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    Black Australorp & Silver-Laced Wyandottes - hens or roosters?

    Hi there, My chicks are six weeks old and finally out of my house! 🎉 They're feathering out and starting to look like real chickens instead of half-baked muppets. Some of them are starting to develop combs and wattles, and I'm a bit concerned about my SLWs in particular - is it normal for...
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    Meet the Halloween Chicks!

    We got 15 chicks from Meyer Hatchery that were born on Halloween. They all have horror-themed names 🎃 I wanted a fun way to show my flock to friends and family, so I made a slideshow presentation 😅 (can you tell I used to be an educator?) Hope y'all enjoy!
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    Light Brahma chick - hen, roo, or too early to tell?

    Hello! I have a 3 1/2 week old Light Brahma chick named Casper that I'm starting to wonder about. Casper is feathering a lot slower than my other 14 birds, but is double the size of the others. I only have the one Brahma and it's my first time with this breed, so I'm not sure if it's typical...
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    Is this an Easter Egger?

    Hello, I have a one week old chick that I'm not sure about the breed of. I thought she was a buff Orpington at first due to her feather coloring, but she has grey-ish legs like my other EEs. Her cheeks are pretty fluffy too. We ordered 3 Easter eggers and 3 of Meyer Hatchery's brown egg layer...
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    First week with baby chicks!

    Hi all, Our flock turned one week old today! I thought I would share how it's going and what I've learned so far (and all the baby pictures, of course). Brooders I started out with a large Bankers box and a heat lamp in my office closet. I taped a meat thermometer to the inside of the box so...
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    Hard lesson learned re: chick waterers

    I got my first batch of day-old chicks this week, and I experienced a loss the first day that could have been prevented. I wanted to share what happened to my bird with the hope that maybe another newbie can learn from my mistakes. I got a plastic chick waterer from Tractor Supply, and I...
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    Just getting started!

    Hi, I'm Cris! I live in north FL, close to Tallahassee. I have a little experience with raising chickens for eggs, we bought six hens from a local farm in 2021. The girls live with my sister in law and are still doing great! We started selling extra eggs to neighbors, but the demand is greater...
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    Help identifying 3 babies?

    Hi there, Just got my first order of day-old chicks from Meyer Hatchery! We got a 17 chicks in total but I'm having trouble identifying these three birds. Some of the breeds we got were black Australorps, welsumers, silver laced wyandottes, and Easter eggers. We also got 3 of their brown layer...
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