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Yeah....and it just occured to me when reading about the Appenzeller Spitzhauben, these chicks are rather large. I know it's hard to guess at this stage, but it is fun to speculate :)

Ohh...yes! I think you are right. The chick pics look spot on. I hadn't looked into that breed.

@PollitolovesPio Thank you for the information. Sadly, I lost my Gerti on January 31st. I elected to not put her under anesthesia for an endoscopy because of the risk. We did an ultrasound with her awake and they were very certain it was hepatic lipidosis (fatty liver) but not too far along so...

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Hey guys! So our friend ordered a few ducklings for his ornamental pond and the box arrives containing two CHICKS! He contacted us to see if we'd take them and we said yes. He was thinking that the small hatchery he ordered from threw them in as a "bonus" - insane and irresponsible!- I asked...

Thank you both for the feedback. I do not believe that internal laying is an issue. She was laying well until molt this autumn and does not have any signs of fluid retention/distended belly. She is quite thin, so I feel like this would be fairly obvious. Thanks for the recommended video- I...

Hi everyone! Heads up--- Completely impractical chicken keeper here ;) It has been ages since I have been on BYC. I practically lived here when I first started keeping hens. So, I have a situation with my favorite girl. Her name is Gerti, and she has a beak deformity. She is a little over...

Thank you both. She was worth the effort.

So sorry for your loss. I just loss a 9 year old welsummer this morning. I have 2 other 9 year old hens who are healthy and still laying....1 EE and one Salmon Fav. They are part of my origional flock of 5. I lost 2 of them at 5 years of age (we had sudden 105 degree weather- i think it was...

Sadly, Emma just passed. I heard flapping coming from the bathroom and I went in and she was seizing in her hospital crate. I don't have it in me to do a necropsy on her...but I wish I knew what all of her different issues were. Poor, sweet girl. I really thought we were making forward...

Hello everyone, It has been so long since I have visited this forum. I thought it might be helpful to get some second opinions on a very sick hen that I have been treating. You guys might have a suggestion that I have not thought of. This is going to be a long post, but I thought it best to...

Harry is a five and a half month old Easter Egger Rooster. He is vaccinated for Marek's disease and is a good man to the ladies in his flock. We had ordered sexed chicks and Harry was one of those "oops" situations. When we discovered that we had a rooster on our hands, we thought we'd give him...

Glad you found the info here helpful! I agree, Peter Brown in awesome. The last time I spoke to him, he had been in a pretty bad car accident and was having a hard time. I hope he has gotten better- I had a chick this go round with a hernia, had called him to ask his opinion, and never got a...

Hey, Sorry for the super late response. We went out of town for the last half of the week. I emailed MPC about Ruth and Gertrude (my little cross beaked chick). Haven't heard back from them yet, but I do wonder if something is going on with one of their hatcheries. There was another girl on...

Good Morning. Have you heard anything from MPC yet? I think I'm going to send them an email and let them know about Ruth, and I have another chick from this order that is severely cross beaked. I wonder if something is going on with one of the hatcheries they order from? I've been thinking...