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    3 Aracauna Orph Cross young roo's

    We are over run with roos! Please help! Fall hatch roos to good home. 2 Splash colored & One Darker brown. Daddy is a large Splash Orph roo and mom's are Aracauna's. All momma raised but handled daily. Southern Maine area - pick up only or will travel a short distant to meet.
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    Ducks & Chickens???? Can they be together?

    Hi All, I have been a proud chicken owner for many years and would like to try to add a couple of ducks to my flock. Is this possible? Do they they typically get along? I only want two. Can I have two females or is it better having one of each?
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    Rooster Shaking Head

    Hi All,' I just noticed my rooster has started shaking his head. I didn't notice any mites on him and none of his girls are doing it. His waddle does seem a little discolored but I think it might be a bit of frost bite. Poor guy puts them rite in the water dish when he drinks. Is there...
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    Funny chicken behavior

    I constantly rant about my little feathered comediens, but I have never seen this before. My very shy Light Brahma sticks her head and almost her whole body under neath my rooster when he is standing. It is the funniest thing & my rooster totally tolerates it. The wierd thing is my dog does...
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    Natural Hatch - when to step in?

    I found a baby in my coop this morning! It was under momma & looks healthy. The other eggs I candled still look a few days away so she is still sitting on them. When i went to go check on him/her she was off to the laying off to the side and not under momma. Is she taking her other eggs...
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    First clutch of eggs that mommy is hatching - what the heck do I do???

    I am so lost. This is the first year I have a rooster - so first year with Broody hens. I know how to care for baby chicks and have hatched my own but never had a hen hatch them. What do I do? Here's the slight dilemma. I have no idea how many she is sitting on since two of my hens kept...
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    Please help figure out what we are - boys or girls? PICS

    Baby #1 - 4 weeks old - Splash Orp / Light Brahma mix Baby #2 - 4 weeks old - Splash Orp / Light Brahma mix Baby #3 - 4 weeks Splash Orp Chicken Little - 4 weeks Splash Orp this is for a daycare that cannot have roosters and we found a home for them but they want them as babies.
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    Advice on chick that was a bit under developed - hatched with yolk sac

    Hi All, This was posted to another thread but I wasn't getting anywhere. Yesterday we had a chick that hatched with the yolk sak. We kept her in the incubator overnight. She was doing better this morning and moving around a bit more. There is still a bit of something sticking out of the...
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    Self Mutany! ANYONE

    I am posting for my sister since she doesn't have internet but I know this is the place to get answers. Her 11 month old Speckled Sussex Pullet has started self plucking her feathers last week on her belly and now around the oil gland. Checked for bugs and didn't see any. No issued with...
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    Rooster body language - looking for info

    So I am a truly addicted to my chickens and spend some time with them just about every day. Yes I am strange but with three kids it's nice to have something I like! So upon watching my rooster I would like to know what some of the little things mean. I can't find anything on the internet and...
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    stupid rooster question

    So this is the first year I have owned a rooster, please forgive me for my stupidity. But is it always so agressive looking when a rooster mounts a hen? He grabs her feathers by the scruff of her neck and then tries to climb on. Not very graceful may I add, what ever happened to wooing...
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    Looking for Hens or pulletts in Maine

    I have to re-home hen that decided she was a he so I am down a layer. I have a small flock so one bird makes a difference. Hoping to find two girls younger hens or older pullets. I will pick up in if in area of Southern Maine. Don't care about the breed as long as they are friendly & healthy!
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    Free to good home - must pick up

    I am still undetermined weather this is a roo and I will need to re-home if it is. Isaac (name before gender confusion) hatched the 2nd week of May and has been handled since day 1. Is very sweet if you can catch him/her. Will trade for an egg laying hen or pullet about the same age. Will...
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    My hen just roo'd--- Someone please help me here

    I have posted this things picture twice now and everyone keeps saying hen, but why is she crowing? Is it possible? She was fighting with my roo when I first got him. So I thought just dominance. They all sleep together now but there is still tension. She / He looks deffinatley under...
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    Rooster situation - need expert BYC advise

    Ok this is a continuation from my other post on "What Breed / Gender is this?" So about 16 weeks ago I hatched 6 beautiful chicks. My sister in-law took 3 and I kept the other 3 to add to the rest of my flock of 3. She ended up with a roo and she brought him back today to live with us because...
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    Rooster situation - need expert BYC advise

    It is a long story and I am not sure where to post it but my first problem is to find out if my black Orph is a rooster or pullet. After that I will post the rest of the problem on a different thread since it wouldn't go in this index. I posted this before and everyone said hen so I...
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    Very sick hen - Possbile egg bound or internal layer

    1 1/2 year old Barred Rock Hen, also known as Cheetah started presenting symptoms of a sore leg Sunday but was still wobbling around slightly, eating and drinking ok. Then a couple days later it got worse she stopped putting weight on both of her legs. Last year in the fall this happened. She...
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    Need Help.... How to introduce Old Hens to new Chicks

    I have 3 Hens all about a year old, 2 Barred & 1 Buff Orp who have been cooping together for most of their life. I now have three 8 week old pullets in a temporary coop next to them. The big girls obviously roam free during the day and the little ones come out on supervised roam time only. (...
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    Any idea's on our gender????

    (1) - Bella ( I think she is considered a Splash Orpington - s/b be Blue) (2) - Sweetie ( Speckled Sussex) (3) - Isaac ( Black Orpington - s/b Blue) They are about 8 weeks old. What do you thinK?
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    Help in the gender department, Please

    (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Speckled Sussex & the rest were s/b Blue Orph's but I think they came out black & splash Any ideas?
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