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    What Breeds Could be in These Swirls

    These chooks are 20 weeks tomorrow. Any speculation as to what breeds of which they might be composed? This is Jonhny. She looked like a seagull at 8 weeks. She's my favorite Love those breast feathers! Lucy Una Thanks for your help!!! Btw, Johny gave us our first egg today!
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    The Grey Area

    Anyone willing to post pictures of your "I'm still not sure about this one's gender," what they truned out to be, and at what age you knew for sure.
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    Last check, promise!

    The two chickies I have questions about were last seen by BYC folks at 4 weeks old. Now they are 8 weeks today and after I get opinions from you nice people I'll just wait it out, which is so hard. I wish my city would allow roosters because at this point I'm pretty attached! SOO rooster or...
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    If Bomb ends with "b" for Bombard What about Comb?

    I've read lot's of posts that certain breeds have certain combs but other than sketches I can't find any real pictures of what the different types of combs look like. I'm new to this and wouldn't know a pea comb from a rat-tailed comb. Where do I look? Thanks for the help!!!
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    Almost There!

    I just wanted to show off my new coop which just needs some finishing touches. I still need to add roosts inside and out, add more ventilation on the north side, and finish grading for drainage problems. This was the best design I could come up with and because of budget limitations and city...
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    I'm Thinking EE Hoping Pullet

    I just gave away 11 chicks today. I tried to keep 6 hens but although I kept this cutie, I'm not sure of the breed or sex. What do you think? Sh/he is 4 weeks old today.
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    Confusion

    Today is the day we make our cut to the final 6 hens we will keep (that's the max our city allows). When my son and I started this project we used the guidelines on the Raising Chickens 101 page to construct our coop. It says to allow 2-3 sq. ft. of space per bird in the hen house and 4-5 sq...
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    What Breeds and Genders

    This Sunday I'm going to attempt to make the cut from 17 chicks to 6 hens. I need help rooting out the roosters. All of the pictures below are birds that are 4 weeks old today. Also, I got the eggs from a roadside eggs-for-eating seller that had a mixed flock (for 2 dollars I got 2 dozen eggs...
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    Breeds and Sexes

    This Sunday I'm going to attempt to make the cut from 17 chicks to 6 hens. I need help rooting out the roosters. All of the pictures below are birds that are 4 weeks old today. Also, I got the eggs from a roadside eggs-for-eating seller that had a mixed flock (for 2 dollars I got 2 dozen eggs...
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    Hen House Brooder

    I just wanted eveyone know I moved my two week old chicks outside Sunday. They are now snug and warm in their new heated home...the weather has cooperated and they are so much more relxed with all that room. I can't stop going out there and checking on them, even in the middle of the night...
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    Using the Hen House for a Brooder

    Today the hen house portion of my coop will be finished. It's draft free (but has several ajustable ventilation options) and has withstood the test of three major gully washer and didn't leak a drop. What I want to do is turn it into a giant brooder for the next several weeks because my...
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    So What Comes First?

    I'm resigned to the fact that I'm going to have to keep all 17 of my chicks longer than I'd like to (I can only have six hens according to the city ordinance where I live). I've read many comments here that you can't really tell on most breeds the gents from ladies until they lay eggs or crow...
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    What are they?

    I hatched a batch of mixed breed eggs. 3 of them look like the picture below. They have yellow/orangish feet with a splash of darker color further up their leggs. What do think they are?
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    What does sex link mean?

    I read you folks speculating that this or that chick could be a sexlink...What does that mean?
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    Roosters and Hens and the Mosh Pit

    Okay here's the run down, I started with 2 dozen eggs that I bought from a guy that sells eggs to eat. He had roosters all over the place so I figured some might be fertile eveb though he didn't think so. Well 20 were but I dropped one on day 6. Out of the 19 remaining 17 hatched and are now...
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    Hatch Span

    Howdy All You helpful Folks, Our Chicks are hatching!!! This is so cool and my 12 year old I'm-too-cool-for-this-when-can-I-play-video-games son has not left our incubator's side in hours. Here's our worry, the first chick popped out, litterally, at day 20.5 days. Two streched their tired...
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    Humidity

    I'm attempting to hatch eggs in a home made incubator and for the first 8 days I used a really cheap hygometer I borrowed from a friend's lizzard tank. It read 50% for the whole time, so far. Today I got a digital unit and it is reading 65%. I've adjusted the humidity based on this new...
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