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    Help! Chicken too cold, not responding

    Hello! We got our first real snow today (northern Utah) and we went to go check on our chickens. All of them were fine in the coop, save one--one of the gold sex link hens. She was wobbling around with her eyes closed. She's in the house now. She's alive and breathing, but not responding...
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    Help! My runner keeps tripping!

    Probably about 40-50% of the grain mixture is wheat. It is definitely not moldy--we use human food-grade organic stuff that we eat ourselves, and we mix it in small batches. Yes, we are a bit weird, but we really, REALLY love our ducks! No, it's not just the picture. "Mittens" is smaller...
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    Help! My runner keeps tripping!

    Here's another. I'm not sure if the problem duck is in this picture. I hope it helps, though.
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    Help! My runner keeps tripping!

    Okay. Here's a picture from a couple weeks ago. The one that keeps tripping is the one on the left that is lying down.
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    Help! My runner keeps tripping!

    Sorry about that; I should have thought of some of these things! Let's see... We got them in mid-March from a feed store. These are our first ducks that we've had, I think they were a week old when we got them. They are about 3 months old now. They're being fed grain; a mixture of mostly...
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    Help! My runner keeps tripping!

    Okay, first of all, I thought I had purchased all pekins, but three of them are, apparently, fawn and white runners. Here's the real problem, though. One of the runners keeps tripping over himself, can't seem to pick himself up for a few moments, and then will get up and run with the others...
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    Duckling Died--PURPLE BILL--Can anyone help me figure out why?

    PH1997: It's been purple since we got her (about 4 weeks ago). She's kept in a secure place with the other ducks...snake bite is pretty much impossible. toadbriar: I was thinking along the same lines. Her feet and toes weren't purple, but they weren't the "right" color, either (the other...
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    Duckling Died--PURPLE BILL--Can anyone help me figure out why?

    Thank you anyway. Does anyone know where I could start to try and figure out what happened here? Any help is appreciated.
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    Duckling Died--PURPLE BILL--Can anyone help me figure out why?

    We have had six pekin ducks for a few weeks now. All six seemed to be fine--excepting the one. S/he acted fine all the time, but her beak has always been a dark purple color. This morning, she started acting strangely--walking off-balance, falling over, et c. Within ten minutes, she started...
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    What sex are my easter eggers?

    Sorry it took so long to respond! Speedy did end up being the only pullet...and she didn't start laying eggs until March 29...at 29 weeks old. Is that normal? Her eggs are great. REALLY strong shell and the yolk is very orange. We're raising 12 more chicks right now and hoping for better...
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    What sex are my easter eggers?

    Well, we haven't heard a single crow, but I know that can vary. We're planning on definitely giving away Dragon and Adriana--we might keep the others hoping for the best. We'll see. Thanks for all your help!
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    What sex are my easter eggers?

    Thanks guys. So, there's really no hope for the others? Should we go ahead and sell everyone but Speedy? Should I sell them for $5 or just give them away, or perhaps sell them for more? What do you all think? We're really new to chickens. Thanks again for any help.
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    What sex are my easter eggers?

    Hello. I posted ages ago, and now our chicks are 19 weeks old. We want to figure out what sex they all are. They are fed all organic feed and they free range in the yard a lot. Okay, so here they all are: Spaghetti: One Two Three Four Five Falcon: One Two Three...
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    Please help me sex my Easter Eggers.

    Thanks--I didn't realize that about the neck coloring. I'll have to post more pictures in a few weeks.
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    Please help me sex my Easter Eggers.

    Thank you!
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    Please help me sex my Easter Eggers.

    Okay, so Dragon is definitely a roo...and should I tell my sister that Adriana's name should perhaps be Adrian? The person we purchased them from said we could bring back any roosters if we wished. As far as the rest of them, should I wait a few more weeks to be sure of their sexes? Thanks...
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    Please help me sex my Easter Eggers.

    Okay, here are some more pictures of the lot of them: Spaghetti: Adriana: Falcon: Speedy: Junior: Dragon: ...and here's a picture of Dragon's backside (the feathers are a pretty bluish hue in the sunlight--probably means Dragon's a roo?): Thanks...
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    Please help me sex my Easter Eggers.

    How do you tell? Is it just the color of the developing comb? Thanks for letting me know, by the way. Is there any hope at all that they might turn out to be hens? We can't keep any roosters. And I have to say, Dragon is my favorite. edited--I'm going to go get some more pictures right...
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    Please help me sex my Easter Eggers.

    I'm very new to the world of chickens. My family and I inherited a few Rhode Island Reds and decided to try our hand with a few Easter Eggers. I'm the oldest of 10 kids, I'm an animal science major, and I don't the first thing about sexing a chicken. We were told that we'd be able to sex...
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