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  1. ella2025

    If you're scared of free ranging chickens, GO FOR IT!

    Hi peeps! I suck at writing, and don't know how to start, but here's my free ranging "story". I got my first chicks from April 2 onwards. I now have some 21 week olds, some 19, some 10 week olds. Ive always been really afraid of losing my chickens to predators because I do have a lot of hawks...
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    Chicks a lot smaller than usual?

    Here are : red, a rir and the smallest of the group. Her featering has always been extremely slow for some reason. Even at 9 weeks and 3 days she still looks like she should be 5 weeks old. Still barely any tail and patchy looking. Olive, an olive egger labeled as a black sex link. Amber, an...
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    19 week old Cockerel sudden death

    I just found Carlos, my 19 week old silkie rooster lying dead in the middle of the chicken run. I was in the chicken coop hanging out with the chickens just hours before, at around 3. He was ALWAYS healthy and active, with no signs of any of the common chicken Illnesses, even hours before his...
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    Tiny white bugs crawling on chick

    I noticed these white bugs on my 7-8week olds a few days ago. There were very few of them and they were barely noticeable. I went to TSC and bought some diatomaceous earth and Manna Pro Poultry Protector. I used it twice or 3 time dove the course of 5 days and the "mites" seemed to dissapear for...
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    First egg!

    Finally, we got our FIRST. EVER. EGG (s)! Today I came into my chicken coop to find 2 pullet eggs next to the fake egg I put a few days ago! Of course, the chicken just HAD to lay the first egg on the ONE day I didn't check for an egg, which was yesterday. I never heard an egg song, how dare...
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    Rooster ear bleeding and flesh exposed

    Hi all, This is Fernando. The past week in his life has been rough. We introduced a new rooster, who is very sweet and all, but Fernando, as the former top rooster, needs to keep his place in the pecking order. They've been fighting quite a lot and Fernando doesn't accept defeat. 2 days ago I...
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    How old is this Cockerel?

    I'm not sure where to put this thread so I'll just post it in my favorite section. Here is my new rooster. No name yet. He is a splash Ameraucana (or at least I and a few other users think so). I got him from a guy looking to rehome last week. The guy told me that he started crowing about 2-3...
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    Is my 4 month old rooster a purebred Ameraucana?

    I saw this rooster for rehoming on Facebook yesterday. I ended up contacting the guy and just came back with the rooster an hour ago. Attached below some pictures of him. (Edit photos won't work, see the slideshow below. If you see this later, the photos might be posted on here but for now the...
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    Cocci?

    I found this poop in my chicken run. I immediately started searching around for more, but I could only find this one. I don't know which chicken made this poop. They all look very healthy and are very active. I have 4 6 week olds, 7 17 weeks olds and 4 15 week olds.
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    Black sex link with pea comb?

    I got 4 chicks at tractor supply last week. They are 2 weeks old now. Of the 4, 2 are black sex link pullets. Now both of them look dramatically different. One seems to have a pea comb? Or some kind of comb that isn't a single comb. She also has chubbier cheeks (doesn't look like muffs or...
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    Amberlink labeled as pullet - 2 week

    Hi! I got this amberlink chickie last Monday at Tractor supply. She looked to be already 5-7 days old. She is a little more than 2 weeks old currently, but her wattles are worrying me. Aren't amberlinks sex linked so the hatchery can easily tell the gender from the wings? Her wattles are a...
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    Is this coccidiosis? POOP PICTURE WARNING

    My week old chicks look completely healthy and are doing great so far! All four are growing extremely fast and super active! However I noticed a few red droppings in their brooder and outside of it (they recently learnt how to jump out). It's a normal poop, not foamy or liquid, with some red in...
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    I think my Orpington is sneezing

    Here is a photo of my buff Orpington chicken. She is 12 weeks old. Lately I've heard and seen her sneezing. At first it was maybe once every 2-5 minutes, but then today I saw her sneezing like 5 times in one minute. Physically she looks ok, very healthy feathers, comb, etc, and her diet is...
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    New RIR chick - hen or roo!

    Today I went to tractor supply to buy some more feed and pine shavings for my 12 week olds and 10 weeks olds. I was surprised to find some chicks there!!! There were black sex links, bantams, Amber links and rir. Naturally because chicken math, I grabbed 4 of them, 2 Bsl, 1 amberlink and this...
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    Why is my chicken scratching me so hard?

    I have a speckled Sussex pullet who's about 9 weeks old. Sadly her and her flock's run is still in construction, so all 11 of them live in a large dog crate and spend all day every day outside in the cage when weather permits. When they are inside, aka when weather is bad or the night, I like...
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    Light brahma 9 weeks old - hen or roo?

    Alright guys. Im pretty sure I posted about Aries the light Brahma like 3 times already, but now that she's a little older, id like some more opinions! I got very mixed answers when I last posted her about 2-3 weeks ago. No crowing (yet? I know brahmas start crowing very late). In these photos...
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    6 week old Easter egger, hen or roo + other questions

    Here's Peppa, my beloved Easter egger pullet. I suspect she might be a cockerel because she has a pretty red face and combs/wattles. The weird thing is that sometimes, the comb and wattles look bright red, sometimes orange, sometimes completely yellow. Also, her comb and wattles are very small...
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    Hen or roo? Light brahma 6 weeks old

    I'm reposting this thread because the previous thread I posted had some issues and I didn't get any answers. Anyway this is my light brahma, who I think might be a roo. She has wattles and a pink comb, and has had very thick legs ever since I got her at a day old. I heard that her breed...
  19. ella2025

    My brahmas lookin' a little sus

    Hello there! This is my light brahma pullet. It's almost exactly 7 weeks from her hatch date now. I've been skeptical because she has pink/red wattles and is MASSIVE, like 4 times the size and weight of my silkies and 3 times the Easter eggers. She's also a ton heavier than my other heavy...
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    Almost 6 weeks old barred rock, roo or hen?

    This is my barred rock chick. She is currently almost 6 weeks old. Here's a picture of her. I think she might be a he because she has very visible wattles and a red comb. However her comb isn't nearly as big as a cockerel's should be. The first pic is at almost 6 weeks, and the last one is at 5...
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