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    Chocolate Orpington question

    So I understand from another thread, that "A chocolate male over a black female produces black cockerels and chocolate pullets, while the other way around makes all black offspring." But I don't have an all chocolate male, I'm trying to figure out how I managed to get these chocolate pullets...
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    Is this something to be concerned about?

    I have a rooster and a hen that have what looks like a round cyst between their toes. Doesn't seem to bother them. Wondering if this is common, abnormal but benign or something to be concerned about?
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    Any idea cockerels or pullets?

    These two are about 5 months old. No crowing. They used to hang out with the other cockerels until I culled them. Now they hang out with the hens. If they're pullets I'll keep them but I don't need anymore cockerels (still have another 5 to 7 of them plus the ones I am keeping 4 roosters)...
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    Breeding for Marek's resistance

    If this post should be under breeding instead, please let me know and I'll repost there.... Does anyone have information on the who, what, when, why etc on breeding your flock against Marek's Disease? My flock was diagnosed recently with 2 hens that died of Marek's Disease. Rather than culling...
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    2 hens dead over night and

    Sigh. Sometimes I think this is unbearable. 2 days ago one of my older hens (maybe 3 years, they were here when we bought the farm) was not as active. She's one of these loner hens and is often by herself. She was eating and drinking, just noticed she was not as active. Since the weather has...
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    Butchering using a knife to the brain

    I was hoping others would give some insight into the process of using a knife through the roof of the mouth through the brain to kill the chicken quickly. I understand it relieves the muscles as well as helps loosen feathers for plucking. Have you used this method for butchering and if so can...
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    Pullet injured leg

    Hi all, I just noticed a hen that was absolutely fine yesterday but seems to have dislocated her right leg somehow. She's walking on it, but is limping heavily. She's going to be harvested within the next couple of weeks, when my equipment arrives. Is there some way I can fix this now, do you...
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    Respiratory illness question

    As I've been reading, it seems clear there're some serious respiratory illnesses and others that aren't as serious. I am curious as to how to determine this, besides taking one to the vet for a necropsy. Last winter I noticed one of my hens have a cough/sneeze and wheezing..I separated her...
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    Chocolate Orpington rooster colour bleed?

    I was told this chocolate rooster would lose these feathers and the rust colour would disappear. The breeder says it isn't bleed but something else I don't recall at the moment. He's about 14 to 16 weeks old at this time. Any ideas on whether this rust colour is here to stay and can be passed...
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    Ameraucana's eyes, is this a flaw?

    I am curious as to whether this is normal for the eye colour of an Ameraucana? He's a blue rooster and is almost 15 months old.
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    Scissor beak

    I am curious to know whether scissor beak is always genetic and if it gets passed down every generation or can skip and show up later?
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    Pattern/colour of this hen?

    Hello, I am wondering if anyone knows if this hen is known as a recognized colour and/or pattern or if it's a barnyard mix? She's an Orpington and has a mild scissor beak so I'm not hatching her eggs but I really love her colour and pattern and am thinking of finding more like her. FTR she's...
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    Determining sex in chicks

    Can anyone advise whether, in Orpingtons and Orpington cross with Ameraucanas, if a chick has a spot on its head can we safely say it's a Cockrell??
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    Can Ivermectin and fenbendazole be administered

    Does anyone know if it is safe or not recommended to give both ivermectin and fenbendazole simultaneously to chickens? I have one dose of ivermectin left and 2 doses of fenbendazole to give. The current wait period is 10 days after ivermectin. Then give fenbendazole, wait 3 weeks then give the...
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    Genetics book

    I'm interested in genetics for my chickens. We purchased a farm last year and it came with 35 chickens. I would like to figure out colours and learn more about the colours for breeding purposes to keep my line colors clean. Can anyone recommend a good layman's book and also an advanced book...
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    Can I fix this chick or should I humanely cull it?

    This little chick struggled so hard to hatch and when it finally did its beak is very crooked it likely won't be able to eat. Any way this can be fixed or should I humanely cull it? So sad to see this.
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    Is it cruel...

    Is it cruel to remove chicks from their mother hen after they've hatched abd put them in a brooder? I am going away and have two difficult broody hens sitting on 12 and 9 eggs respectively. I also have 43 eggs in an incubator. I tried over and over to break these two hens from sitting but just...
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    What is "normal" after hatching?

    I have a tiny chick that hatched. Has been active but slows down as if to sleep. Then gets up again At what stage is it "normal" as in when should I expect less sleep and more movement? It hatched completely around 10am Pacific time. The pipping unzipping lasted about 36 hours To hatch. I just...
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    Orpington x Ameraucana

    Question... This roo has the most bizarre pattern and colour. I know he's a cross between an Orpington rooster (that's all I have) but trying to figure out if it could be an Americauna hen because he has the fluffy beared. I'm trying to figure out which hen it might have been because I don't...
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    Broody hen situation, to incubate or not?

    I may have a stupid question here, so would appreciate some charitable answers :) I am new to chicken Keeping, (although I'd been around them while I was a child). We purchased a new home last November and the previous owner left us 35 chickens. One hen has gone broody and when I was away for...
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