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Can anyone give me some ideas of what this chicken might be? He/She is a rare breed assortment from Meyer Hatchery. I ordered females but I have a feeling this one is not a female. I had thought it was a Jubilee orpington but had a Jubilee breeder tell me she has never seen one with this much...

Hi, I have a chick from Meyer hatchery. She is 3 weeks old and I picked her up shortly after hatch. She lives on pine shavings with the other chicks. I believe she is a Sumatra. She is very small, much smaller than the Welsummers the same age and about the size of the Hamburg chick. Today I...

Can anyone give me some ideas of what these gals might be or is it way too early to start trying? 1 and 3 are rare breed assortments from Meyer Hatchery. 2 is from Meyer's bargain bin in the store. The rare breed assortment includes many types including: "others as they are added to our...

I had a 10 month old Dominique hen die. I did a necropsy but am not sure what was wrong. She did not look right and I think it was some kind of tumor. We feed GMO free feed and the hens free range all day. Here are her last few weeks in a nutshell: Beginning March: Lethargic, sleeping a lot...

We purchased three 2 week old Dominique chicks. They were perfectly happy and healthy. About a week ago at age 6 weeks we took them outside for the daytime so they could play. They have been out daily since then. Outside we have 7 RIR/Delaware cross hens that are 1 year old. They also are...

Florence, huddles like this or lower to the ground. Tail drooping, looks uncomfortable. Did eat when food was offered. This is one of our less friendly hens and she has definitely had the spunk taken out of her! She is walking slow and looking sad when she bothers to walk. This just began...

First time chicken owner. Got our new chicks yesterday. They are 8 Golden Comets between 2 days and 1 week old. So far we are figuring it out. I am sometimes finding it hard to find answers to specific questions on here because there is such a vast amount of information! I'll keep digging...