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    Is this a recessive white?

    So here's a chick I hatched from my flock, I've gotten quite a few that have started to feather I'm white like this but this one is the only one I kept back and plan to grow out. She (or he for that matter) is feathering I totally white. From the down there's a faint light grey chipmunk type...
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    Antibiotic dosage for day old to 2 week old chicks?

    So my broody hen gave my day old to 2 week old chicks respiratory infections and most of them have it. How would I go about treating them for it since they're too small for injections?
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    Help! Is this a malposition or just a wierd looking pip?

    So I did a hatch of chicken eggs and all them hatched but two. It's not quite like the internal pip that I normally see but I don't want to lose this baby either. It's the only bantam cochin that made it to lock down 😭
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    Hatched from my flock.. who are its parents?

    I know at least part Easter eggers because of the cheeks. I'm thinking momma was the Easter egger because my EE roo has always thrown pea combs, never a single. Roosters: -blue based Easter egger - chocolate/ chocolate cuckoo orpington with recessive white. Hens: -Easter egger -white leghorn...
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    What will these chicks look like when grown?

    Okay so these hatched from my eggs. I'm trying to figure out what they are mixed with since I know none will be pure. Picture 1,3 and 4 have single combs. Rest have peas. Chick 2 has NO muffs and came from a tan egg. Eggs I set include: isa brown, bantam EE, sebright, bantam cochin, tan eggs...
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    Silkie/bantam cochin mixes

    So I had 2 silkie roosters and either one or both fathered these chicks and I would like to know if there's something I should look for in terms of determining which they belong to.
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    Trying to breed some cool looking birds

    So what would the cross of these two look like?
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    silver laced and calico cochin mix gentics

    What would a Silver laced cock over a calico pullet look like? I just stuck some eggs under my broody and was curious what the outcome would be. Here's some photos of the two.
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    Non-bearded silkies 4 months old.

    I just got 2 beautiful white silkies and I was told that they are both girls and I want to know if she was right? Can't you sex Non-bearded earlier than bearded? Lady said they hatched around June 17th
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    Illinois mareks disease testing

    So I have a gut feeling I'm dealing with mareks in my flock and I want to have a blood test done and how would I go about trying to figure out how to test a live bird and how much would it be?
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    Silkie sexing-- basically 5 months old.

    So I have this silkie and I don't know if it's a rooster or not but it's basically 5 months old and am hoping I have a female.
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    NECROPSY--what happened

    I had a like 6 week old chick pass away so I decided to do a necropsy, can anyone help with figuring out what happened? All the organs looked healthy except the lungs. They look spotted kind of.
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    6-7 month old silkie

    I have a 6-7 month old silkie and I have no idea if they are a boy or a girl. Don't look like a girl bit also don't look like any of my roosters. All the others of their hatch have started crowing. No comb or wattle development like the others the same age.
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    Hen or roo 3 month old Olive egger

    I suck at telling with the solid colored chickens but here's a black and Gold Olive egger I have and was wondering what you guys think? Are they a pullet or a cockerel? I'll take better shots of the feathers when I catch him/her
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    Black sex link?

    So I had a rooster and he had 1 copy of barring so he definitely was some type of mix. Wondering if he would be considered more of a black sexlink? Or just a barnyard mix. If he's a BSL I want more of them (the roosters anyways not too sure on the hens) he does also appear to be smaller than...
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    What would the genetics for my flock be?

    So, my rooster, Mitchell just passed away and he has a single copy of barring. I have a couple questions about the colorations of the chicks that would be his potentially. I have a sapphire gem which is a mix of a barred rock hen and a blue andalusian rooster. So the offspring of MistyxMitchell...
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    Rooster is sick!!!

    my rooster has white spots in his mouth along with gasping/wheezing and sneezing. His comb definitely is shrunken and his behavior has changed since during outside time he isn't eager to get at the coop like he used to but isn't lethargic either. He also lost his voice and crow. What can I do...
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    Rooster with respiratory complications

    In June I got a new rooster and hes had these complications for a few weeks and hes still not better even with tylan 50. I swabbed his throat and no worms came out either. Weezing, sneezing, coughing, no bubbly eyes, lost voice, not crowing. Figured I'd ask here, though if he doesn't get better...
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    Sexing sebrights

    So from my understanding you can sex sebrights pretty early. So would this be a trio? 1 cockerel 2 pullets? Or do I need to wait like 2 more weeks?
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    What breed is this TSC chick?

    So I have this little guy (or girl) looks similar yet different to my d'uccles and my cochins. Wing Feather colors look different than my d'uccles. She/he is also fairly small too. Single comb with fluffy feet. Very well could be a booted bantam but I thought it looked like a cochin too? What...
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