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    Small First Eggs?

    Hi there. I have a chicken that is cross-bred Silkie and Rhode Island Red/Gamebird. She's about 4 1/2 months old and just started laying a few days ago. We've consistently gotten a tan-colored egg every day for the last 4 days. However, the eggs are all small--about half the size of my other...
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    Is this still a hen?

    A couple months ago I posted some photos of this (I think) hen, and everyone unanimously thought it was a hen. I'm starting to wonder again that that "she" is older. She's 15 weeks old now. Do you still think she's a she? She's a cross between a silkie and RIR/game bird. Sorry I couldn't get...
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    Question for Rhode Island Red people

    I have a 2 1/2 year old Rhode Island Red. Her egg production has gone down quite a bit. We used to get one every day! I'm wondering how often your Rhode Island Reds of this age lay. Our sweetie is laying maybe 2 times/week now. She just finished moulting and wasn't laying at all, so I'm...
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    Is this even a chicken? Help with breed

    I have had this one since it was 7 weeks old. Now it's 10 weeks old. I was told by the person I got her (?) from that the mother was a cross between silkie and "game bird" and the father was a rhode island red. I've been watching it grow and there seems to be absolutely no comb. It's just...
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    I am SO sad - pullet found dead

    I had two 10 week olds and two 2 year olds all together since the younger ones were 4 weeks old. They were all doing fabulously, though the two groups were avoiding each other. I checked on them this morning and all was fine. A couple of hours later I checked again and one of the younger ones...
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    older hens and chicks avoiding each other - how long will it last?

    I have 2 two year old hens and 2 ten-week old pullets. They have been together in the same coop and run for about 2 weeks now (before that the chicks were in a cage in the run). They avoid each other all day long--the ten week olds hang out inside the coop when the older hens are in the run...
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    Egg color predictions

    I have a new 7 week old pullet who is mixed silkie and RIR and something else. Mom lays green eggs and we think dad is RIR/silkie. Any guesses what color eggs she's going to lay?
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    Breed and Gender

    Anyone want to venture a guess what breed this is and whether it is a pullet or cockerel? It's 6-7 weeks old. We're looking for a mate for our recently made-friendless 8 week old (her friend turned out to be a cockerel). This one is available....I'm wanting to be really careful to try to...
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    Update and question

    I posted last week asking for opinions on the gender of my two 7-week old chicks. One is a white easter egger and the other is a buff orpington. The answers were pretty much split 50-50 on the easter egger, but everyone thought the orpington was female. Well, this morning the easter egger...
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    Hens won't come out of coop

    I have two 2-year old hens and two 8 week old chicks. I've spent the past month slowly trying to integrate the chicks. They spent every day inside of a cage in the larger run. During the time they were in the cage, the older hens went about their business and came out into the run to eat...
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    Gender help please

    I have two 7 week old chicks. The white one is an easter egger and the tan one is a buff orpington. A few days ago the white one was making a new sound--head up and long low sound. It got me thinking she is a he, but I'm not sure. She did it maybe 2-3 times and no odd sounds since then. The...
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    cockerels or pullets?

    They are 7 weeks old. The white one is an EE and the tan one is a buff orpington. I've been suspecting the white one is a rooster because it made a funny sound a few days ago. This morning the tan one was lifting its head and opening it's mouth, but no sound came out--I hope it's not a...
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    chicks and chickens avoiding each other but not fighting

    I have two 2-year old hens and two 7-week old chicks (one may be a rooster, but that is another story) that I'm trying to integrate. The chicks have been in their own smaller cage inside the main run for the last 3 weeks. This morning I left the small cage open with an opening small enough...
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    More help please

    In my earlier post I asked how to tell if I have a rooster. I'm thinking more and more that I do, and so I will need to give him away (not allowed to have roosters here). Unfortunatley that will leave me with a single pullet to integrate with my 2 older hens. The older ones are about 2 years...
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    Help! Do I have a rooster?

    I have 2 older hens (2 years old) and 2 7 week old chicks. I've been trying to integrate them, and the 7 week olds have been in a smaller cage inside the run for about 2 weeks now. They are sleeping in the coop at night and then I shoo them out at dawn into the run in their cage. I was going...
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    Help - Am I making a mistake?

    I have two 2-year old hens and 2 six-week-old chicks. I've had the chicks in a cage inside the enclosed run of the coop for 2 weeks so they could be near the older hens. Tonight at dusk I put the chicks inside the coop for the first time, with the older hens. They weren't sure what to do at...
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    Chicken personality

    Can you tell what a chicken's grown personality is going to be like by watching how they behave as a chick? I have two 5 week old chicks. One seems more active and dominant than the other. Also, that same one chirps a lot more. Does that mean that she will be a noisy, active, dominant adult...
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    4 week old chicks

    Hello. I just got 2 four week old chicks today. I have 2 two-year old chickens already. Eventually I'd like to put them together. I need some help now, though, because I have never had chickens as young as 4 weeks. Can I ask a few questions? I currently have the chicks ina box inside the...
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    two questions - is this possible?

    My mother seems to be very wary of our chickens. She's been questioning me about their impact on our health. It's starting to confuse me a little, and so I have two questions I was hoping you guys could help answer: 1. Is it possible to catch a strep infection from chickens? I just got over...
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