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    A little boy - but what is he?

    This was a rogue egg in my cuckoo marans, I'm assuming that he's not a maran but please correct me if I'm wrong. About 6 weeks old and a real beauty (and knows it!). With a comb like that obviously a boy, strutting his stuff and cockerel type behaviour already. But can anyone tell me what he...
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    Marans - are they all boys?

    I have 4 maran chicks about 6 weeks old - 1 white (I think, or possibly silver?) and the other 3 cuckoo. I think the white one is definitely a boy, but are the cuckoos all boys too? How do I tell (other than wait until they crow!)? On the cuckoos the comb is much smaller and less red than the...
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    Black cochin frizzles? Boys or girls?

    I have 2 chickens about 13 weeks old. Posted pics previously to find out what breed they were (thanks for all responses, by the way), the general consensus was that they were black cochin frizzle. My other half thinks that they have some Jersey Giant in them as they are very large for their...
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    Cuckoo marans or cuckoos?

    We have just hatched these 5 cuckoo maran chicks - or at least that's what we were told the hatching eggs were. But we seem to have 2 blonde cuckoos in the nest! Any thoughts on what they may be, or is it too soon to tell? I am assuming that they are not cuckoo marans!!! Based on what...
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    Frizzles - but what are they? And what gender?

    Not really got a clue about either of these - we bought hatching eggs without really knowing what we were going to get, just for the surprise! There's obviously some frizzle there, but can anyone tell us what breed they are and what gender? They are about 11 weeks old and have huge hairy feet...
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    Frizzle-cross chicks? What sex?

    We bought 6 frizzle-cross eggs to incubate, with 2 hatching. Pics of them at 2 days old and then at 4 weeks. Can anyone help with what they may be crossed with and also their sex? One is definitely more frizzle-y than the other, does that mean anything? Obviously we would love for them both...
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    Goldtop - boy or girl?

    We hatched 4 Goldtops (Light Sussex/Silkie cross) in early June. We specifically bought the eggs because we were told that they were sex linked and that from hatching the boys would be white and the girls honey coloured, so we were very pleased to hatch 1 white and 3 goldies (pic attached)...
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    Black German Langshan - boy or girl please?

    This is our only success from a recent clutch of black German Langshan eggs that we hatched, about 5 - 6 weeks old. Is it too soon to tell if he's a boy or a girl? Can anyone help please? I do hope that he's girl, but somehow I think he's not
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    Black German Langshans?

    Here are the 2 chicks from our other set of hatching eggs, which we were told were black German Langshan. The chicks were only 3 days old when these photos were taken, earlier this week - please can anyone tell us whether they are actually German Langshan? If so, I guess it's far too early to...
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    Gold tops?

    We bought some hatching eggs and were told that they were Gold Tops (Silkie/Light Sussex cross) and that they were sex-linked (i.e. that the white ones would be boys and the buff ones would be girls). Here are 4 of the 5 that have hatched - we have 1 white (pale yellow) and 4 buff in total (no...
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    Should we separate 2 broody hens before they hatch?

    We have 2 broody hens sitting on 5 eggs. They are quite happy at the moment sitting together, the distribution of eggs between them changes every time we look! Please can anyone tell us if we should we separate them before hatch or if they can be left to hatch and bring up their chicks...
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    Will a broody hen raise incubated eggs with her own once hatched?

    I have a broody hen sitting on 5 eggs and I have another 7 eggs in an incubator. They were all set at the same time so I'm hoping will all hatch together (in about 10 days time). Can anyone tell me if I can put my incubated chicks in with mother hen for her to raise please? If so, how do I do...
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    Pics of our ex-batts when we first got them - poor things

    Pics taken immediately after we picked Molly and Polly up from the Battery Hen Welfare Trust about 18 months ago
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    Lavender araucanas - can you help with sexing please?

    We have 2 lavender araucanas about 17 or 18 weeks old and would love some help in sexing them please! We're pretty certain that this one's a rooster but we're not sure about this one Any thoughts please?
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    Hi all

    We're new members and wanted to drop by and say "hi" to everyone. We've been chicken keeping for about 3 or 4 years and have recently taken the plunge and incubated our own eggs for the first time. Great fun and now well and truly hooked! We're based in Oxfordshire, UK - is there a forum...
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