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    Mystery Chick

    I answered a local neighborhood post about a chick found loose in the airport cargo area (all domestic cargo, so I'm thinking it escaped from a legit hatchery box). Either way, I'm now raising a single mystery chick. Any guesses on the breed? Black with a small light bib on the neck and a bit...
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    Tiny little creepy crawlies

    Today we returned home from a long weekend up north. I went to take our eggs out of the nesting boxes only to find them covered with teeny tiny bugs. I need help figuring out what they are and what to do about them. Here's the scoop... they were less than a mm (probably about the size of...
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    Egg eating or something else?

    My 5 girls were born Aug. of '09. Last winter they all began laying between Dec. and Feb.. Late this fall, and until very recently, they went through a molt. Most have still not started laying again which is to be expected with the winter down turn and the molting. However, I have now found...
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    Why are they so mean?!

    I have five girls who are a year old. I have one EE, Ester, who has always been at the bottom of the pecking order. In the last week, I have seen my two bossiest girls, Alice a red sex-link and Charlotte a SLW, gang up on her several times. Alice mounts Ester and holds her down while...
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    Help! Is this molting or something else

    I walked into my coop this morning to find feathers (maybe 50) all over. At first I thought something had gotten in and had to check that everyone was OK. The feathers seem to all be from my Australorp (just shy of 10 months old). All five of my girls are the same age (born Aug. 10th). She...
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    Advice on leaving for the weekend - Close them in or leave it open

    I have 5 hens (9 months old). They live in coop that encompasses part of a 10'x10' shed and a 6'x10' run. The run is 6" tall with 1/2" hardwire cloth that is buried and under the sand in the run there is cement pavers. The top of the run has wood fencing slats spaced 2"-3" apart. I feel like...
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    Green Egg

    When I was picking chikcs last summer, I bought two EE chicks in hopes of getting a green or blue egg. I thought that all of my girls were laying (a wide range of brown eggs), and I was a little sad that it looked like my EEs were both giving me brown eggs. This afternoon my DH brought in a...
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    22 wk - EE... hen or roo?

    This is one of my EEs, Ester. She is 22 weeks old, and her questionable gender stresses me out. Yes, she has a lot of curvy feathers near her rump, but they are very rounded. She also has a long feathers in the cape/hackle area, but not pointier than my other hens (just longer). I'd like to...
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    First eggs and I need help on who is laying (pic heavy)

    My 5 girls are 18 weeks and I found eggs for the first time today. I think one was there yesterday or the day before (it was buried), but two definitely came today. I am thinking it is two different girls because two were in one spot and one in another that was a lighter color (unless...
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    Chicken Ornament - Cool find

    I needed chicken ornaments for my boys this year, and I found these on the Animal Rescue Site. https://shop.theanimalrescuesite.com/store/item.do?itemId=34529&siteId=310&origin=ARS_GOOGLEBASE_ADGROUP_11-23-09 The page is formatted funky, so you have to scroll down to see them. They came in...
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    Four at 11 weeks

    Here are four of my five birds at 11 weeks (the fifth is a sex link, so I'm guessing she's a slam dunk). Are we all looking like hens? These are not the best pictures. I can get more-better-different if there is one that seems suspect Charlotte (SLW) Louise (BA) Ester (EE) Bonnie...
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    SLW pullet?

    This is my second "girl" Charlotte. She's a 6 week old SLW, and is the largest and reddest of my five pullets, but I think that is kind of a SLW thing (?). What do you all think?
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    Australorp pullet?

    I'm going to post a series of pictures for each of my "girls" as I have time. This is Louise. She is 6 weeks old. I know it's still early, but what do you think... Louise or Louis?
  14. JMPE

    New babies arrived today!

    Update on my girls: New pictures on my page https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=38106 All of them are so sweet, but little Ester has stolen my heart. I can't believe how cute these little girls are! I got my phone call at 6:20 this morning. My Pet Chicken did a great job...
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    I'd love your thoughts on this

    We are expecting, so I've been nesting. I have 5 hen chicks on the way. Here are a few pictures of the coop I am working on. I cleared out and cleaned a 10x10 shed that was packed to the gills with junk, added windows, and made some improvements. I have built a raised, insulated coop with...
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    New chicky mama

    I am an expectant chicky mama in Wisconsin. We have 1 Australorp (Louise), 1 Wyandotte Silver Laced (Charlotte), 1 Red Star (Alice), and 2 Easter Eggers (Ester and Bonnie) coming in two weeks! Who starts raising babies in August!? We got into this crazy adventure by visiting some friends in...
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