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    EE Gender/Saddle Feathers, or no?

    I have two 9 week old EEs and this is my first go with EEs- My kids and I are stressing because they both appear to have "saddle feathers" but also look like they have single pea combs (which would be ladies, right?) and I know I can just wait for them to either crow or lay an egg but we are a...
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    Breed Q: Crested Cream Legbar or no?

    This is Liz Lemon, we purchased her as a Crested Cream Legbar- she's 6 weeks old, it's my first time with this breed but I guess was expecting a crest by this age? What do you think? Hoping someone with more experience with CCL's can weigh in and help me either confirm that's what she is or...
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    Barred Rocks - hens or roos?

    These two arrived with pretty large white spots on the tops of their heads but I know that's not 100%- however, they are both filling out pretty white (on their feathers). Hatch date 3/18/25 so about 4 weeks old. Sold as gals but we are suspecting they are dudes. Trying to be sure asap as we...
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    Speckled Sussex Hen or Roo?

    This was sold as a hatchery sexed hen- and we've never had sussex before, but that comb and the teeeeeny tail are screaming "it's a BOY-O" Hatch date 3/18/25 so about 4weeks old.
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    Hen with very watery poop, drinking lots of water, not laying

    We have a 2 year old who has always had some problems laying- she's laid soft shelled eggs, eggs with no shell and perfectly fine eggs too. She hasn't laid for about a week but for the past few months she has laid all normal eggs. On Monday we noticed she had watery poop and was a bit lighter...
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    Roundworms- need Safeguard (liquid for goats) dosing help please

    WORM MED DOSING ADVICE PLEASE I found a roundworm on a turd this am while cleaning the run. I have liquid safeguard (liquid fenbenzadole the goat one- pic in below). But have read adding it to their water is not super effective as it settles to the bottom and it’s hard to know how much they got...
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    Soft Shell eggs...don't think it's calcium related...

    We have a tiny flock of 3 (they are all just over a year old) and one of them is laying soft shell eggs, on and off for about a month now. No other symptoms of illness that I can detect- poop seems fine, no respiratory distress aside from the occasional sneeze usually when dust bathing- which...
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    Adding to our one-chicken flock...

    We have a solo 7 month old hen and she's been on her own about 3 weeks now. I found a couple hens locally, one is a 9 month old marans mix and the other is an 11 month old speckled Sussex. I am picking them up on Friday and would love all your tips for how to handle the new additions. I have...
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    One lone hen?? :'( Our flock is down to a solo gal, what to do next??

    We are heartbroken for our one lone hen Jessy- she is only 7 months old, has been laying since September and is about to enter winter all alone! The timing isn't great for us to get tiny baby chicks, and she is a large floof of a chicken so I think adding pullets that are coop- ready but way...
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    Would love some help! Chicken is hunched, not eating as usual, yellow urates/watery poop....??

    **WARNING POOP PICS** Hi our 6.5 month old Lav Orp isn't acting like herself today- she's standing hunched during free range time and not eating like normal. I brough over half a zucchini and some black oil sun flower seeds for a treat and she did eat some but not the usual appetite. She's...
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    What kind of chicken is this??

    This is Jessy- 14 weeks old. We purchased day-olds at a local feed store and the crate was labeled "blue sex link bantam" and we are very curious to find out more from folks who know! What kind of chicken is this? Is it a sex link? Def a hen? Thoughts?? We're stumped! (first time chicken owners...
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    8-9 Week Lavender Orpington- hen or roo??

    This is our first time having chickens and we are really hoping they are all gals because we aren't allowed to keep roos...our other 2 are a black australorp and blue sexlink so we don't have other orpingtons to look at side by side...this chick's tail is SO much bigger/longer than the other two...
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    New to chickens- what books do you recommend?

    Hi! We are brand new to chickens and would love to know your favorite and must-own books for chicken people. I've seen a few recommended but failed to save the titles!
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    New to chickens- question about cleaning the run...

    Ok- so every morning I clean the shavings in the coop and get all the poop out of there. But what about the run? Ours is built on dirt in the back corner of the yard (roofed with hardware mesh, but no floor other than the ground)- what's the best way to clean it and how often? Thank you!!
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    Food and water overnight?

    We just moved our nearly 7 week old chicks out to their coop and I wasn't sure if I am still supposed to put their food and water in there overnight or no? Do they always need access to food and water 24/7? Just the water? Total newbie and appreciate your help! Thank you!
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    6.5 week old Lavender Orpington- hen or roo???

    This is Penelope Featherington and my kids are super worried about her giant tail! This is our first time with chicks and our other two are a blue sexlink and a black australorp so we don't have other orpingtons to compare to side by side. What do you guys think? Too early to tell? Hen? Roo?
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    5 weeks old- ok without the heater at night?

    Is it ok to remove the heater all together at this point?? Our chicks are about 5 weeks old and they are still in a brooder in the garage (the coop is almost finished and we are planning to move them in next weekend!) we have a heat plate that you can raise the level on and it's been on the...
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    4 week old chicks foamy yellow poop??

    We have 3 chicks about 4 weeks old and this is our first time with chicks so the poop is still freaking me out every time it changes. They all poop solid poops with the white cap most of the time, but they also all poop yellow/mushy/foamy/stinky poops daily too. (photo) I feel like I'm gonna be...
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    First time with chickens (they're 4 weeks and I'm anxious!!)

    1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? yes- we got our first 3 chicks in April 2023 (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 3 (3) What breeds do you have? a lavender orpington (Penelope), a black Australorp (Charizard) and a blue sexlink (Jesse) (4) What are your...
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