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    What breed?

    Good Morning! I was struck with chick fever this spring and picked up 3 lavender orpingtons, 1 GLW (sold as pullet), and 2 Blue Rocks (Blue Sex Links). I am confused by one of the Blue Rocks due to the feathered legs. You can still see the vestiges of the distinctive eye marks. The feet have...
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    Gender help- 6 weeks

    I hatched out 8 chicks on July 29/30. Everyone is right at 6 weeks. I have 4 that are obvious cockerels (2 black orpingtons (? mottled) and 2 leghorn crosses). I'm pretty sure the other leghorn cross is a pullet due to very little comb development and still orange/light. The brown chick was...
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    What breed?

    I recently hatched out a variety of eggs with a broody hen and in the incubator. Several are barnyard mixes, but 5 of the eggs were supposed to be orpingtons, either: lavender, chocolate, or mottled. Three of them hatched, two never developed, but they were not marked by the person who gave...
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    Barred chick or a different pattern?

    I hatched this chick from an EE rooster over a variety of hens, but one hen was brown/red barred. Is this little chick barred or is that a different pattern? There was not white/yellow dot on the back of the head at all, completely chipmunk pattern down feathers. I have a feeling that is...
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    Help!? or not? Day 23 on hatching egg

    I had 4 eggs under my broody hen at day 18. 3 hatched out on Day 21, Sunday, 7/29. This one she continued to sit on but eventually left the nest on Monday to take out the others. I also had 6 in the incubator. Most hatched on Monday. I put it in the incubator. The air cell is really...
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    Incubator Days are now off by 1

    My broody hen has been sitting faithfully for many, many weeks. She is on Day 17 with the eggs. I candled all of them and threw out duds on Monday. I also have 4 eggs in the incubator which are exactly one day behind her eggs. Tonight, I went out to the coop and two eggs were pushed out into her...
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    Pullet swallowed a peach pit

    On Sunday I fed the six girls peaches. They devoured all three and left all three pits (which I picked up and discarded). Last night I again fed them 2 peaches. One of the pullets grabbed the peach pit and swallowed it. This is the same pullet that I had to nurse through an impacted crop LAST...
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    Is this the same bird??

    So, I got rid of 3 six-week old chicks about 7 weeks ago. I knew for sure that two were cockerels and I was iffy on the third, but it was a very dominant, huge chick that I was suspicious was a cockerel. The lady who took the chicks sent me pics today. I just don't think it could possibly be the...
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    What type of pattern or color is this chick?

    This is a mixed breed chick, but I'm racking my brain trying to figure out what color and/or pattern this chick has. Also still VERY on the fence about gender. I'm really hoping pullet but, as you can see, we still don't have much of a tail at 7.5 weeks. We had some feather plucking going on...
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    Broody Hen with 5 week old chicks now feather picking everyone

    My BLRW incubated and hatched 7 chicks 5 weeks ago. She's been a fantastic mother for all 5 weeks. Not the most aggressive at protecting the babies, but no other issues. We've had issues integrating back into the flock, but now there is a new behavior. I noticed this morning that Rosemary is...
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    Follow along to see how Smudge grows up

    I love this thread and thought I would add my EE's to the mix. My babies are 4 weeks old today, but I truly think I will wind up with 5 out of 7 cockerels. Not very good odds. I am questioning this one's color/pattern. The wings are very uniform and the chest is coming in a very light cream...
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    Decrease in egg laying. Stress or molt?

    I've posted in other topics about my broody hen and her new chicks. My original setup included 3 10-11 month old pullets in a 3x3 coop inside of an 11x11 covered, secure run. The broody was moved into a broody box/run inside of the run to sit, hatch, etc. The chicks will be 3 weeks old on...
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    Need help integrating Broody Raised Chicks

    I asked on a different thread, but wanted to start a new thread to respect the other poster. I have 7 chicks that hatched 6-7 days ago. My wyandotte is being a fantastic broody, but our first attempt at integration didn't go very well. I only have 2 other hens: An Ameraucana (who was the...
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    Need help with identifying new chicks

    I placed 9 fertile eggs under my BLRW. They hatched yesterday and today. Here were the possible combinations: 1. Blue Ameraucana/possibly Lavender Ameraucana Rooster over a Black Ameraucana Hen. My friend has all the parents. I believe these birds are lavender or split lavender based upon...
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    Suddenly they won't go in the coop

    I have 3 pullets (14 weeks). They have been in an enclosed run (with roof, predator proof, etc) with a coop inside of the run. The girls have been putting themselves in the coop at night since they were 6 weeks old. They still huddle up on the floor and won't get on the roost bar. However...
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    Any help guessing if BLRW is a Rosemary or a Roger?

    This is my first official post (after the introduction), but I am concerned that Rosemary is actually a Roger. I've have combed through the Blue Laced Red Wyandotte thread looking at examples of chicks, but I'll admit I'm still confused. S(he) is the black throw of the BLRW from a local breeder...
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    New member from SC

    I've been lurking here for a few months. We've just recently acquired three chicks. I look forward to learning as much as possible from the site.
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