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    Wyandotte Experts - please advise! (pics inside) Splash or Blue Silver Laced??

    I have been told this is a Splash Wyandotte I have been told this is a Blue Silver Laced Wyandotte Can I get some more expert eyes on him to give me some clarity please? This is Heath, he is almost 11 weeks old Here he is a bit younger, but you can see his comb well - I think it's a Walnut...
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    Advice for 1 Drake/1 Hen -- questions inside

    Just wondering what to do. He is coming up on sexual maturity and we realize he probably needs some more girls. Should I buy ducklings? Do they integrate the same way chickens do? Should I try and find some adult hen ducks? That might be incredibly difficult. I didn't realize, it was...
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    We still thinking this boy is a Blue Wyandotte? Or maybe Splash?! Is that even a thing...

    He has some light splotches that look maybe splash and he's not very 'blue' looking... I'm just hmmm
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    Has everyone seen Chicken People - the documentary on Netflix?

    It came out in 2016 so I am thinking most everyone has seen it?! I just came across it a couple days ago and it was delightful and interesting to watch a doc about people who breed to the SOP - they are dedicated!!
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    What breed could this girl possibly be?

    So, yeah, TSC - I haven't posted about her yet because there was such a cockup that day. Out of the 6 chicks I bought, I don't think any of them were correct except the Light Brahma - and I was supposed to get 2, but she grabbed a Cinnamon Queen instead and I only got 1. Anyway -- out of that...
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    My girl Chocolate lays XL 70-78g eggs -- can I hatch some of her babies?

    I've been wanting to collect her eggs and hatch some of her babies - she's a lovely hen, friendly, charming, capable, hearty and a great layer - but she lays massive eggs! Been reading 50-65 is ideal size - and she regularly lays 70-78g eggs and they are not double yolk. Does anyone have any...
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    Is my Rooster Golden Duckwing? (but not the ideal/standard - a kinda messy one?)

    He seems kinda in between silver/gold because it's not a very warm golden -- but he is definitely duckwing! Or is it perhaps silver duckwing with some leakage?? 🤔 Is this a fairly common patterning?
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    all day Free Rangers; I have a question about chicks in your flocks! please advise...

    I am new to this and while my gut is telling me to just open the brooder pen, I would like some advice from anyone who has a similar set up to me and has done this already. This is my first foray into growing my established flock. I have 15 hens and 1 rooster. 1 year old. (they just...
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    Why do people believe that if you hold/handle chicks, they will become friendly hens? It's *hogwash* (controversial, I know :p)

    Is it just people being obsessed with intervention and handling? I've been hands off, completely 100% hands off every chicken in my care. They are so friendly. They run to me the second they see me. I can call them from anywhere on my property (they 100% free range) and they will come, and...
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    Color/Gene question for my Rooster please (image inside)

    I put this up for Gemini (Google's AI) to try and help but, ya know, I can't be trusting AI... Gemini said he was Splash. I came back and was like "but he isn't blue.." And Gemini said: While the classic understanding of Splash involves the blue dilution gene acting on black pigment...
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    Dry Hatch? Wet Hatch? Lockdown is tomorrow :O

    I have the Manna Pro, Keeping the humidity stable has been a bear, a pain in the royal arse, but it's never gone lower than 22 and never higher than 56 -- when it did climb to 56 that was because of the room more than any water in the bator. Lockdown is tomorrow -- I've been reading every...
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    Okay so I've finally been duped by Tractor Supply, guess it was coming LOL

    Please help me out; because I am 100% sure these are not as advertised lol "Bielefelder" (that I paid like $12 for!!) that is also a cross-beak >< Golden Laced Wyandotte: I am thinking Easter Egger?? Maybe I took a pic of the wrong one (I did get one easter egger in this batch) but yeah...
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    French Black Copper Maran experts; need your eyes! boys?

    I have 3 chicks I got from Greenfire Farms They are all ostensibly 5 weeks old, but perhaps a trifle older as when I got them they had a little feathering already. The most obvious boy is this one here; already getting his gorgeous hackles in: The other two - all the same age - are more...
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    what is going on here with this comb lol

    Okay so this is *supposed* to be a Sapphire Olive Egger from Hoover's Hatchery. But they aren't supposed to have pea combs... and this doesn't look like a proper pea comb, it looks a bit weird; it also looks like a cockerel and ofc it was a "premium pullet" but come to find out that Sapphire...
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    hen presented with bleeding bulge on top of leg - pics inside

    Yesterday afternoon I saw Toffee limping the SLIGHTEST bit. Yesterday evening while sitting out with them at bedtime she left bloody! footprints up to the hen house. After she went to roost my husband held her gently while I cleaned out the wound with saline. Had nothing else in the house -...
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    Thistlewick Smallholding - Chickens & Sheep (for now)

    I just decided to make a place to collect how I grow my smallholding with photos, stories and thoughtful woolgathering. Decided to grow our laying flock, to supply a local Farm Store and today is a great day to start cataloguing as we picked up six more pullets from TSC this morning. I...
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    What possible breeds are these Ducklings?

    Just wondering what these two adorable TSC little ones are; it's okay if it's too early to tell - but I'm thinking one is a Pekin -- with the lighter bill? Just making a guess -- can anyone tell me what to expect? Shall I just wait a few weeks for feathering to happen? Heckin heck I need...
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    Did y'all just add a ton of ads to the site?

    Wow, it sure is different. Spammy, flashing, across every corner and between every 3 posts. What the heck is going on? Ask for donations if the servers are too expensive to run. Don't do this. It smacks of 1995 and looks godawful.
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    Candled eggs after 7 days, oh boy! Need help please

    So I've got a broody girl - I gave her 3 eggs and kinda just left her alone for a week. Made sure she was eating and pooping but just letting her do her thing. I never ONCE saw her off the nest but I did find big ol broody poops so I knew she was getting off from time to time. Today I saw...
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    Why does every single retail coop seller lie about how many chickens their coops can hold?

    Why has NO ONE ANYWHERE done the due diligence of simply researching a TEENY TINY BIT and discovering the 10 square feet rule. Why has NO ONE gone beyond the '4 square feet' of *commercial broiler guidelines*???? I am pissed about this - just was browsing around this morning... I don't need a...
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