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    New Chicks please help

    I got 11 new chicks in from a hatchery; 5 Sultans, 2 Porcelain D'Uccles Bantams, 2 Marans, and 2 Easter eggers. Easter eggers can be tricky because they are a mix but I am hoping someone has had one like this before. Can anyone show me what it will look like when it is an adult? As you can...
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    Hatching Mystery!

    Good Morning! I woke up to a mystery in my incubator this morning. I hope someone can help or at least tell me if they have seen this before. Gen 1 Rooster - Earl Grey - Pure Speckled Sussex Gen 1 Hen 1 - Lady Grey - Pure Speckled Sussex Gen 1 Hen 2 - Saphron - Sapphire Gem Gen 1...
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    The majority of my flock killed in one night

    I had 1 adult speckled Sussex rooster, 1 adult speckled Sussex hen, 1 adult sapphire gem hen, 1 adult buff orpington, 1 adult sapphire gem / speckled Sussex cross, 1 adult orpington / Sussex cross, and 6 nearly fully grown wyadottes bullets. They free ranged in my yard and get put up at night...
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    The People's Choice Contest! - April Edition - Ends 04/30/2023- All Breeds - ROOSTER - Community Judged!

    JUDGING RULE! - The People Judge! - On 05/01/2023 I will check how many likes each photo has and whoever gets the most likes WINS and will be in the running for the Grand Championship come this December. Grand Champion wins the special not-so-secret prize! (Keep Reading) Read through the...
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    The People's Choice Contest! - April Edition - Ends 04/30/2023- All Breeds - HEN - Community Judged!

    JUDGING RULE! - The People Judge! - On 05/01/2023 I will check how many likes each photo has and whoever gets the most likes WINS and will be in the running for the Grand Championship come this December. Grand Champion wins the special not-so-secret prize! (Keep Reading) Read through the...
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    Sapphire Gem question

    I posted this picture in another one of my posts but I thought it would be better to asked it of people who raise Sapphire Gem hens. I have one Sapphire Gem named Saphron and these are all her eggs. Her last 4 eggs have gotten progressively larger. I know Sapphire Gems are bred to be...
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    Buff Orpington Help

    Hello, I got a 2 year old Buff Orpington Hen off of a friend. After bringing her home she naturally took a couple week break from laying. Then she saw some 5 week old chicks I had and went into motherhood mode, so again, no laying. She finally started laying 3 days ago but each of her eggs...
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    Please help me find or breed this!

    I have found quite possibly, one of the most amazing breeds of chickens on earth! Unfortunately, I don't think anyone outside of Germany breeds these. If anyone knows anyone that has some please let me know! They are called Thüringer Barthuhn and this is what a couple different varieties of...
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    Male or Female

    4 chicks - almost 6 weeks old - Barnyard Mixes 1st one 2nd one 3rd One 4th One
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    The Peoples Choice Contest! - Ends 03/31/2023 - All Breeds - HENS - Community Judged

    JUDGING RULE! - The People Judge! - On 04/01/2023 I will check how many likes each photo has and whoever gets the most likes WINS! Read through the thread and give a BIG THUMBS UP to the girls you think deserve it and scroll past the ones that you don't like. "LIKES" MATTER! THAT IS HOW WE...
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    The Peoples Choice Contest! - Ends 03/31/2023 - All Breeds - Rooster - Community Judged

    JUDGING RULE! - The People Judge! - On 04/01/2023 I will check how many likes each photo has and whoever gets the most likes WINS! Read through the thread and give a BIG THUMBS UP to the boys you think deserve it and scroll past the ones that you don't like. "LIKES" MATTER! THAT IS HOW...
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    Help Id this breed

    I was given this chicken a couple of months ago but the owner didn't know what it was. I assumed it was a Sapphire Gem as those seem to be everywhere now. However after comparing it to photos I have seen online I am not so sure. Sapphire Gems I have seen had yellow legs and feet and pale...
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    Speckled Sussex - Breeding to the SOP

    Hello! and I hope you follow along and enjoy this breeding plan. PLEASE OFFER SUGGESTIONS AND CRITICISM WHERE NEEDED! Don't worry about pulling punches, I'm a grown man, I can take it. To start I am going to say I first saw the Speckled Sussex chicken when I was 14 years old (I am now 42)...
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    Gender and possible parentage guesses

    Hi, I got a dozen hatching eggs from a lady who said she had 1 Cuckoo Marans Rooster and 1 Cochin Rooster and a mix of Cuckoo Marans, Easter Egger, and Cochin hens. So, in theory you should get a nice assortment of mixes with possiblities of true bred Marans and Cochins. Please look at the...
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    Sapphire Gems - The story so far...

    Sapphire Gems are a relatively new hybrid so I am making this thread to keep a running tally of egg production out of my Sapphire Gem named Saphron and to ask questions about Sapphire Gem egg production and behaviors. (Yes we name our chickens) Saphron started laying for the 1st time on Feb...
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    Newly Hatched Mystery

    Hello, i have a new little one that just popped out of its olive colored shell. I know it is a barnyard mix and that the rooster is a maran and the mother was some type of easter egger but i am confused about some of its traits already! Mainly, it has 5 toes! I was under the impression that...
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    Lost my Rooster this morning

    Hi, it is a sad and confusing day. After months of looking for the perfect rooster to protect and breed with my pullets, we found him dead in the coop this morning. He was approx. 8 months old and was in perfect health. He was eating, drinking, and pooping just fine. The only change in his...
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    Calling on EE owners, Help ID this rooster parents!

    Hello, i was given an "Ameraucana" that is actually an Easter Egger, which I am fine with, he is an amazing looking rooster. However I am having a little difficulty identifying his parent's breeds. Obviously one was an Ameraucana. The other is???? A Cream Legbar perhaps? I saw several...
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    Ameraucana or Easter Egger?

    Hello! A gentleman in Lucasville, Ohio gave me an amazing looking rooster this evening. I finally have a rooster to look after my 5 hens. I have never raised any Easter Eggers or Ameraucanas before so I have no idea which this is. He said it was sold to him as an Ameraucana but it probably...
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    Please Help Identifying This Pullet

    I took in 3 approx 4 to 6 month old chickens that were being bullied by another flock. 2 of them are clearly Light Brahmas but this one she said she didn't know what it was. She thought it was an Australorpe but it doesn't look like one to me. Sorry for the poor picture resolution.
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