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    Why are my chicks loosing their feathers?

    I have 50 straight run chicks and 9 straight run turkeys that are penned together. They are currently 5 weeks old. They've been doing great together! I know I'll need to separate them soon due to have fast turkeys grow. I've noticed some of my chicks are loosing their feathers. Are they old...
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    Anyone have an idea on what breed this is?

    To me it appears as an Easter Egger with the speckle pattern but it had a bigger comb than my other Egger hens. So I'm leaning towards a Cinnamon Queen. Or it she something else?
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    Cockerel or Pullet? Gold Laced Wyandotte

    I've looked at several posts on here and pictures else where and I don't know what to think. I bought some chicks from my local store that are suppose to be pullets. Loving friends and family found out I bought some and brought me more. What started out as about a dozen chickens turned into...
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    Fertile bantam eggs?

    I know how to do the fertile egg check or at least I think I do. Last February I got some bantam chicks from my local tractor supply. We had a few roosters but the winter got the best of them. I however have 2 leghorn roosters with our 22 hens (14 leghorn hens, 3 black sex links, and 5 bantams)...
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    Chicks fully developed but die before hatching?

    My family has never had a lot of luck hatching eggs. I blamed my fathers old incubator. I recently bought a new one that is a double decker with fans. My humidity for the first 18 days was 60-65 and my temp was 99.5°F. All the higher I could get my humidity to go after day 18 was 70. First...
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    Hello.

    Hello. I’m new to Backyard Chickens. I’ve been around chickens my entire life. My dad grew up on a 3,000 flock chicken farm up until he was 18 and then coverted to dairy. So we’ve always had chickens ranging from 20-100, depends on the year. We’ve always had leghorns. I also have some Kakhi...
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