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    I culled my first cockerel, now what?

    I culled my first cockerel Saturday evening (with help) and the meat has been resting in the fridge. I have a jar of chicken gravy in the pantry, a roasting pan and an oven. I'm thinking about thinning a bit a of the gravy to inject into the meat and using the rest to marinate it in overnight...
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    Mystery 'red laced' Bantam

    This chick will be 14 weeks on Tuesday. I got her with a batch of SR Assorted Bantams from TSC. I can not for the life of me find a bantam on Hoover's site that looks anything like her.
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    2 chicks with wing joint abscesses on both wings

    This is one of my 4 week old chicks. Out of 9 this chick and one other one developed a bare patch of skin at the wing joint. Initially I wasn't concerned because they're all at the raggedy looking stage. A few days after I noticed the bare spots scabbed over, but the chicks seemed fine; the...
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    Breeding Question: Interesting Turn of Events

    After a bit of discussion a friend and I have decided we'll be swapping around a few of our chickens. He was supposed to get an all pullet flock of Black Jersey Giants for their eggs, but one turned out to be a cockerel. He has a total of 4, one cockerel and 3 pullets, but he can't have a...
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    Callous/Scab on wing joints young chicks

    I noticed a couple bare patches on the wing joint of two of my incubator chicks, currently in a pen in the run. I wasn't concerned initially since they are at the ragged age (lol) but now I'm seeing scabs or calluses. It doesn't seem to hurt or bother the chicks, just look unsightly, and they...
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    Easter Egger Gender Check

    This is Hedwig an Easter Egger chick that just turned 9 weeks old yesterday. When I first saw the red coming in on the wings I was thinking she might be a cockerel. Now that I see red coming in on her face and neck I'm leaning more pullet. Her comb and wattles aren't giving me cockerel vibes...
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    9 week old Game Bantams

    Getting good pictures of these two chicks is like trying to capture a lightning strike in slow motion; possible, but not with my equipment (cellphone), lol. I got these two in a SR batch of assorted bantams at TSC. They are currently 9 weeks old. I know one is a male, that's been obvious since...
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    Blue Jersey Giant 8 Weeks Old, Gender?

    This is my 8 week Blue Jersey Giant. If I remember correctly they are slow to mature, so the red, but still small wattles has me leaning male. The comb isn't red though so I'm wondering what others think.
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    Pullet nasty to chicks

    I have a batch of 26 chicks I've been trying to integrate for over a month, they are now 7 and 8 week olds. After the first two weeks most of the flock has left the chicks alone unless they stuck their heads in the same pile of feed or treats. I'm using the same method that I used the last time...
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    Barring gene in Cuckoo Marans?

    I'm planning for next spring and I have a question about barred chickens to get sex-links or auto sexing chicks. I'm planning to get Marans for their dark colored eggs. As I was looking at different breeds of Marans I saw Cuckoo Marans and French Cuckoo Marans. I'm wondering they have the same...
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    Tired of feeding freeloaders

    I'm not talking about the chickens. So far I've tried three different types of feeders: There was the very basic ports cut into the bucket feeder . . . which I quickly realized was feeding mice more than it was my chickens. I still use this when I have chicks that are too small to operate the...
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    Redinator's First Hatch-Along w Bonus Broody: And Everything Thereafter

    I just set a total 34 eggs in my incubator: This is only my second hatch and I using a new incubator, so wish me luck. The eggs I set include: 13 Ayam Cemani I got from a local seller 9 eggs from Sweety the brown barnyard mix pullet and 12 eggs from Pot the black barnyard mix pullet: The...
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    Two dead chicks in brooder pen

    I have a batch of 29 (now 27) chicks in a brooder pen in the run. I'm planning to integrate soon. The chicks are 3 and 4 week olds. So far the chicks have only had chick starter crumbles and the occasional water w electrolytes or probiotics added in as needed. Yesterday I noticed one chick...
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    Why are grey chickens called every other color but grey?

    Blue, Self Blue, Lavender . . . .I'm sure I'm missing some (probably several), but these are the most common ones I've seen. Were the people that decided what color 'grey' chickens would be called colorblind? I have yet to see an actual blue or lavender (light shade of purple) chicken. Is...
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    Obsessive eye poking

    4 week old chick still eye poking. I have 29 chicks in the brooder. They are 3 and 4 week olds, some bantams and standards. I planned to move them outside today, but it's storming like crazy so I couldn't set up their chick pen. All the other chicks have stopped the obsessive eye poking after...
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    How to clean a frizzled chick with feathered feet

    I recently got a batch of bantam chicks. 4 of the 9 are frizzled with feathered feet down to the toes. I know how to clean the toes of a chick without feathers, but the feathered toes are new to me. I noticed two of the frizzled chicks are walking a bit odd. I checked them over and it seems the...
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    Cockerels crowing once eggs are laid

    I think I might have unintentionally trained my cockerels to let me know when eggs are laid. Once I started getting an egg a day I started tossing treats out the back/kitchen door after collecting the egg (now eggs). I thought of it as a thank you, or peace offering (lol). Now one or both...
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    Lap nap time

    Ever have this 'problem'? Apparently my lap is the best place for a good nap. :love
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    All inclusive housing for bantams

    I snagged a batch (7) of straight run assorted bantams at Tractor Supply. We have small hawks that I've seen snatch squirrels out of trees. I typically don't let standard sized chicks free range unsupervised until they're about 6-8 weeks old. I'm thinking I may need to keep the bantams in an...
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    Chicken math is contagious

    My local Tractor Supply stopped stocking chicks a few weeks ago, so I asked a friend to check his Tractor Supply (2.5 hours away from me) for bantams. This friend has other birds (geese, turkeys, ducks) but not chickens, so I thought he'd be immune to chicken math . . . boy was I wrong! He fell...
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