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  1. LuciferRoo

    Another gender challenge.

    I have 4 chicks which are 7 weeks old. One of them I am certain is is cockerel as his comb is rather prominent and came in early. The other 3 I am hoping are girls. The sire is a Eastern Egger. The dam is unknown. Could be a Mars-Bar, Barred Plymouth Rock, Moran or Favorolles mix. I am...
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    Electric fence - netting type

    I am hoping to get some advice from someone who used or uses electric netting to protect their flock. I am currently using Premier1 PoultryNet 48" 164' long. While I think the netting itself is good, I find the posts to be weak garbage. They are thin and bend easily. They are spaced 10' apart...
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    Is it a roo?

    This chick is 18 or 19 days old. Backyard mix.
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    What breed is this hen,

    I had this hen for about 3 years now. I was given her as a chick. She is large and the dominant hen in the flock. Rather bossy, but quiet and I would consider her human neutral. She is not afraid of me but keeps a few feet of a distance.
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    Need hatching advice

    Incubating for the second time. My first was two years ago. With dumb beginner's luck, my first attempt was 100% successful. 12 eggs resulted in 12 chicks. First time around, when I saw a chick hatch, I removed it and placed it in a brooding box. Also removed the egg shells. This time, I had 2...
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    Mars-Bars egg color

    My Mars-Bars started laying and instead of seeing olive or green eggs, I am finding dark brown eggs. I bought them as young pullets from someone local. I think it was one of her first attempts at this cross/mix. How often does something like this happen. I have 5 of these young hens. The eggs...
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    Olive Egger starting eggs question

    I have 4 Olive Eggers (Mars Bars) and they are at the age when they should be starting to lay. Today, I found a small egg with blue splotches on it. Did this come from one of my Olive Eggers? Obviously the egg is not olive. It is not even green (nor blue). If it came from one of my young girls...
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    Boy or girl

    About a month ago I bought five 8 week old pullets. Four are black and one is white. Today my stepdaughter said that the white one is a roo. It is some version of Easter Egger. Any thoughts from the experts whether this is a pullet or a cockrell?
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    Hatching eggs from young hen.

    What is the opinion about hatching eggs from very young hens? Eggs that are still in the small egg category. Not those little ones right after a young hen starts laying, but maybe after a month or two.
  10. LuciferRoo

    Any boys in this bunch?

    Here are my 5 acquisitions from a week ago. I was told they were about 2 months old by the seller (emphasis on "about"). All 5 are supposed to be pullets but they were not 100% sure. The gender is identifiable at hatch time, but someone else hatched these for them. So now l am wondering what...
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    How old are we?

    I just bought 5 pullets earlier this week. The seller said they were about 2 months old, but they look younger to me. Anyone dare to take an expert guess? There are 4, which I am told are Mar Bar. I don't remember what the white one is, but also some version of a green laying cross.
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    Young hen looks like pure Plymouth Barred Rock

    I have a young hen that looks like a pure Plymouth Barred Rock, but she is not. The father is some mixture that has the gene and he looks relatively close to the breed but none of the hens who could had laid the egg look anything like a Rock. Is this something that is very rare or fairly common...
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    Is my rooster worthless?

    I have a rooster named Peter. He is a very big boy. I had a larger number of roosters than hens, so I separated the hens from roosters and put Peter with the girls. The reason I chose him was because he was the most friendly towards me. I could pick him up any time and he did not run away nor...
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    Lost a hen

    Yesterday I lost one of my hens. I am currently away and have someone looking after my chickens. Unfortunately the automatic door malfunctioned and I had him take it off. I had not had any issues with wild predators before, although there was a opossum that did steal eggs in the evening...
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    Another round of what's my gender

    This is a chicken that someone abandoned and I took in. The first two photos I am guessing were taken at about 2 months old. I cannot be sure of the age because this is when I "adopted" them. I am making my guess based on some chicks that I hatched few months earlier. The next 3rd photo is take...
  16. LuciferRoo

    Cockerel?

    This bird is now 4 months old. Barnyard mix. I am still trying to figure out if it is male or female. Originally it was identified as female at about 2 months old. Then a month later the votes changed to male. Another month has passed and honestly, I still cannot tell. It is one of seven. It is...
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    Please let it be a she

    Backyard mixed about 3 months old. This one is the friendliest one of 7 chicks. I hope it's a girl as 4 are 99.9% certain to be boys and I am certain of only 2 to be girls. To me, this one is a toss up as the comb is not nearly as developed as its brothers but it is also bigger than the comb of...
  18. LuciferRoo

    The sheriff and his posse returning to town.

    This is what it looks lime to me.
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    Eggs or soup?

    This is one of my seven12 week old backyard mixes. I have been playing the guessing game with these chicks for few weeks now. About a month ago the guess was going towards a pullet but now I am thinking that it's a he. That red comb is what worries me. What say the experts?
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    Crossing breeds

    If a rooster mates with a hen and both of them are mixed, will their offspring look the same or different? I had a great girl hatch this spring. She is big, friendly without being annoying and I like the way she looks. She is all black but when she spreads her wings, there is white feather at...
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