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    Beautiful all black silkie cross?

    Hey all! Lots of new chicks this year, and hubby and daughter brought home tow mystery sisters from TSC. Must be silkie with the black skin and five toes. Maybe mixed with jersey giant? They are huge...eight weeks old and these pullets are bigger than our RIR cockerels. Smooth feathers...
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    Crying hen? Maybe sneezing?

    Hi everyone. Went out to the coop today and noticed that my nine-month-old buff Orpington was making And odd noise that sounded like a cry. Then I heard what I thought were a few sneezes. I’ve never heard this before and she is eating treats but looks distressed. There are no bubbles coming out...
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    Lavender Orpingtons 16-1/2 weeks

    Hi all! From time to time I post pics of these three to see what you all think about their gender. They will be 17 weeks on this week. The lighter colored one (back middle of the group pic and the one eating out of my hand) appears to be a rooster, although there hasn't been a crow yet. The...
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    Lavender Orpingtons - gender help

    hi all! Our lavender Orpingtons are 8 weeks. I have an opinion about their genders, but I'd love to hear other thoughts. The thing that throws me is that the lighter one is smaller than the other two. Thanks!
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    Is my silkie a roo?

    Hey everyone! We recently rehomed a couple of roosters and sent a few others to the butcher. We had a white silkie roo (same age) who had massive comb and wattles and was crowing. Our other silkie (pictured) was much smaller and very timid (bottom of pecking order) so we assumed she was a...
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    Are they getting close to POL?

    hello! We are so anxiously awaiting our first egg from someone, anyone in the coop! I am hoping we are getting close. Several of the girls seem much more relaxed and willing to be handled, but that could also be because the last of the roosters are now gone and the coop is quiet. Do any of...
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    EE--sex?

    Happy Friday! Any thoughts on these three? Three months old. Thanks!
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    Another cracked beak

    hi all! One of our buff Orphington girls had a cracked beak a few weeks ago which seems to have held all on its own. This morning I went into the coop I noticed that our big rooster, a Rhode Island red, has a crack on the tip of his beak. Would you recommend leaving this alone? He seems to be...
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    Need to rehome 16 week old RIR rooster and 15 week old white silkie roo

    We love them both but we aren't allowed to keep roosters! The Rhode Island red is a good boy. Very gentle, eats out of our hand, puts his girls to bed at night. But he's crowing like a champ. The white silkie is so cute and a total wacko. He is definitely low in the pecking order and he is...
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    Hoping to add a new hen

    Hi everyone! We have been wanting a blue egg layer and have some black ameracaunas we can buy locally. They are about 4 months, almost the same as our girls. I have been reading on introducing a new chicken but I have a couple of questions: 1- Our roosters will be leaving us next week...
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    Broken beak

    hi everyone, today I noticed one of our Buff Orpingtons had a damaged beak. I don't know what happened to her but I don't see any blood, but she does seem to be timid when eating. We hand fed her some cut corn and she seem to take that with no issues. Will this healing on her own or should...
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    Pullet going after cockerel?

    hi all, Still a chicken newbie, so I was hoping you could tell me if this is normal or abnormal behavior? This is one of our BO pullets (13 weeks) going at our RIR cockerel (14 weeks). She even pecked at him and drew blood.
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    I'm a boy, aren't I

    13 week old white silkie. I know everyone says silkies are the hardest to sex and that you need to wait until they lay or crow, but everything about this boy (except personality) screams roo. He runs from everything and everyone, including some same-age known pullets.
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    More Roos? :-(

    Hi all, we finally got the chickens in their coop last night! I know we have some barred rock cockerels, and I think a few others are Roos as well. Thoughts? Our RIR (or production red). Sad because he is our only one and so nice and good looking (imo):
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    Barred Rock Guessing Game Anyone?

    seven barred rocks, approx. 6/7 weeks. We're all bought from Tsc together. Two look like obvious pullets to me, and I'm worried the other 5 are all cockerels. For some reason I can't embed my pics in the post here, so I have to do it separately and attach the images Chick 1- our fave and the...
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    Guesses on our buff orpingtons?

    I'm not exactly sure how old they are but I'm guessing 6-ish weeks. One has a larger pink comb. Three with smaller combs look identical, and the last one is our favorite of this bunch (super sweet) and is a little lighter in color. Thanks! Group shot. One is missing and ignore the oddball...
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    Help needed...does my chick have spraddle leg?

    Hi everyone, we are a new chicken parents and have 16 chicks a few weeks old. Yesterday I noticed one check laying down more frequently than the others. Today that same chick couldn't get up to eat or drink. After a little research it looks like maybe she has spraddle leg. I took some photos...
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    RIR?

    This one was the oldest that my husband picked up at TSC. He thought it was a RIR. Do you think he's right? Any way to tell if it's a pullet? I honestly don't know how old it is. Sorry for all the pics. I was trying to show different feathering, and this bird doesn't like to stand still!
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    Barred rocks pullets or roos?

    Good morning! I was wondering what you all think about these guys. Our barred ocks are growing fast and I am seeing some pretty distinct differences in the group. The first pic are the two that really look like pullets to me. The second pick is the rest of the gang who all have more distinct...
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    Chick sitting on head?

    Hi all! New to chickens and learning lots here. Out of 16 chicks (variety of breeds), we have one that just can't wait to jump on my hand anytime I'm near them. And from my hand, she goes up my arm to my shoulder and then straight to the top of my head. Is this normal? Does it mean...
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