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Could anyone help with sexing my cream legbar chick please ? They are meant to be autosexing but am still not sure. From what I understood, males are meant to have a yellow dot on their head, which mine doesn't have, however she ( or he ) doesn't have dark markings like the photos I've...
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I have just collected the eggs and saw this one which is very strange looking. I am used to having slightly discolored eggs, or spotty ones sometimes but never one like this. Is it normal ? Does the discoloration mean the chicken is lacking something ? It is from my marans chicken so...
Have recently noticed that most of my hens have got whitened dry looking pale combs, one looks worse than the others though (see photo)They are all laying well, have enough to eat and drink, they take dust baths daily and haven't noticed any parasite infestations.
What do you think ? Thanks :)
Hello, here is are a couple of photos of my orpington ( maybe cross sussex ? ) chicken of 5 months, and am not sure if it's a hen or a cockerel. Any ideas ? Thank you !
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I just have one wyandotte left from my hatched chicks ( the others didn't make it :( ) so have nothing to compare it to, I have always thought it was a rooster just by observing it's behaviour and very red comb but now I'm not so sure.
He ( or she ) is around 4.5 months old.
What do...
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I had a broody hen so decided to put some fertile eggs under her that I bought locally, 3 Sussex and 3 brahmas. Every one of them hatched except one brahma, and all is going well, the mummy takes very good care of them, even now after 6 weeks. They all developed nicely, and have all got...