chicks!

    Hello! I have newborn chicks for sale. They were just hatched this past weekend and are doing great! All very active and vocal, eating and drinking. I have 4 bantam Cochins, might be frizzles, not sure what colors they will be. My best guess is 2 blue, 1 splash, 1 white. I hatched these...
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    Laced Easter Eggers?

    Hello you beautiful people! I like the blue/green eggs of the Ameraucanas, and I like the lacing of Wyandottes. In a "two great tastes that taste great together" fashion, has anyone ever bred Easter Eggers for egg color and lacing? What color/breed combinations would you use if you were out...
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    Chickens In the House?

    Hello! I have a weird question for you. I love the look of Seramas - so cute! - but I have four big ol' hens in the backyard that would tear them up. Has anyone ever kept a trio of Seramas in a big parrot cage inside? I've heard that Seramas crow relatively quietly. Would a Serama rooster...
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    HELP! Incubator not holding temperature!

    Hello! I borrowed an incubator from a friend and, like a fool, I didn't spend long enough testing it before sticking eggs in it. It's not holding anywhere near 99.5 degrees. It's more like 95! Is there anything I can do to get the temperature up? Should I just race out and buy a new one...
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    She's trampling chicks! :-(

    On Friday my Australorp's adopted eggs began to hatch. She had some problems with stepping on the eggs; several of them had a hard time hatching after she compromised their shell integrity. This morning, I found one chick trampled, and two others kind of "kicked out" of the nest, still and...
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    Texas DFW - Ameraucanas, Cochin/Silkie Cross FS

    Hello! My Australorp hatched out a little clutch of eggs, so I have a few day-old babies are for sale. I'm not a breeder, I just have a small backyard flock and a consistently broody hen! I ordered eggs from Dipsy Doodle Doo on here. There are pictures of her flocks on her page. The chicks...
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    Hatching Chicks in Various Stages

    I got a great picture today of my Australorp's adopted eggs hatching! She's got 3 frizzled bantam Cochins, a Silkie and nine Ameraucanas under there! I think you can see two pipping Ameraucanas, a hatching Cochin and 4 chicks in various states of dryness. Also, check out my tiny Cochin...
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