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  1. Murs

    10 weeks old, I think I have a roo

    I have four RIR that are 10 weeks and one adult. It's going to be hard to tell them apart until I get to know their personalities. But the black feathers will help.
  2. Murs

    10 weeks old, I think I have a roo

    Yay! Thanks everyone! I finally have all hens. Oh boy that's a lot of eggs when they all start laying. :D My first attemp, I had four eggs. All four hatched. One chick was killed right away by another hen. Two of them turned out to be roosters that I got rid of. 2nd time I got six eggs. Only...
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    10 weeks old, I think I have a roo

    Instead of getting eggs when my hen went broody, I bought day old chicks. The feed store said they were 95% certain the chicks were female. (How can they make that claim at that age?). I put them under my broody and she has been a wonderful mom. (By the way, I would never have attempted this...
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    6 weeks old . Is it too early to tell???

    Thank you!! I'm really happy to hear the consensus on it being a pullet. I had 6 eggs and only one hatched so if this was a roo I would be very dissapointed.
  5. Murs

    6 weeks old . Is it too early to tell???

    Any idea what breed? Is it a hen or a rooster? The person I got the eggs from is thinking maybe australorp or langsham but she's not certain .
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    Question about giving a broody baby chicks

    Thank you. I will look for that book. I agree that Spring would have been much better. I was surprised when Daisy went broody. I had just lost her only companion a few days before and was planning to buy another hen. But when she went broody I decided to get eggs instead. I'm glad at least one...
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    Question about giving a broody baby chicks

    It's so disappointing, isn't it? I'm sorry about your eggs. I had another broody, my current broody's mamma, that I gave 4 eggs to and all 4 hatched. That was my first time hatching. One chick was killed by another hen right away. I separated them after that. The other three survived but two...
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    Question about giving a broody baby chicks

    Thats what I was thinking. But I wanted the opinion of more experienced chicken owners so I came here. I was bummed that out of 6 eggs I only ended up with one chick. We had a heatwave and temps went over 100 so I'm not sure if that's what affected it. The lady I got my eggs from says her...
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    Question about giving a broody baby chicks

    Well, maybe I'll just wait until she goes broody again. At least she got one chick and she is no longer alone. I don't have a set up for chicks if she was to reject them.
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    Question about giving a broody baby chicks

    Hi all, I had a disappointing hatch. I was down to one hen and she went broody. Perfect! I got six fertilized eggs and she did a great job sitting. During that time she kicked out two eggs and ate them. That left me with four. On day 21 one egg hatched. Cutest little guy. I waited and waited...
  11. Murs

    Are they both roos?

    Dang it! That means I have two Roos and two hens. That's not going to work well.
  12. Murs

    Are they both roos?

    Ok here we go. Pictures!
  13. Murs

    Are they both roos?

    Yes there is but having a hard time with my phone. Will have to try it from my iPad.
  14. Murs

    Are they both roos?

    I know for sure the bigger one is. The crowing helped. :-D But I wasn't sure about the smaller one. I'm starting to think it is a roo because he and the larger one sometimes go at it. But he hasn't crowed. What do you guys think?
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    Bawling right now. Only you guys would understand ...

    I'm so sorry. I lost one of the baby chicks the day it was born. My other chicken attacked it. I have also lost three other chickens, two of them I believe were caught by raccoons. They were inside but raccoons are crafty. The other chicken, well, it just died. No idea why. The ones lost to...
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    Bawling right now. Only you guys would understand ...

    I guess we all have our losses. :(
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    Bawling right now. Only you guys would understand ...

    Ironically, we had a thunderstorm this morning with rain and hail. When the rain stopped I let them out figuring they could get some nice worms. And they did! I watched them for a little while then went in to shower. Yep, they must be hungry getting that brazen in the middle of the day.
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    Bawling right now. Only you guys would understand ...

    Oh no! I'm sorry for you too! This was my first broody that hatched eggs and I didn't realize how attached I got just by watching her raise the little ones. She was such a good mom.
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    Bawling right now. Only you guys would understand ...

    It happened. I had my girls out free ranging and went inside to shower. I was in the bathroom, heard one of my girls making a fuss. And saw the coyote coming into my yard. I grabbed my air rifle and ran outside. It had my Buff in its mouth. I screamed and the coyote dropped her. I got one shot...
  20. Murs

    My three chicks - I think I have a roo??

    One more pic taken today. They are 6 weeks old today. This is Joey and Poppy, Joey is the smaller one.
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