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    Help with understanding leg color genetics!

    So, I’m awfully confused. I bred some of my birds together for the first time, not trying to start a breeding project or anything, just for fun - breeding my friendliest and healthiest birds, etc. just to keep for myself. So this got me thinking about how I could learn genetics to try to figure...
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    Uh oh, another cockerel?

    This is an odd one. I hatched a couple eggs from my own flock, although I’m not sure exactly who the parents are. About 6 weeks old now, that comb looks awfully big… I was sure it was a pullet, I’ve been learning about chicken genetics, particularly leg color genetics. So, if a rooster with...
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    Pullet or cockerel - Hmong chick!

    Hello again, these Hmong continue to baffle me with sexing them as chicks. I have 3, one that’s obviously a cockerel and one that’s most likely a pullet. The third one looks like it’s perfectly in between! The comb and wattles have a tinge of red, but they’re not as big as the brother’s. This...
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    Rooster lost toe last spring, only just now started limping

    Hello all, my 4-yr-old rooster lost about 2/3 of his left inner toe to frostbite this past spring (March I think) as well as part of his 4th toe. I’ve been keeping it bandaged ever since. The wound at the tip of the missing toe has been very slow to heal, but that’s understandable. However, this...
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    What color is my chick? Who are its parents?

    Hello, this is my first time hatching eggs from my own flock, and I’m trying to figure out who this chick’s parents might be! I was sure I knew, I isolated the rooster I wanted to be the father with the hens I wanted him to mate with, but I learned that hens can retain sperm from other roosters...
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    Dealing with loss

    Hello, I just want to talk to other chicken keepers about dealing with illness and death in our birds. I tried to hatch a clutch of 11 eggs, but only 5 hatched and one seems weak and lethargic. I’ve been crying all day long. I’m probably just exhausted and sleep-deprived from the hatch, but in...
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    Baby chick (1day old) seems lethargic, won’t drink -please help!

    I had a rough hatch, only 5 out of 11 made it. It’s only my second time incubating eggs. I have one chick who seems unsteady on its feet (although it can walk around), won’t come out from under the brooder plate, will eat a little if I put it in front of the feeder, but will not drink even...
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    What’s wrong with my rooster’s foot?

    I went to trim my rooster’s (4yr old BYM) spurs and noticed his toe looks really weird. I’ve never seen anything like this before. When I touched the tip of his toe, it was hard like a scab, and bled a little bit. He doesn’t seem like it’s bothering him though, he’s walking fine and acting...
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    Genetics question - light eyes in a fibro bird?

    I have a Hmong pullet who’s fibromelanistic, but she’s got these pale yellow eyes whil all her sisters have dark brown eyes. What’s the genetics behind this? I’m a total newbie when it comes to chicken genetics but I’m curious to learn. (When she was younger)
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    Lash egg?? Please help!

    I was examining and bandaging my pullet Muppet, I had noticed she had a droopy-looking wing and when I checked her out, I couldn’t feel any broken bones or swelling, but in case it was a sprain I bandaged her wing anyway. Almost certain it was caused by my teenage cockerel being too rough with...
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    Pullet with outstretched neck, weakness

    My 18-wk old Favaucana pullet is acting odd, she’s holding her neck outstretched and kind of droopy. She seems kinda weak and lethargic, although she still ran away and put up a struggle when I tried to catch her for a closer look. She can still walk and even run, and I saw her hold her neck...
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    Guesses on ~14wk old cockerel’s breed?

    I adopted a couple of young cockerels from a rooster sanctuary, one I’m pretty sure is some kind of Easter Egger/Olive Egger, but the other one I’m not sure of. He’s probably some kind of backyard mix, but on the off-chance that he’s a purebred or some kind of recognizable mix of breeds, I’m...
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    Why don’t my threads get answered?

    I’m new to forums in general, and autistic as heck so I often have trouble with social norms/etiquette although I always try to be polite. But I’ve posted twice on the forum for “What breed or gender is this” and gotten no responses while the posts above and below mine get plenty. Am I forum-ing...
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    12-week-old Hmong chicken - pullet or cockerel?

    I’ve been raising Hmongs for the first time this year - they’re amazing - but they’ve been very tricky to sex. I was convinced this one was a cockerel for a while, but at 12 weeks old no sign of sex feathers and comb and wattles are still pretty small. The breeder said they’re slow to develop...
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    7 wk old Favaucana - pullet or cockerel?

    I’m pretty sure this is a pullet, her brothers have much larger and redder combs. But those wattles and thick legs have me worrying! She’s a 7week old Favaucana.
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    Hmong chicks, 5 weeks - pullet or cockerel?

    Hello, this spring was my first time hatching chicks (aka not just buying sexed chicks) and for most of the babies I hatched I have a pretty good idea about whether they’re male or female, but I’m pretty stumped on my Hmong chicks. I’ve never raised Asian/Game-type breeds before so I’m not...
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    Disinfection question- Marek’s disease

    So, just a quick question, not an emergency or anything. I’m getting ready to hatch a clutch of eggs - not from my flock - and I wanted to make sure the brooder and the room it’s in are thoroughly disinfected before they hatch next weekend. I don’t actively suspect my flock is carrying Marek’s...
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