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Hello! We are hoping to rehome our gorgeous boy Mert, as we are no longer able to keep rosters in our area. He is a purebred Lavendar Ameraucana sold to us as a hatching egg by Three Little Blackbirds out of Texas. She states her birds are strictly from the Paul Smith line. This guy is a...

I have 3 boys we cannot keep. They will be 6 weeks old 5/7. They are free to a good home. We have: Frizzle BCM Frizzle Olive Egger (BCMxAmeraucana) Smooth Olive Egger They are handled often and are very healthy. I wish we could keep roosters!

Hello! It’s that time of year and I am starting to suspect some of our chicks are boys. I’d love some insight because I am new to some of these breeds and how they develop. #1 - Frizzle Black Copper Marans #2 - BCM x Ameraucana #3 - Frizzle BCM X Ameraucana #4 - Laced Orpington...

Hello! Both of these chicks are from my pet chicken, and had the defined V on their heads and dark defined eyeliner...but at 6 weeks old they are both getting pretty prominent combs, one more than the other, and are already getting red. Can anyone confirm that these are both cockerels? Chick...

Hello! Today we received a shipment of baby chicks that were supposed to be a "rare breed assortment" and I am wondering how many "rare" easter eggers I happened into. We ordered 15 and got 2 Egyptian Fayoumi, 2 Dark Brahmas, 5 Cochins (2 blue, 3 partridge), 2 welsummers, 1 salmon...

Hello! We purchased BCM hatching eggs this winter and had a little surprise at hatch...one was born white. We figured that she was a splash because that can happen, but now she is getting copper feathers, and is looking more lavender than white. Has anyone encountered this mutation? Will she...

Could someone help me figure out what this yellow goo is? She laid this egg today. Her eggs range in color, and are prone to oddities such as sandpaper texture, what I call "airbrushed" blue spots, etc. this is the first actual blue egg she had laid, but it had all of this yellow stuff on it...

I was told I was buying araucanas hatching eggs, assured they were pure bred...obviously they are not. This one has crazy feathers, willow colored legs, and dark skin. What do you think she is? I'm assuming an ee of some sort, but what mix causes a crest, and this coloring?

I found my broody hen roosting tonight. With her chicks roosting under her. They are 3 weeks old tomorrow. She also laid a shell-less egg from this roost last night, with her chicks under her. I've never read about this happening. Is this weird or normal? Excuse the messy coop, it's...

I'm going to preface that this breeder I got the hatching eggs from was a little sketchy, and we are not raising show birds, so my questions are just out of curiosity. We were told these blue hatching eggs were araucana eggs, and I'm wondering if this is typical, they are poorly bred, or just...

We have a crested cream legbar that lays eggs that are all over the map color wise...including this egg that was deep blue at the point, and white on the other end. Her eggs have been olive green, spring green, blue, and almost white. What's the malfunction? The blue one is hers All...

I have two culprits for this first time XS egg (39g). First is a jersey giant. Her comb and waggled are the reddest in the whole flock. The second is a Swedish flower x blue Orpington cross that isn't as red, but has been squatting for weeks. This egg seems pretty dark for either breed...so...

Can I expect these girls will hold out until spring? I have 1 bantam Cochin, 2 super blue egg layers (ameraucana x leghorn), 1 crested cream legbar that were hatched in early to mid April. One has been squatting for weeks and has a super red comb (sbeg), and my crested cream legbar is red...

Hi all! We hatched these knuckleheads, and lost the rooster lottery in a big way. We need to rehome these boys ASAP, especially the bantam Cochin, which is the only crower at this point. These are very well socialized chickens! We have: 1 bantam splash/mottled Cochin 1 Delaware that is...

Could y'all help me sex this 13 week old EE? She is patchy and has red on her wings, and I'm not really sure if her comb has 3 rows or 1 to be honest! She is almost 13 weeks old, is lowest on the pecking order, and has the coolest new feathers coming in. Her chipmunk feathers are molting now...

This is our 9 week old Delaware chick. She doesn't fit a mold when it comes to sexing. I have a friend willing to take all of our Roos, but we have an ambiguous bunch that are hard to sex. We have a barnyard mix, one obvious jerk of an EE roo, and the rest look like pullets obviously except...

Hello! We need to reduce our flock from 9 to 5 eventually, and are looking to start with rehoming these two 7 week old chicks. They are free to a good home. They have been fed homemade organic feed, are in great health, and especially the EE is super loving. These two just are flexing their...

I have a 7 week old bantam Cochin chick that is not acting quite right. Her breathing seems to "roll" or look heavy, she shakes a lot, and she spends most of her time under the heat lamp. She eats and drinks perfectly fine, but something doesn't seem right. 2 weeks ago I treated the whole...

Hello! Can y'all help me? This one is a roo, right? He/she is 7 weeks old. The "eyebrows" crack me up and this is easily the friendliest chicken we have, so I would love to know if we get to keep this one. Edited to add more comb photos:

Hello! Our chicks are 5-6 weeks old and I would love some input on whether they are pullets or cockerels. The bantam Cochins are 6 weeks old, and the rest will be 6 weeks old on Friday. Minnie - bantam Cochin Clem - EE Minerva - Delaware Marigold - bantam frizzle Cochin Pansy...