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    Cockerels or pullets?

    I got 4 sex-linked olive eggers this year that were supposed to be hens. I suspect BCM x One turned out to be a cockerel, but he looked different than the rest at 3 days old with a little white spot on his head. He was barred and made his gender known by 6-8 weeks old with his crowing. Now all 3...
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    What to feed worms vs chickens?

    My chickens are my great lovable garbage disposals who give me eggs. Every morning, I bring them scraps: kitchen scraps, left overs, food too “old” to eat from the fridge, etc. They love it all and devour it up in no time flat. (They have access to chicken feed, too.) We also dump almost all...
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    Malfunctioning heating plate?

    I just lost 2 baby chicks of 4. My first chick seemed to have something wrong with its vent (looked wrong), chirped off and on even when I made it super warm, and died at 3 days old. My second chick just died over night! It was of the same type as the first chick that died, and it always seemed...
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    Head infection?

    I found one of my silkies looking like this tonight. Is her comb infected? Not sure what to do now. She is about 7 months old, and used to have a giant bouffant.
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    Laying eggs at night?

    Has anyone see chickens lay eggs at night? I check on my chickens in the evening because one of my silkies likes to roost in a nesting box, and I stick her in a roost every night. I check for eggs at the same time, and I gathered the 2 eggs I saw. This morning, I went to check on the chickens...
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    No eggs after shell-less egg? Should I be worried?

    Out of my 10 chickens, hatched in April and July, only 1 has been laying eggs, a black copper Marans. She’s been laying in a nesting box consistently. It had slowed down to every 2-3 days, and about 2 weeks ago, we suddenly had a much larger, nearly shellless pale brown egg on the floor of the...
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    Help me sex my silkie

    This silkie is 3 months old. Should I be seeing a bigger comb if this is a boy? Her head poof looks like it might have streamers. I paid extra to have my silkies sexed at birth, and I am unsure if this is a girl or boy. TYIA
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    Starter feed for pullets?

    I was told that it’s OK to feed starter feed (21% protein) to my chicks past the listed 9 weeks of age, so that’s that I’ve doing. They free range, have open access to oyster shell, and get a decent amount of scraps & treats. (The kids LOVE giving out treat seeds.) I’ve gotten my first eggs this...
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    Young pullets going for oyster shell ok?

    I got my first chickens in mid-late April: Easter Egger, Black Cooper Marans, and Blue Laced Red Wyandotte. The oldest is 14 weeks, and the youngest is 12 weeks. One of my friends started getting eggs a few weeks ago with his chickens (different breeds and about 3 weeks older). So just in case...
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    3 blue laced red Wyandottes pullet or cockrel?

    I have 3 BLRW that are 12 weeks old. Straight run. They all look the same, and maybe like pullets? My luck can’t be that good. Their combs and wattles look the same to me. No one has obvious saddle feathers.
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    What colors are these silkies?

    I got some assorted silkies from MyPetChicken.com, and I’m curious what color they are. Almost 2 weeks old. I apologize for how little the colors in the photo resemble the colors of the chicks. Silkie A is white with orangish cream areas. Feathers seem to coming in creamy white. Silkie B is...
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    My olive egger just crowed!

    I thought this chicken was for sure a girl since her hatch mate had a MUCH bigger comb. She was also the most docile chick who LOVED being held, and even now is calm and pretty submissive. She’s low on the totem pole and challenges none of the other chickens. She crowed at me 3 times this...
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    Should I keep trying to pick up my 3 month old chicks?

    None of my chicks seem to want me to pick them up anymore. When we first got them, I used to handle each on everyday. I used to have 2 in particular that used to love to be picked up. One of them, EE, jumped on me whenever I was around up until 6 weeks or so. Then she didn’t want to be picked up...
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    When do saddle feathers for cockerels come in?

    First time chicken owner. I’ve committed to only keeping 6 of my 10 chicks, and so I’m only keeping the nicest pullets. I’m monitoring all of them closely, and I’m watching their saddle feathers closely. They are 8-10.5 weeks old right now of 4 different breeds. I’m not seeing any obvious...
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    Run cover idea advice

    We’re still in the design phase of our coop / run, and I had planned on covering the run with hardware cloth to keep our aerial predators. However, my husband was dissatisfied with the look since it’s in our backyard, and came up with the idea of using horizontal slats of wood like an arbor on...
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    Chicken tunnel height minimums?

    For those of you’ve made chunnels, what is the minimum height for chickens to pass through? I’m planning a tunnel from my current run to a new coop / run. It will be a permanent installation with a bridge that goes over for a garden cart and kids to run over occasional so I’d like it to be as...
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    Blue Lace Red Wyandotte color identification

    I got 3 BLRW straight run chicks, and now I’ve read that they can be splash, blue, or black. I’m wondering what I have and when I can tell. My chicks are 5 weeks old. I’m pretty sure I have at least 1 blue which is lighter colored in the photo with 2. I’m curious about the other 2 who are darker.
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    Help needed with chicken math

    Hi! I’m new to raising chickens, and I’m already suffering from chicken math. I currently have 11 chicks aged 5-7 weeks of 4 different breeds. 3 Easter eggers, 3 black cooper Marans, 3 blue laced red Wyandottes, and 2 olive eggers. I can’t keep any roosters in my city limits, but don’t have a...
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    Roosting (or not) behavior of chicks

    Hi all! I’m new to chicken raising. I’ve hired someone to build a coop for my backyard, but while waiting for that (which could be a few months), we decided to build a chicken run for use till it’s ready. We have 11 chicks ages 6 weeks to 3 weeks old. There are 6 mostly fully feathered chickens...
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