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    Gamefowl Experts, can you help me with identification? PIC heavy.

    Any ideas on identifying what breed of gamefowl I have here? Her comb looks like a rose comb. She's affectionate. Small in size. She's about 7 weeks old now and taking forever to feather out. And here she was at 2.5 weeks. Her comb looked more pea-like here, but it has since grown...
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    Mystery bantam chicken - MORE PICS.

    I was given a baby chick by someone who could not care for it, and I'm wondering what kind of chicken it could be. She/he appears to have a pea comb. In this picture, she/he is about 2.5 weeks old. She is feathering super slow, and her wings are short (??), unlike the standard size chickens...
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    Silver Laced Wyandotte - Pullet or Roo? -- June 13th- 8 WEEKS OLD- new photos

    Silver Laced Wyandotte - Hatchery - 5.5 weeks old. This is my first SLW, and her tail feathers look so BIG compared to my other breeds. Any thoughts on whether she/he is pullet or roo? Thank you! UPDATED PICTURE FROM 5-29-12 UPDATED PICTURE - JUNE 13, 2012 - 8 WEEKS OLD. JUNE 13...
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    Raccoon and Rats question

    Last night when going out to check to see if my broody got off the nest yet, I discovered some of my girls were roosting in their run. Odd, but I decided to just leave them. The ones who were in the coop (which is inside a shed) decided to get up for the day and head out to the run as well...
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    I interrupted a layer -- question

    I accidentally interrupted one of my laying hens when she was in the box about to lay. She got off the nest and joined the others for a treat without laying the egg, and when I just went to check a few hours later, there's still no egg. Is this unusual? This happened once before with...
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    Hen just started to lay -- feel funny eating the eggs.

    I'm new to chicken-keeping, and one of my hens just started to lay. When I cooked the first egg, I had all sorts of "feelings" when I was eating it: Where it came from, Who it came from, What they ate prior to producing the egg, etc. I even felt guilty!! This is ridiculous. My grandparents...
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    Close to laying?

    Ophelia had a growth spurt. She's 15 weeks old and her comb and wattles turned big and red over the past week. She's a golden comet. I have another pullet from the same hatch and she isn't nearly as "grown-up" looking. I also have three pullets of different breeds that are a week older, and...
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    Rats

    I just went to lock up the chickens and i saw a RAT. It's not the first time we've had rats around, but it's the first time I've had chickens AND rats. Made a call to the exterminator. Hopefully he can get over here and start on this issue tomorrow. They are smallish roof rats and I didn't...
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    My barred rock honks like a goose.

    I have a barred rock about 3 months old who is LOUD. I"m pretty sure she only does it when I go out there, and her honking seems directed at me. She's a lovely chicken and very mild mannered, but she has this honking thing that I'm starting to wonder whether it's normal. When I sit down, she...
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    Unusual bedtime behavior

    Three nights ago, I decided to leave the chicks (about 8 weeks old) to find their way up the ramp and into bed by themselves. They've been outside about 2 weeks. I was getting frustrated with always having to wrangle them in. The good news is that they found their way in! Such smart birds...
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