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    Standard (not Bantam) Blue Silkie Rooster?

    I bought eggs from a breeder. I know they had several very rare breeds, but I only wanted Ameracauna and BCM roosters. I ended up getting a mix of eggs and one turned out to be this rooster. He's standing behind an Orpington and in front of a CL for scale. He's a nice roo, but very people shy! I...
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    Want to buy roosters

    I would like to buy a couple of roosters but I'm not sure where/how to find them. I would like to have an Ameracuana or Cream Legbar rooster as well as a Welsummer or BCM rooster. I have a confined coop, so the mellower and younger the better to get them to socialize with people and each other...
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    Others attacking broody hen

    My BO finally went broody this week. I poured over every thread pertaining to cold weather brooding and decided to take the chance since I really want chicks and don't know for certain if any of the other hens will go broody. She, the broody is doing fine except that she doesn't want to get off...
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    5 Pullets quit laying

    5 of my 9-month-old pullets quit laying back in October. They don't seem to be molting - no bare spots and not an unusual number of feathers in coop. They are 2 Ameraucanas, 2 Barred Rocks and 1 Gold Laced Wyandottes. I have 4 others that are the same age that are laying just fine. Also, I have...
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    Late night bickering - roosting positions

    Every night the chickens rearrange, bicker and peck for at least an hour trying to decide where to roost. It ends up different every night. Is this normal? There is more than enough roosting space, they just fight over who is next to whom. Several of the pullets have recently come into lay and 5...
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    Barred Rock going broody or just lazy?

    I have a BR hen who is wanting to spend all day in a nest box. It is the box she usually lays in. She doesn't seem to be moody, I haven't seen any feathers missing on her chest and she does go up to roost at night. It doesn't seem broody, but just this week she started spending all day in her...
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    Is all Barred Rock barring black?

    Please help quick! We are culling roosters day after tomorrow and I need to choose. My BR roo is amazing. As far as I can tell, he is near perfect in caring for his flock and being gentle and even the young pullets want to be near him. I'd love to keep him, but I don't want all offspring to be...
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    Black Copper Marans vs Black Sex link pullets

    At 10 weeks how do I tell a BCM from a BSL pullet? I have many black pullets with red streaks showing in their chest and or neck. I know the people I got the eggs from had a diverse mix of hens including lots of BCM and BR hens with a non-barred roo. Having both is likely. I would probably keep...
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    Please help identify

    I might be asking the impossible. We got 22 eggs to incubate from a farmer friend. 15 hatched on June 19th at the time of this posting. He has many different kinds of chickens and says he doesn't know what most of them are. I did see several Barred Rock, Marans and Jersey Giant hens (because I...
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    Light in coop, dark outside

    My coop is dark due to few windows and the roof over the enclosed run. Because of this I like to have a light on in the coop. Come winter, I'm not sure I want to give them 14 hours of light but I do think I'd like to give them more than what they'll get naturally. They have free access to go in...
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    Egg color question

    I have a Barred Rock Roo and 2 Ameracauna hens. The hens lay exactly the same color blue eggs. I know chickens from this match up would produce barred Easter Eggers. My question is would all of the eggs produced by said Eater Eggers (2nd generation) be the same color? Put another way, If the BR...
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    New problem. Pullet wants to keep her egg

    I just went out to see if I have more eggs and I found my GLW under the table in a little nest she made for herself not wanting to give up her egg. She is still laying pullet eggs. If fact I thought this was her 3rd egg ever. Two days ago, I was cleaning the coop and this Wyandotte, Daisy Mae...
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    Very mixed flock. Good or bad?

    I am completely new to chicken-ing. I wanted to have a diverse flock that would be interesting/pretty to look at since I have a yard, not a field to raise them in. I have 4 Barred Rock (including 1 roo), 2 Gold laced Wyandotte, 2 Buff Ameracauna, 1 black Marans, and 2 ISA Browns. 21-22 weeks...
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    Yet another combine young flocks question

    I know integrations questions have been answered repeatedly. I have read everything I could find and am not sure if my situation is an exception or not. Also, I apologize in advance if this isn't in the right place. I'm new and trying to figure it out. I have 11 chickens that are 21 weeks old...
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