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    Stunted/dwarf/runt chick?

    So I have a bunch of 3.5 week old chicks hatched and being raised by a broody hen. One of the chicks, a Rumpless araucana x Sapphire Olive Egger, is still the size of a day old chick. She’s kind of a sleepy chick that stays close to mom, but is otherwise still eating and drinking, but not much...
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    Bullied pullet, can’t find any blue spray

    So, I had to go away for the weekend, and i left my chickens in the care of a friend. To make it easier for him and not take too much of his time, I told him to just feed and water them, but don’t let them out of the coop, so he doesn’t have to come twice a day. The birds were essentially closed...
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    Keeping geese together with layer hens?

    I have 6 French Landes geese that I’m keeping until winter (bound for the Christmas dinner table 😭) and so far they have been raised up in the same large shed/coop with lots of cockerels (25 at one point). No problems, everyone got along. We finished butchering all those boys, and I’d like to...
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    Should I trim the wings of my geese?

    I have 6 Landes geese (French grey geese for meat/liver) that have started exercising their wings quite a lot lately. I’d say they’re about 10 weeks old. They’re very friendly, follow me everywhere and eat from my hand, but I’m still kind of worried that they will fly away? Should I trim their...
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    5-week old Wyandotte mix - pullet?

    I recently hatched a lot of Wyandotte mixes, so I set myself up with so many rose combs lol. This particular black chick is a SLW/Black sex-link. It looks like a pullet to me, but I’ll like some other opinions, because the wattles are throwing me off a little. Also pictured is a brother/hatch...
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    Another Araucana cockerel?

    Just break the bad news to me, please lol …it looks like I’m 3 for 3 with my Araucana chicks being cockerels, but maybe there’s hope with this one? Its comb isn’t “quite” as big as one hatched the same day, but could just be genetics. This one is a couple days shy of 5 weeks
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    Possible bantam?

    I ordered an assortment of purebred eggs from a breeder who keeps over 20 different chicken breeds. I asked for a “surprise mix of large fowl” and ended up with a couple of freebies. This chick came from a relatively small white/offwhite egg, and is noticeably smaller than its peers. However...
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    Araucana gender?

    This is my first time with araucanas and pea comb chicks in general. I want to say cockerel because of the comb color, but I have no clue. This one is 4 weeks old. I will probably have to wait until it’s older, but any good guesses are helpful 🤷‍♀️ Also, what would you call this color? Just...
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    Rose comb rooster x single comb hens?

    I’m trying to grasp the genetics of comb shape after doing a test hatch from my own flock- I have a SLW cockerel (safe to assume homozygous Rose comb?) and a Bresse cockerel (single comb), all eggs tested are from pullets with single combs. Two yellow chicks just hatched, both with single...
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    Has anyone used Octenisept spray on chickens?

    So, it finally happened - my 23- week cockerels started fighting for real yesterday. My Bresse cockerel was the instigator, and got his ass handed to him yesterday and again today. He has a huge comb and long wattles, (very high-T boy lol) my Wyandotte just grabbed onto him every time they...
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    Cockerel not “finishing” the deed

    I have a 21-week old Bresse cockerel that is otherwise a great guy to all the pullets - shares snacks, shepherds them into the coop at night, leads them around the yard and keeps an eye on the sky. I was hoping to use him for breeding, so i could hatch my own birds for meat and eggs. However...
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    Scammed, or just shipping damage?

    I’m sure no one can really know for sure whether I got scammed or not, except for the seller. Am I allowed to just vent here? I ordered 20 hatching eggs of a couple breeds from a seller about 2 hours away. They were pretty badly packed, one loose, one broken, and most had slightly jiggly or...
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    Splash or paint naked necks?

    I have two 16 week old naked necks who are “dirty white”/really light grey with random black spots. Idk what color or pattern they would be considered? Is the “dirty” white/grey actually a blue/black/splash? They were yellow chicks with a few black spots on their heads, and they have slate legs...
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    Fast vs Slow feathering of mixed breeds?

    Hi all, I hatched these 5 chicks 14 days ago (pics taken at 12 days) and I’m wondering if feather sexing is applicable to hybrids/mixes? The mothers are either black or red sex-links and the fathers are either a black sex-link or a light Sussex - I get eggs from my friend’s flock. This is the...
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    Greetings from Poland

    Hello! I am finally posting after digging through the forums here for the past two months. I’m sure in the future I will be asking questions as my chicks grow and mature, and if/when I expand into other poultry species (looking at you, coturnix quails) 1) Are you new to chickens / when did...
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