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    Australorp sexing

    I was leaning toward hen since most of the roosters had large combs super quickly. This one is making me second guess though. I believe it’s about 10 weeks but I hatch a lot so I can’t remember
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    55 flowery hens

    Hey all! I’m researching and super interested in 55 flowery hens. I’m having a terrible time finding any 1st off. While researching I’ve found several people say their rooster died out of nowhere. Others say they have a hard time hatching their eggs even after buying them from multiple...
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    Meat chickens and weird poop

    My meat chickens are set to be processed on Saturday next week. The past day several have had watery poop and a few poops that look like intestinal shedding (like 1 blood chunk in a poop not bloody poop if that makes sense). They’re moving a bit slow this morning but we did have a lot of rain...
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    Floppy 3 month old chick

    My 3 month old chick lives outside and is kinda floppy. It didn’t go to bed in the coop with its siblings. It was laying on the ground outside. The temps were much hotter the past 2 days than they have been. When I stood it up it’s just kinda floppy. Eyes are bright and open, no weird discharge...
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    How do you handle this?

    Hey all! We’re working on becoming certified to sell chicks and hatching eggs. I know lots of you have chickens so I was curious about shipping. I had my first 2 egg shipping experiences this year. One was amazing and one not so much. The second one a few of the eggs were cracked and a few were...
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    Bald spots on everyone but one

    Hey! I was worried my chickens have mites .4/5 have bald spots, including the rooster. 1 hen does not. I’ve treated twice (coop and chickens) with peremethin 10. They have plenty of space etc but I’m wondering now if she’s feather picking? Would that maybe explain why she’s fine and everyone...
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    permethrin On chicks?

    I have 5 adult chickens with mites or lice I believe (not sure which I can’t see anything but we’ve got feather loss going). Everyone is laying and acting normal. I treated with permethrin 10 (mixed per instructions sprayed under both wings, neck and butt), cleaned coops and sprayed the coop and...
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    Weak hen

    I have a polish bantam hen about a year old. She was in with my bantams until I regimes them recently. I mover her in with my standards and she seemed to be doing ok but she does hide under the coop a lot. Never seen anyone pick on her though. This morning my daughter found her laying in the...
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    Whiting true blue

    Looking to buy some hatching eggs or chicks. (NPIP certified please) Bonus points if I can pick up. I’m in maryland. Thanks!
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    Chicks being shipped?

    We ordered from Murray McMurrary and it’s out first time having chicks shipped. They were packed and sent monday and I they are still not at my post office (Wednesday). Just trying to prepare myself what’s the odds I lose them all? There’s 27 in the order of it matters
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    Silkie sexing

    This is puff. Any ideas?
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    Polish chicken sexing

    This is Pom Pom. We inititally thought hen but now we’re wondering if it’s a rooster? We noticed it maybe has a spur developing. ItS about 4-5 months old
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    Mud/rubber mulch?

    My chicken run is an absolute mud hole lately. I’ve tried straw etc but it’s ruined in literally a day. Any ideas? I have a TON of rubber mulch I got free. Would it be worth a shit to put it in the run? I can’t get it to dry out no matter what I do.
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    What type of bantam?

    Not sure if she’s an oegb or a rock.
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    Pekin ducks fighting

    I have 2 pekin drakes. They are nice to people but the dumbest ducks I’ve ever seen(we’ve had several these ones are weird) they’re rescue adopted and I have no history on them. We originally wanted them to live with our chickens but they’re super bird aggressive. The prowl the fence all day...
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    Meat rabbits

    Hey were new to meat rabbits! Getting a pair from a breeder. I have a choice between Californians or Cali/silver fox cross (no purebreds of those). Or I could do one of each. Any opinions?
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    Lost my entire hatch!

    So first time Hatcher here. We did a set of 4 eggs which all turned out to be infertile. I put a second set of 6 in on day 7 of the 4. 5/6 had great signs. I tossed the 4 on their day 14 (cracked them open none were developed). One day 14 for the set of 6 my husband found 2 eggs he though were...
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    Easter egger roo?

    My friend bought a mixed batch of colored layers(all pullets). He got this one in with them, obviously a rooster. I thought maybe an Easter egger but my friend said maybe a red sex link, don’t have any baby pics of him.
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    beak injuries

    Are these just injuries from establishing a pecking order? 6 chicks and 2 poults in the brooder together. They have a large space though. Not letting me post the pic so it will be in the comments
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    New to meat birds and have some questions

    Set up- we live in the woods and my layers loved free ranging in the leaves for bugs etc. can I build a chicken tractor for the woods? I’m thinking of getting a set of birds then pick a few and kept them, using them to breed so I can hopefully hatch my own meat bird flock from there. I’m...
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