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    I Need Confirmation. Cockerel?

    This is one of those times in life I just need someone else to say that what I think is true, is true, even if I don't want it to be true :) This chicken is four months old (18 weeks) It is from a Barred Rock hen and an Ameraucana (BBS) rooster If it is male, it's not part of our breeding plan...
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    A Small Mystery. Bantam? No Clue

    Hello wonderful poultry people. First week of July, I received the following from Murray McMurray hatchery: 35 - CXRS JUMBO CORNISH X ROCK Unsexed 1 - FRCS Free Surprise Chick Unsexed 5 - NIES Niederrheiner Unsexed Typically, when I get a mystery chick, it's similar to the ones in the order...
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    Baby Chick with Undeveloped Vent

    I am posting this to help anyone in the future or if anyone has insights for what could have caused my issue. I had a very sad case this morning. Firstly, my Bresse hatch went very badly. Of 28 eggs that I set 03/08, I had ONE hatch out healthy and one that hatched but sadly, we put down. It...
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    Rooster Damage. How to Manage Injured Hen or Eliminate Rooster?

    GRAPHIC PHOTO WARNING. PHOTOS BELOW TEXT I am looking for advice from those of you who have experience with Roosters. I have only been raising chickens for one year and the addition of roosters only came with the little ones we raised up last Spring. Our current flock consists of seven hens...
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    BLUE (BBS) AMERAUCANA Rooster?

    Hello. Bridget is a BLUE (BBS) AMERAUCANA from Meyer Hatchery born 09/07/21, so just shy of 5 months. We ordered her as a female, so I have always thought of her as such. But for the past couple months, I have not been so sure. She has always been super skiddish. Then I noticed the feathers...
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    Surprising First Egg at 17 Weeks!

    So this morning, I had quite a surprise! There was an odd looking egg inside our Magpie's area. I was not expecting to see an egg until late September. The Magpies are only 17 weeks old and I know that is correct because I have had them since they were baby ducklings. There has been a lot of...
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    Urgent Advice Please: Struggling Quail Hatchling

    I am hoping someone has some insight on what may be going on with this hatchling. It was struggling for over a day to get out of the zip it had made, so last night, I pulled the top of the shell off for it. It pushed the rest of the way out. It was flailing around a whole lot, but this was my...
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    Should I Support Goose Eggs During Lockdown?

    This is my first incubation. I am starting to not be confident about what I am doing in lockdown (and if I even should be in lockdown). Last night (day 27) I could see my two Embden eggs rocking quite a bit. I had them in the goose egg support bottom tray in the incubator and I thought that if...
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    Bad egg. Black inside. What happened? Gross picture

    There is a gross photo attached below- warning. This is my first time incubating eggs and I am trying to hatch Embden geese. Of the seven I started with, I believe two are alive and moving around! Yeay! I pulled three out today at day 15 after candling. I cracked this one open to see what was...
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    Candling Help

    This is my first incubation. I have Embden geese at day 10 in the incubator right now and I definitely saw dark spot and veins in two eggs, and that plus a little more on one other egg. So I am excited!! I also had one clear egg that I discarded. However, there are three eggs that I am...
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    Help With Duck Sexing Please

    My Magpies turned 11 weeks old yesterday and I am having such a time sexing them. When they were a week old, I tried the vent sexing, but I had never done it before and I was so scared that I was going to hurt the cute little fluffs, that I just couldn't. Now there are so many that its very...
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    New Chicken and Duck Owner

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens. I knew I wanted to raise Magpie ducks on the small farm we are starting, but had never raised any type of poultry before. Before the ducklings arrived, my Mom’s friend needed to move and re-home her seven hens...
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