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    19 week old lavender/splash Orpingtons

    Hello BYC experts! I’m hoping you can help me. This is my first foray into Orpingtons and I am in love. I hatched 15 eggs from 2 Blues and ended up with a great mix of colours (blue, black, lav and splash). I have one lav that is 100% a rooster and has very obvious feathering but I’m having a...
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    Gender guesses?

    Hello fine folks of BYC. Wondering what your thoughts are on gender of these 13 week old bantam Cochins and Silkie (at least that’s what they were sold as :)). Thanks in advance for your expert advice!
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    Copper maran gender?

    Hello again folks. Recently added 2 Black Copper Maran chicks to our flock as company for a GLW mix cockerel (I don’t really want to mix him in with my silkies). Hoping one is a hen... They are almost 8 weeks old. I’m thinking #1 is a roo based on the copper coming in on the neck but not...
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    Golden Laced? Or mix?

    Hello chicken experts! Looking for some insight on the breed of this 10 week old rooster. Got a (not so great) batch of 18 hatching eggs from a flock of GLW hens that included a GLW rooster and an Icelandic rooster. Sadly he was the only hatch so I can’t compare him to any others. Do you think...
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    Vent gleet? Or something else? Help!

    Hi everyone!Hoping you can lend your expertise here. I bought 6 ISA browns (ready to lay) in June. By July, I was getting 2 misshapen, watery eggs pretty regularly and instinct tells me it was the same 2 birds laying these. 4 were always perfect. Recently, 1 of the chickens laying the oddballs...
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    What do you think? Khaki sexing!

    Hello! We’ve got 4 Khaki ducks that are 9 weeks old and we think we for sure have one drake (the dark one). He likes to boss everyone around, including the geese . We’re hoping the other 3 are females but there’s conflicting indicators (feet, bill, bean etc.). We’ve tried identifying by voice...
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    Inconsistent laying in young birds?

    Hello. I have 6 chickens that we purchased ready to lay at the end of May. While we knew to expect some inconsistencies in the first few weeks, they seemed to settle in and for about a week, we were getting 6 eggs per day. In the last week or so, we've only been getting 4 per day. I don't see...
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    Our Hen House is almost complete!

    Good afternoon! I wanted to share the coop my amazing hubby has built from scratch. Still have to cut vents/windows in and finalize the top cover for the run but our 6 ladies seem pretty happy so far.
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    Hello and thanks!

    Hi everyone. My name is Christine and I wanted to quickly introduce myself. I've been using this site as a resource for a few weeks so it seemed like a good time to make it official! We live in Ontario Canada and have a slowly growing homestead. So far, we've got 4 Khaki ducklings, 1 one year...
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    5 week old ducks outside during the day?

    Hello everyone! I have four 5 week old khaki ducklings that are not yet fully feathered but are getting there. I've been keeping them inside the house at night but putting them out in an enclosed pen during the days. Up until today, it's been quite warm but today has dipped to 10 degrees...
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