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    What kind and how old do you think?

    Picked up 4 chickens being re homed. 3 are sold white and the one you can see has dark flecks in the white. Only thing I know is they were picked up about a month ago at tractor supply and suppose to be hens.
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    Injury: Chicken wont close her beak

    One of my rescued brown leghorns my husband found yesterday with the rooster on her, swollen face and still isn't closing her beak. This morning it is less swollen and her face looks bruised. I gave her water by syringe last night and this morning...and i text the neighbors if that rooster can...
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    2 week old temperature

    We have 6 easter egger chicks in a giant tote in our coop. Daytime temperatures are 85-90, we have turned their light off during the day. At night the low in the coop last night was 66 degrees. I have been turning on the light at night but even now at 9:30pm it is 86 degrees in the coop. When do...
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    ?15 week Easter eggers and RIR

    Got these 3 today on my local buy nothing group. The lady said they are 15 weeks. They are TINY compared to my Easter eggers...they don't have beards, have yellow legs and single combs. I am new to chickens so I know very little about chickens! Also do all 3 look like pullets? The one "Easter...
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    Silkies 11 1/2 weeks

    I am new to chickens and have 3 silkies. I have learned they are hard to sex. Looking only for best guess from you guys with more experience. 1. I am thinking roo 2. I am worried roo but I REALLY want to be pullet as my 4 year old likes this one 3. I think pullet The group
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    Gender guesses for 7 week old silkies

    We have 3 wilkie chicks that are 7 weeks old. 2 white and 1 black. I am thinking the white ones are one hen and one rooster. The black I have fingers crossed is a hen but I thought day 1 was a rooster. It was loud in the car on the way home but is smaller than the other 2 and slower developing.
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    Broken leg

    I think one of my 7 week old easter eggers has a broken femur. My husband found her not using her leg a couple days ago. We have isolated her. She was definitely in pain so I had not really pushed moving and inspecting her leg until last night and today. She does seem to be more comfortable and...
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    Best chick feeder

    I am new to chicks and have one of the jar gravity feeders for them. They are spilling a quart to 2 quarts daily of food. I am cleaning them daily so it just gets dumped. Is there a better way?
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    New silkie chick with misaligned 1st digit

    I am new to chickens and have 4 silkie chicks (2 white, 2 black) hatched 2/18 from a local hatchery. Last night I noticed one of my white silkies has its outer (feathered) toe under its others. I have taped it hoping to correct it. Additionally my other white silkie has its extra (5th little...
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