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    Help with 9-week-old chicks breed and gender

    Can you help identify the breed and gender of these 9-week-old chicks? We bought as Pullets from Tractor Supply, but I think a couple may be roos based on size. We have another set at 6 weeks (not pictured), and we lost track of what we bought for either set as we were going to different...
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    Put 1 day old chicksunder broody hen with 1 week old chicks.

    We had a hen go broody and sit on 12 eggs. Unfortunately, we had some other hens that disrupted things when they would try to lay in the same nest By the time we separated her, it seems we lost all of the eggs. We were able to place 1-day old chicks (chocolate orphington, light bantam, rhode...
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    Dead 4-week-old chicks in the nest

    We had two chicks that were being raised by 3 broody hens sharing a nest. One of the broody hens stopped sitting on the nest last week and everything has been fine. The chicks even seem to follow around whichever hen is not sitting on the nest. Well, today I found the two chicks dead in the nest...
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    First Eggs at 16 Weeks

    Just a quick post to show how each chicken is different. One of the Buff Orpingtons (16 weeks) looks way older than the rest and low and behold, today she popped out a small egg. A few of the chickens have been singing the egg-laying song for about two weeks now. And in the time it took to...
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    Confirming my Seven Chicks are Ladies

    We have 8 week old Barred Rocks (3) Buff Orpingtons (2) and 7 weeks old Delawares (2). Can you guys tell if we have any boys based on these pics? The BRs coloring seems to match those of hens online. The BOs I am not sure what to look for, but I don't see a super bright or large comb on either...
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    Confused by Indicators of Barred Rock Chicks

    My family purchased five chicks on 4/18 (three Barred Rocks and two Buff Orpingtons) and two Delaware on 4/25. The feed store said they had been sexed, but that we had a 1/10 chance of getting a cockerel. Demand is so high in the Bay Area that we had to line up at 5:15 am and fill out a form...
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