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    Black chicks with five toes and clean legs

    I got a couple of these little chicks at TSC a couple of weeks ago when they were marked down to $1. They were labeled as Jersey Giants, but that's not what they are. They are solid black with five toes and clean legs. One has a little crest on its head like a silkie but the other doesn't. The...
  2. kaddidle

    What is this chick?

    She has very feathered feet!
  3. kaddidle

    Chick ID?

    We got this cute little chick at TSC. She's supposed to be an orpington, but has feathered feet and the wing feathers coming in look like they could be frizzled. Ideas?
  4. kaddidle

    What might have killed hen found outside coop whose only wound was to tip of wing?

    I have a small suburban backyard flock that has fluctuated between 2 and 4 birds over the past few years. Most recently I had a 3 y/o White Rock, a 2 y/o Production Red, and a 1 y/o Barred Rock. One morning a few days ago I found the Barred Rock dead outside the coop near the front door. There...
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    How to introduce new chicks to older hens?

    I have two pet hens, a White Rock and a Production Red, that I keep for eggs and for entertainment. I would like to add one or two more hens to my flock and so right now I have three chicks under a month old in my brooder. (Hopefully at least one will be a hen. Any roos will be given away.)...
  6. kaddidle

    What are these feed store mysteries?

    They were at TSC in the bin marked "red pullets." Any guesses? I'm hoping for anything that's not a sex link rooster.
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    What is this baby? She's supposed to be a she and a Dominique....

    An acquaintance purchased this chick to take with him when he did story time at a local school and has now given it to me. It is supposed to be a Dominique hen and I really hope that is correct! It has a bit of red coming in on it's comb and tail feathers are filling in so I am a little...
  8. kaddidle

    Happy Holidays from my menagerie!

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    I have Flu type A. Should I be worried about giving it to my birds?

    I've been feeling run down and crappy for about a week. I started running a fever and coughing yesterday so I went to the doctor and found out I have flu type A. I read online that this type of flu can be hosted by wild birds. Should I be concerned about giving it to my chickens?
  10. kaddidle

    Frostbite

    What does frostbite look like? I have two hens, a Production Red and a White Rock. Both are pets kept for eggs. They have a nice coop, well insulated on four sides, and they choose to sleep on top of it. It's inside of a larger shelter with a roof and three sides. We live in Alabama. It's been...
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    Advice on making friends with an Amazon parrot?

    My office neighbors are a small law firm and are really nice folks, and they just adopted an Amazon parrot. She's 14 years old and had previously belonged to the children of a local doctor, but they have gone off to college and the doctor and his wife didn't have time to give her the care she...
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    Are fertilized eggs more nutritious?

    I had someone tell me this week that my eggs were the nutritional equivalent of commercially produced eggs because I don't keep a rooster with my hens. Is there any truth to this?
  13. kaddidle

    Hen stopped laying

    I have two hens in my little backyard coop. One seems to have stopped laying. I don't think she's moulting. Is there anything else that could cause this?
  14. kaddidle

    How are meaties bred?

    This might be a dumb question, but...how are the breeds used to make Cornish X chickens bred? I've heard over and over that they have health problems if you keep them alive for more than 14-ish weeks, so I'm wondering how fertile eggs are produced?
  15. kaddidle

    adding a new hen

    I have a covert coop in a suburb and have been quietly keeping two hens in my privacy fenced backyard. They are good girls and go out when I let them and come back when I call them. I need three hens to supply the eggs I need for my family, which is all I desire from my pet chickens, and my MIL...
  16. kaddidle

    Hen on top of the hen house

    I have only two hens, a White Rock and something else that folks here have identified as a NH Red or a Production Red. Tonight I went out to check on them and found my red hen ostracized on top of their house. Up until now they are always cozy inside together. I had noticed a drop in egg...
  17. kaddidle

    What breed is this hen? Floppy comb?

    This is a hen that I acquired as a chick from a photographer friend who'd bought a dozen chicks for an Easter photo shoot from a feed store. She lays big, pinkish-brown eggs almost every day. Someone said they thought she might be a Production Red based on an earlier pullet pic. I'm wondering...
  18. kaddidle

    Double Yolkers

    I have two hens in my suburban backyard--a Production Red and a White Plymouth Rock. Both have started laying in the last two weeks. We got our first dozen eggs and made a delicious fritatta. All of my PR's eggs had double yolks! Is that normal? Should I expect it to continue? The eggs are...
  19. kaddidle

    Precocious hen?

    I have a 19 week old Plymouth Rock hen that has just started laying. Her pen mate is a Production Red that is approximately one month younger. The red hen has started doing the hen squat about the same time that the Plymouth Rock did. Is she just learning from watching the other chicken or is it...
  20. kaddidle

    What time do your hens lay their eggs?

    My Plymouth Rock hen just started laying this week. I thought that hens layed in the morning, but she seems to do it around lunch time. Is this unusual? A quirk because her eggs have just come in? Or do hens usually lay at different times of day?
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