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  1. MamaBelle5

    I should have posted earlier, but I didn't

    We were hatching out some eggs that I bought from someone else. Most of them seemed to have developed well by lock down. I'd say 9 out of 12 were viable. Only 2 hatched. I kept the incubator on, kept the humidity up but there wasn't so much as a pip from the other 7. I kept it on for 7 days...
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    Mystery "premium" "pullets" from rural king

    These babies are between 3&4 weeks old to my knowledge. They had some of their feathers when we bought them. But they were in a mystery bin and I don't know what breeds they are. Best guess from me is one gold laced wyandotte, one red blue laced wyandotte, and one speckled sussex cockerel. What...
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    Our little runt didn't make it

    This flock hatched March 29 of this year. Last night when we went to take care of the chickens, we noticed our runt, Eleanor, sitting by herself, not really moving. We picked her up and she barely responded, her eyes would flutter open, but that was about it. We checked her crop and her vent...
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    Deworming my flock

    :( This is our first time dealing with this. We thought our chickens (particularly the younger ones) had stopped laying due to the change in weather. But when checking them out this evening, we found worms in their droppings. They hadn't been acting lethargic nor eating more than usual. So -...
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    Rogue Rooster

    Not sure if this is the right forum or not, but here goes. My sister works for a state park. About a week ago, someone just dropped off a rooster and they've been trying to catch him since. She said he seems to be the size of my full grown rooster (so not sure if he's a cockerel or a rooster)...
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    Hit me with the bad news - 8 weeks old

    Okay, so one of our hatchlings I am 100% sure is a cockerel. He's not pictured here. But these two, I'm questionable on. Well, questionable isn't quite the right word, hopeful, maybe? Camilla - I'm fairly sure she is a Cameron because (and I don't know if you can see it in the picture or not)...
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    EDITED AGAIN WITH BETTER PICS ADDED Silver Laced Wyandottes

    I can post pictures later but they're hunkered down for the night. We bought 3 silver laced wyandotte pullets from Rural King. They're, maybe 5 weeks, I'm not 100% sure. Everything is blurring together time wise lately (I have 4 kids in virtual schooling from 6th grade to kindergarten and am...
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    Tractor Supply Brooders

    I was in 2 different TSCs this weekend, both went back to the original brooders. What are you all seeing in yours?
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    Failure to Thrive Chick, 4 weeks

    She is tiny. About half the size of the rest of her brooder mates and hardly has any feathers in and they're between 3 and 4 weeks old. She seems healthy and happy but they tend to squash her. Other than giving her some egg yolk is there anything else I can do for her? I brought her out on her...
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    Failure to thrive chick

    She is tiny. About half the size of the rest of her brooder mates and hardly has any feathers in and they're between 3 and 4 weeks old. She seems healthy and happy but they tend to squash her. Other than giving her some egg yolk is there anything else I can do for her? I brought her out on her...
  11. MamaBelle5

    What gender are these babies? 6 weeks old!

    Alrighty!! Here they are at 6 weeks old! Marley: Hook: Oreo: Waddle: Thumper: Camilla: Emma: We are fairly sure Camilla and Thumper are cockerels.
  12. MamaBelle5

    4 weeks old!

    My hatchling babies are now 4 weeks old and I think I am seeing at least one cockerel... Camilla: Oreo: Emma: Thumper, whose comb looks spectacularly bright to me: Hook: Waddles: Marley:
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    What is this?

    This isn't really a breed or gender question, but more a "trait" question. This chick's parents should be an EE sire and a RIR mother. Are those feathers growing out of the one toe or deformed toes? It looks like feathers but either parent has feathered legs. Chick is 3 weeks old.
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    Why did I go to Rural King?

    The first time I was there, I saw they had sold out of silver laced wyandottes. I made the mistake of showing the kids what they look like when they grow up. We went yesterday to get pool chemicals to start getting our pool ready, and we heard loud, excited chirping, so I knew they just...
  15. MamaBelle5

    EE or...

    Delaware? He was in the EE pullets at tractor supply, but I think he looks an awful lot like a Delaware. What do you all think?
  16. MamaBelle5

    10 month old RIR cracked her toenail

    It isn't bleeding any more. I have cleaned it and applied Neosporin and blue kote. She is not putting weight on it, understandably so. I plan on giving her a baby aspirin to help her with the pain. Are there any specific signs I should be on the look out for for infection?
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    So frustrating

    We have an established flock of 6 birds and 1 that we have been trying to integrate for months now. We have been doing the "look don't touch method". She has been in a large dog kennel right up against their run, where their feeder and waterer are located so they get used to her. We also let...
  18. MamaBelle5

    Hatchlings are now 2.5 weeks old

    I know it's too early to determine gender (but if you're leaning one way or another, please let me know). Posting with their names and their suspected parentage. Hook (dad EE, mom RIR) Oreo (dad EE, mom barred rock) Camilla (dad barred rock, mom amberlink) Emma (possible EE both or dad...
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    Trilling sound from a 2 week old chick

    She's part EE and part amberlink. She's making this odd trilling sound and I'm not sure if it's just her chirp or if it is something else. Please let me know if the video comes through okay. They're not too cold, may be too hot, but I don't think so, you can't see it but they can get further...
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    Chick is only a week old

    I posted pictures on a local facebook group to give my recent hatchlings away. We just hatched them for fun but don't have room to expand that much. Someone commented on one of the pictures, "That's a roo". This chick is a backyard mix, Dad is barred rock, mom is either Amberlink or Production...
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