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    Pullet or Cockerel? Polish Edition!

    These three are about 7-8 weeks old (roughly) and happily free ranging in the yard. I've never raised polish birds from chicks before so I'm not sure how to tell their sexes at this age. I'm guessing, though, that #1 is a cockerel and #3 is a pullet. No clue on #2. What are your thoughts?
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    White Isbar/Siverrudd at 18-19 weeks - Pullet or Cockerel?

    I have a white isbar/silverrudd named Snicket (they were lemony yellow when they were young) who I got in a mixed lot from Foxfire Farms Poultry (great breeder, highly recommend) and hatched in early May. I had posted previously here when I thought they had laid a fart egg, and I've had a couple...
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    Fart Egg - But Whose?

    I found a green fart egg in my coop this morning, but I'm confused as to whose it is. We only have 2 poultry breeds that lay green eggs: indian runner ducks, who have been laying consistently all summer and only one of whom lays green eggs, and a 14-week-old isbar, Snicket, who I'm fairly sure...
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    Rare Breed Lot - 6 weeks

    I bought a purebred rare breed mix from Foxfire Farms Poultry on eBay and hatched out several beautiful chicks that are now six weeks old. Anyone have any guesses as to their sexes? French Black Copper Marans #1 (2 pics) French Black Copper Marans #2 Blue Marans Blue crested polish (2...
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    HELP! Chick's legs keep swinging backward

    Hello! I hatched a bresse chick the other day (only one of 13 or 14 hatched) and it seems to have some kind of muscular or neurological issue where its feet keep moving backwards so it can't stand correctly. Its feet were also curled up, but we added medical tape (as suggested on this article)...
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    Single duckling brooding with chicks - duckling still lonely?

    Hello! I recently had exactly one duckling hatch, shortly followed by several chicks. Since they're all still very small, I figured it would be fine to brood them together until my next batch of ducklings hatch this weekend. I know ducklings can't be alone, so I was hoping that this ducky would...
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    Incubating a small egg - not sure if silkie or early duck! When to lock down?

    I have a blue silkie hen and a number of runner, campbell, and pekin hens that are all about 5 and a half months old. I know 5 months old is early for a silkie to lay and about right for a runner and a campbell. I also know that when they're new to laying, ducks can lay VERY small eggs. (I'm not...
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    Adding a second rooster - really tame but larger than my first one!

    I currently have a small flock of free range chickens with 5 misc medium sized hens, 1 silkie hen, and 1 silkie rooster (plus a bunch of ducks who coexist with them nicely). I'm planning to pick up a breeding pair of lavender ameraucanas tomorrow. I'm worried about introducing the two roosters...
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    Chicks day 25 and no internal pips! When do I call it?

    First time chicken hatcher here! I have a dozen shipped deathlayer chicken hatching eggs in my incubator that are on day 25 as of 4 hours from now and I STILL don't see external pips on any of them. A few have internally pipped (I think) so I gave them a safety hole using a needle. Yesterday I...
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