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    Trying to sleep standing up & looks henpecked

    My 1.5 yr old Easter egger is trying to sleep standing up. She was roaming the yard yesterday, but did take a nap by herself. It was kind of odd, but hot, so I wanted to keep an eye on her. Today, she had one eye swollen shut and some feathers that were obviously pecked (some of her cheek...
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    Sebright Hen Crowing

    I’ve got a 1.5 yr old Sebright hen who is a pretty good layer by breed standards. She goes broody every time she goes off lay. She’s just come back into lay in the last week or so, but has started crowing from time to time. I know this can be a lack of rooster/dominance thing, but she is our...
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    Greenish Eggs from a Buff Orpington Look-Alike?!?

    I’ve got a girl who just started laying and I figured she was giving me the brown eggs of the new layers, but INTRIGUE! The backstory- this batch was a surprise box from my kid’s kindergarten class. One was black, Lunamera, speculation here put her at a male either black Orpington or a...
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    This is a roo...right??

    He’s 11 weeks old today, a surprise box baby, but looking like an Easter egger/maybe golden Wyandotte mix? Really docile, no crowing yet (but that’s no dead give away). Anyhoo, I can’t see a scenario in which this is a girl and I’m traveling soon so I need to start looking to rehome him before...
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    Surprise box from school project

    We adopted 4 little babies from our kid’s school last month. They hatched a surprise box and we have NO idea what we’re getting here. (We also picked up and olive egger because...green eggs) I’m giving it my best guess, but here goes!!! #1 - Black Australorp?????? Lunamera for now. They’re...
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    Annoyance Pecking

    I’ve got a new crowd of babies (4 surprise box and 1 olive egger). They’re a smidge over 4 weeks old and we have one (Elektra) who annoyingly pecks at the two of the others Egg and Diana). One that gets pecked is an EE (I think) with white spots at the tips of her feathers...their other is an I...
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    Broody with second egg??

    I’ve got a sebright who started laying yesterday and now it looks like she’s gone broody today. She has been in the nesting box all day. Can they really go broody on their second ever egg??? I should add that this is my 3rd hen to lay at all. Do I just pick up the egg from under her as normal?
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    Help! Cough??

    My EE made this bizarre yelping sound earlier while I was gardening, which I later figured out was coughing. She coughed maybe 3 or 4 times and hasn’t since then (about 4 hours). What do I do? She has no other symptoms...no runny nose, no swelling , no lethargy. Comb and wattles look good. What...
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    Rooster room?

    Has anyone ever set up a rooster room in their coop with the single focus of managing when they crow? Where I am, we can technically have roosters as long as they follow the city noise ordinance and our sweet little silkie just found his voice. I read somewhere that they won’t crow if they can’t...
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    First Egg!

    I knew we would be excited for our first egg. The signs have been there for weeks, the girls are dilated and squaky, and we’ve been on high alert since the first early egg song. This morning, we went out to the coop to find one perfect, tiny, pale blueGreen egg. It was hard fought for our sweet...
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    Time to integrate...?

    I’ve read a LOT of the articles and posts on integrating flocks and still have some questions. Some background: My “littles” are 12 weeks and my “bigs” are 16 weeks. No one is laying, or even near it. The littles are in the coop, but separated from the bigs (have been for a little over a week)...
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    Wanna sex some silkies??

    It’s just for fun as they’re only 10 weeks old, but I love them an like to guess anyway. I have some pretty strong leanings. Professor Fluffernutter is the white one and Paddlefoot is the buff. Enjoy!
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    Sexing an Easter-Egger

    Meet Llama (take it up with the two year old given naming rights). Llama is rounding the corner to 13 weeks old. I am very new to chicken keeping and while I think she’s a she, she certainly stands more upright than the others and I just want to make sure. Her tail feathers go straight up. What...
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    What Am I?

    This little nugget is 6 weeks old. I was told it was a black copper marans, but the coloring doesn’t seem right? Is it a cuckoo black copper marans somehow? Any bets on the sex?
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    Sensitive little feet

    So I’ve got a question. My older batch of chickets are ready for the coop, but the run is still under construction so they’re stuck coming back inside at night. We’ve had an unusual amount of rain lately, and while I don’t put them out in the rain, what’s the word on letting them roam in less...
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    Super Chirpy Seabright Chick

    I’ve got a super chirpy seabright and I can’t figure out why, for the life of me. The other chicks in the brooder are mild and peep along happily while this one seems to enjoy making as much noise as possible when not sleeping or eating. Is this normal? No pasty butt, loves the brooder plate...
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    Hello Intro!

    1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We are new chicken parents. We got our first four about 5 weeks ago and another 4 one week ago. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 8 (3) What breeds do you have? A little bit of everything (kind of...) 1 Golden laced...
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