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    Cockerel?

    I think I already know the answer to this but am in denial because I was sure this was a pullet up to this point. This is a barnyard mix chicken. She hatched around mid-February, putting her at around 11 weeks. She was the one I was sure was a hen, smaller, docile, nothing gave her away until...
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    What do you think? Pullet or Cockerel?

    I got the bird from eggs we hatched in my classroom, barnyard mix. The bird is very docile, but its comb has started to look a tad pink. There are no siblings who resemble this bird, so it's hard to compare it with the others. It is about 2.5 weeks old. It is larger than the others, but the...
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    Egg issue

    I have 3 18-month-old hens. One of my hens is a Rhode Island White. She used to be a great layer but then her eggshells started getting soft, about 3 months ago. Now her eggshells are completely soft and squishy and she just leaves a mess in the box. I've been so busy I haven't had time to...
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    Age for culling question

    I have a 20 austrlorp cockerel that I have raised organically but have not been able to sell so I'm going to cull him. 20 weeks is a fine age for his breed, yes? Going to make croq au vin. He won't be too tough, right?
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    Is this 16 week old a rooster?

    I have a 16 week old Australorp who is growing some odd rooster-like tail feathers and I'm wondering if she might be a rooster? She was always a little ahead in size of the other Australorp chicks and she's definitely ahead in development in her comb and wattle, but sometimes that just happens...
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    Humidity question help please

    My harlequen duck eggs are on day 28. In my Brinsea mini, they were so big, they laid horizontal pretty much the whole time and now 4 of 7 have pipped on the wrong end. Because of this I have been assisting little by little. 5 waited until today (or middle of last night) to pip and have done...
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    Duck eggs pipping toward small end - help please

    I have a Brinsea Adsvanced Mini and used it, for the first time, to hatch duck eggs. The eggs were large, but not too large that they didn't turn. However, now on day 27, I have two pipped and both are near the small end. (Holderread says duck eggs should pip on day 26 and hatch day 28. I...
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    Thermometer question

    A lady let me barrow her hovabator with a circulating fan and automatic tray to hatch some duck eggs. She has a simple non mercury non digital thermometer hanging down from the top on the outside poking through. She said its worked for her for year and she eta great hatch rates. That...
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    Small eggs

    This is my first time raising speceled Sussex, but all I'm getting are small eggs from a breed who is supposed to lay large. They've been laying a month and the eggs weigh in at 1.55oz Isn't this unusual for breed and any chance the eggs will get larger down the line? My other breeds maybe...
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    Late laying

    Is it normal for some March born chicks to not lay the first year? Neither my Americana or Blue Wyandotte have laid a single egg and they are 40 weeks old. The other three have been laying since about 18 weeks. Is this late onset of laying a sign that they are defective layers?
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    Some pullets from March not yet laying -?

    I purchased 5 female chicks this past early March. My Delaware, RI Red, & Partridge Rock have been laying since August if not July. These three pullets seem about equally high on the pecking order. My Americana and Blue Wyandotte are equally low and have yet to lay a single egg. In my two...
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    Change in egg size - normal to small

    I have a 16 month old Buff Orpington hen who used to lay normal sized eggs until this past spring. Then she stopped for a month or two and then started laying very small eggs. Now she lays about two small eggs a week. What happened?
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    How old is too old?

    I have a 16 month old Buff Orpington hen who doesn't lay very well. Is she too old to eat? TIA
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    Puffy area along chicks neck???

    I have two four week old chicks (a Sussex & Americana) and a two week old Barred Rock. All seem to have very watery stool. They have regular cecal movements, but otherwise there is very little brown matter surrounded by clear water. The americana has a large puffy area along her neck that I'm...
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    Bloody droppings, but no lethargy?

    I have two 7 week old chicks who have had bloody stool since yesterday, but their behavior has not changed a bit. They also have completely normal and healthy looking droppings. Does this sound like parasites? They eat a lot of earthworms and slugs when I put them out during the day. How do...
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    Temperature for moving chicks outside

    I have two 6 week old chicks, an Ancona and an Orpington, who are mostly to completely feathered out. The day time highs where I live are about 59-64 and at nights it's in the low 40's. When can I put these two chickens into their coop? It will be just the two of them in their coop. TIA...
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