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    Mixing silkie colours

    Anyone have experiencing mixing silkie colours? I have a white silkie rooster and the one hen is pictured below. Curious to know what colours I would end up with from them. Is the hen considered partridge? Thanks.
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    Lone silkie rooster

    Is it okay to have only one silkie amongst my mixed flock of hens? I bought several silkie chicks all of which turned out to be male. One of them didn’t sell but I find him very pleasant and cute. He seems to only try to mate with my two polish hens but can barely do the deed successfully. I’m...
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    Hamburg chicken

    Does this look like a pullet or a cockerel? About 3-4 months old. I started noticing these showy tail feathers this week but have no experience with this breed. Thanks!
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    Egg bound or something else? *poop pic*

    I’m not sure what’s going on with two of my Buff hens. They’re just over a year old. I thought that they were broody and sitting on eggs because whenever I checked on them they were both sitting in the same boxes. However, one of them got up yesterday and I noticed there was no eggs beneath her...
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    Chickens roosting on poop board instead of roost & getting pooped on

    My buff rooster and two hens are sleeping on the edge of the poop board directly under where my other hens roost. They’re getting pooped on. I’ve picked them up and put them on the roost multiple times but they’re uncomfortable using it. My other buff hen roosts and my four other hens roost with...
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    Crossing buff orpington and blue layers

    The only rooster I have is a buff orpington. I’m wondering if he was to fertilize my azure blue or ameraucanas eggs, what colour eggs would those chickens likely lay?
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    Molt or mites?

    My 18-20 week old Buff Orps have been slowly losing feathers for the last month or so. Nothing dramatically noticeable on my chickens but enough for me to be cleaning their very large run of feathers often. My roosters neck is getting kind of bare and there are big pin feathers coming in there...
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    Favorelle being bullied

    My chickens are bullying my young Faverolle. Theyre all roughly the same age (3, 4, 5 months) but she is the smallest and the only one of her kind. I have a small mixed flock (Buff Orps, RIRs, azure blues). The RIRs chase her around and I found her huddled head down in a corner this morning with...
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    Azure Blue

    I'm wondering if anyone has experience with Azure blues. Theres not much information about them online. I'm picking up pullets tonight and was hoping to be able to tell whether or not they were really pullets or roosters but cant even find photos of the two genders. Just rehomed multiple...
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    Buff rooster?

    Approx 5 months old. No crowing. Developing slower than my other buff roosters. Smaller comb, wattle and not as big of a tail. Wondering if he could be a she? There are some shiny saddle feathers coming through. Not sure if this can be a female trait with these guys. Thanks for looking!
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    Mystery bird

    Not sure what breed or gender. 2-3 months old. Thoughts?
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    Pics of 20 week old buff orpingtons. Gender?

    I'm finding it hard to sex my buff orpingtons. All of my chickens range in age and the oldest 4 buffs have short red combs and wattles at 19-20 weeks old but I know that hens also get them around laying age. None of them have ever crowed or made any attempt to. None are aggressive whatsoever...
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    3 Buff Orpington Cockerels? Pics.

    These 7 range from 7-9 weeks old and are going to move out to their coop in the next few weeks. The 3 in the first pic have combs that are a bit bigger and more red than the other 4. I know it’s usually hard to tell at this age but if anyone who has experience with this breed can tell me what...
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    Straw in the run

    My run 25 x 13 feet and is all dirt and rock. We are planning to cover most of it with steel roofing but it’s currently uncovered. In hopes of keeping the chickens feet dry, I laid down 4 bales of straw. It’s a pretty thick layer. Since I did that, I've been reading about how straw isn’t an...
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    Broken toe

    I had an incident today with of my 6 week old chickens. I went to close the window by the brooder and the sound startled them all causing one to jump right toward the window as it was closing. One of their toes got caught in the window (it’s a heavy old window and closes fast when the support is...
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    Pics of my chicks

    These are my 7 Buff Orpington chicks. The two biggest ones are around 5 weeks, the two medium ones are 4 weeks and the 3 littles are close to 3 weeks. We got them about 3 weeks ago and are having so much fun taking care of them and seeing their individual personalities develop. One of them likes...
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    Pics of run. Suggestions?

    Hello, we just moved to a new property recently and are getting a pre existing coop and run back in shape in time to move out for our 7 chicks in around month. There are two cedar trees in and beside the run. I know cedar shavings are toxic to use but are the trees and needles in the run a...
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    Coccidiosis?

    I took my chicks out to play on the floor to try and determine which of them was having these runny poops. I started noticing the other day when there was a small trace of blood in one piece. It’s my smallest chick who’s been acting quite tired yesterday and today. The rest of them are very...
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    Painting interior of coop

    Wondering if others paint the interior of their coop. Our family recently moved to a property with a large wooden coop. It’s basically a small house (full size doors, windows, room to walk around). However, it’s very old, dirty and smelly (the barn beside it was built in the early 1900’s so we...
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    Keeping mixed aged chicks warm under Brinsea EcoGlow

    I’m a first timer with chicks. I have 7 Buff Orpington chicks ranging from a couple days old, weeks old and two-three weeks old. I was initially assuming I’d be getting chicks that were all the same age but ended up with a mixture. I’m using the EcoGlow but unsure about how high to adjust it...
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