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  1. lydiaholmes

    Is my ameraucana a rooster??

    I got my hens (2 ameraucanas, 2 barnevelders) in April, so they're about 4 months old now. I worry that one of my ameraucanas is a rooster...it's the noisiest, bossiest, and has the biggest and brightest comb out of all of them. I've included a photo, and I'm not sure if you can tell or not but...
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    Are these wild berries safe for my flock?

    I have a tall bush growing along my fence in my backyard that grows these small red berries every summer (picture included). Each berry is about half the size of a pea. I always see birds swooping down to eat them, so I was wondering if they were safe for my hens. I'm not sure what type of...
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    Severe Pasty Butt??

    I'm currently raising two 3-week old barnevelder chicks and two 2-week old ameraucana chicks. They get along fine, they're all eating a healthy amount and everything. Yesterday I noticed one of my ameraucanas had wet poop stuck to her butt, so I got a paper towel to clean her off and didn't...
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    Different Aged Chicks

    I'm slightly worried. I got two 1 week old barnevelder chicks recently. They're perfectly healthy and doing fine together in the brooder. My city allows a max of four hens per property, and I also want to get two ameraucana chicks in addition to the barnevelders. My problem is that the farm and...
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    Breed Recommendations/Questions

    So, having backyard chickens recently became legal in my city. I can only have 4 hens and no roosters, and city officials need to come to my house and make sure the coop and run are suitable for having chickens. I've done tons of research about them, and I'm pretty much ready to submit my...
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