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    buff orpington hens or roos...10 weeks old

    Can anyone help me sex these BO's? I have 5 in all... ALL but 1 got red wattles early on. I have read lots of post on here about sometimes the hens getting red early. Thats what I'm hoping for but reality tells me differently. The group: My only FOR SURE Hen #1: Chick #2: #3 and #4...
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    whats the difference with a black andalusian and a black australorp

    Can anyone tell me how to tell the difference between the two breeds? I'm curious to know.
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    Bright green poop, wry neck and swollen face, others sneezing

    The title says it all......we had to put 1 down this morning, she had bright (neon green) poops yesterday but acting normal. This morning she was hunched over in the corner and when I picked her up her right side of her face was swollen and bloody, eye was slightly bulging and her neck was...
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    Are pineapple chunks safe for chickens?

    I just sliced up a fresh pineapple. Can I feed all parts of it to my chickens......skin, center, pineapple chunks?
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    Buff Orpington chicks 5 weeks old what gender? (pics)

    Any thoughts who is a hen and who is a roo? They were all hatched out within 24 hours of each other. 5 weeks old today ! pullet in the back? red comb in front is shown below. pullets? pullets? roo? roo? roo? pullet?
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    Feeding multi aged chickens in the same coop

    I have my layers and adult rooster (12 total) in a coop and just placed my now 9 week olds in there a few weeks ago. Since I had difficulty separating their food I decided to place everyone on grower feed and supplement with oyster shell. I use crumble now but was wondering if the smaller ones...
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    Buff Orpington chicks 4-5 weeks old

    I have 9 chicks total. Hatched from OKIE Hen here on BYC from shipped eggs. I only want to keep 3 and will sell the other 6 for $25.00. Local pickup only please.
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    Hen wheezing and sneezing... Tylan 50?

    I have a 9 month old RIR hen that started sneezing and wheezing yeserday. Her breathing seems worse when inside the coop than when outside free ranging . I tried to give her Tylan 50 orally to no avail. Resorted to injection by pinching the skin between the shoulder blades and injecting .50...
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    What do you feed your mixed aged chickens???

    I have 11 laying hens and a rooster. Just introduced 7 week old babies a few weeks ago. Their wooden brooding box is in the coop. Everyone free ranges during the day an all get locked into the coop at night. I have the big birds on layer crumble and the babies on Purina Start and grow. They...
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    ideas on separating chicken food for age appropriate feedings

    I have 11 laying hens and 1 rooster in my coop. I moved my brooder out there 2 weeks ago when the babies were 5 weeks old ( from Meyer hatchery: 2 Welsummers, 2 Cuckoo Marans, 1 Andalusian). I have been leaving the top of the brooder (wooden box with hardware cloth facing) open for the little...
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    what happened to my BLUE andalusian hen?

    I purchased a blue andalusian pullet from Meyer hatchery 7 weeks ago as a 1 day old chick. She was very cute, light gray and black fuzz butt. Now at 7 weeks old she is defiantely NOT blue!!! She is all black; in fact she looks just like a black crow. I'm regretfully admit that I am not happy...
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    sexing a buff orpington as a day old chick

    Can anyone tell me if it is possible to sex a day old BO chick by the wing feathers? Is there any other way to tell? I just hatched 11 with more on the way. I noticed that some had a darker head than others....does that mean anything?
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    Baby chick with swollen face (pics)

    I have a 3 week old Cuckoo Maran pullet with a swollen area under her beak. I just noticed it today so I'm not sure how long she's been like this. Eating and drinking and acting normally. My heat lamp bulb exploded this morning and I wonder if a piece of glass nicked her? I will post a...
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    installing a fan during middle of incubation

    Has anyone done this before? I just got a fan and installed it into my LG still air incubator on day 14. I have an auto turner and don't normally have the cover off for more than 15 seconds at a time. I figured that people that need to manually turn the eggs several times a day have it open...
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    chick with coccidiosis??

    I have a 2 week old baby chick that I think is suffering from coccidiosis. He is very lethargic, not eating or drinking much, falls asleep standing then topples almost to a laying position. He will walk with his wings out as if to balance himself. Sleeps almost all the time for the last 2...
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    Is this a cuckoo maran rooster?

    These are my friends birds, I am hatching out some of her eggs. We were told what the rooster was, he was given to them to ward off the small neighborhood dog. He is a very gentile boy. Probably about 7-8 months old now. As I was looking at pictures of roosters and came across a cuckoo...
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    When will they hatch???

    I set the eggs at 1:00 pm on 09/02/10. Temps ran about 99-100 in a still air LG incubator. Only 2 eggs were viable on day 17 so I stuck them under my broody hen. On the night of 9/22.....supposedly hatch day, she did not sit on the eggs over night, she decided to lay behind the nest box and...
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    questions about eggs hatching in incubator or under broody???

    Okay here is my dilemma.....I bought 24 fertilized eggs. Today is day 14 of them being in the incubator. I had placed 5 under my broody hen but they all have gone bad but 1. I placed the 1 in the incubator which showed lots of veins and development initially. I have a friend who wants to...
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    What sex and age are these Barred Rocks???

    I recently bought 3 barred rock chicks from an animal trade at TSC. I am pretty sure that I have 2 pullets and 1 roo. I have no idea how old they are but I am slowly introducing them into my flock of 9.....all 7 month old hens. Any idea on the age of these beauties?
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    Barred Rock chicks....age and sex?

    I recently bought 3 barred rock chicks from an animal trade at TSC. I am pretty sure that I have 2 pullets and 1 roo. I have no idea how old they are but I am slowly introducing them into my flock of 9.....all 7 month old hens. Any idea on the age of these beauties?
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