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    Barred Rock Rooster and BCM hen

    I hatched a few chicks this past weekend. Sorry but I do not have pics just yet. My question is: the chick that is from my Barred Rock Rooster and my BCM hen is mostly black with some white on chest and around beak. It also has a white spot on its head - is it a male because of the white...
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    Gout - Tart Cherry dose?

    After much research we are 99.9% certain our Barred Rock rooster has gout. His middle toe on one foot is swollen, at the joints in particular, and sore. He holds up his foot a lot and is limping when he walks. It has been off and on for about 6 months. Thought it was several different things...
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    EE female and Welsumer Male - get olive eggers???

    Need olive egger help. I have an Easter Egger hen that lays medium to light green eggs. I have a Welsumer Rooster. If I breed them - would the off spring lay a darkish green egg? I also have a cream legbar hen that lays a light blue egg- if I breed her and the Welsumer rooster would I get...
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    Hatch ruined??

    My Cochin has been faithfully sitting on 2 eggs for 14 days. Candled both eggs at 10 days and all looked good. Yesterday when I got home at 6:30 pm, she was in a different nest by mistake. I am not sure how long her two eggs where un covered. They were not toasty warm to the touch like they...
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    cracked skin on back of leg by rear toe

    I need help. Has anyone seen anything like this on their chickens. I don't have a pic yet but will post one as soon as I can. 1 year old healthy Barred Rock rooster has hard, dry, cracked areas on the back of both legs just above his rear toe. Also, his rear (only his rear) toes are thick...
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    Meat Bird pellets ok for layers?

    I have been feeding my flock of 18 layers and 2 roosters a Meat Bird formula. It has 20% Protein vs 16% of the layer feed. It has slightly higher fat vs layer and the vitamins and minerals are very similar as well. I used to feed the Layer but some of my girls feathers always looked kind of...
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    Need a funny rooster name....

    I am getting a Speckled Sussex roo chick next week. Need some funny name suggestions. Thanks!
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    Can you feed Meat Bird feed to Layers?

    I want to feed my dual purpose type layers a higher protein feed than 16%. They lay better and look better when getting a higher protein feed. Can I feed a Meat Bird Feed (with oyster shell in a separate dish)? The reason I ask is because I found a 20% protein Meat Bird feed (Southern States...
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    Speckeled Sussex chick - cockerel?

    I have 3, 3 week old speckeled sussex chicks. One has white feathers at the bottom edge of each wing, kind of underneath a bit so you really only see them when it stretches out a wing to stretch. The other 2 do not have these totally white feathers (they all 3 have the typical white tips)...
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    Why is scratch considered a treat only?

    I am new to this site and this has probably been hashed out many times over but I would like some feedback from experienced flock folks on this idea. I am not a fan of commercial feeds. I long ago switched my horses to a "home made mix" of whole grains and alfalfa/timothy with a complete equine...
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    Speckled Sussex - good layers??

    I have many different breeds and like a good natured, gentle type chicken that can lay a decent amount of eggs. Decent being 4 plus a week. Good natured meaning not picking the crap out of her flock mates and being a bully (RIR's I'm looking at you, you big bully!) My Australorps are...
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    My hens are ALL molting now? why?

    I have no idea why but ALL my hens are molting thru January and into February! Eggs have totally stopped too. All are very healthy, free range all day and have a proper layer (now on game bird for higher protein for molt) diet. Most doing a hard molt! Anyone have any ideas's why this...
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    Are there any layer feeds with animal proteins?

    Are there any chicken layer feeds that contain animal protein? Why are feeds ALL vegetarian? Chickens are not vegetarians so why are feeds now vegetarian? I don't get it!!
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