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    Roosters combs turned black

    Nope, one is an Australorp and the other is a Wyandotte / Cochin cross.
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    Roosters combs turned black

    Oddly enough they turned back to the normal colour with no obvious ill effect. I'm guessing there may have been some heart or liver stress... maybe they had a little kerfuffle or something.
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    Roosters combs turned black

    I have a flock of 22 hens and 3 roosters. This morning when I went to feed them two of the roosters were exhibiting very black combs. One of the roosters in an australorp and the other is a wyandotte-cochin cross. As far as I can tell they were both fine yesterday. The wyandotte-cochin also...
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    Sexing Blue x Black Australorps - can you tell by colour?

    I have six Australorp chicks from a blue roo and a black hen. 3 are blue and 3 are black. Does colour indicate sex with this mix?
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    Dancing Rooster

    Is it normal for roosters to dance when they try and mount their hens? I have one that does a little dance every time and I'm getting quite a kick out of it!
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    Mama is looking for a hiding place

    Sourland, you're so right! She laid an egg today for the first time since she went broody. Thankfully it was in the coop, though - we're keeping the car windows CLOSED from now on. My husband almost had a heart attack yesterday when he got in the car and turned around to see two beady eyes...
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    Mama is looking for a hiding place

    My hen hatched 6 eggs about a month ago. She's been a great mother, very protective, but over the past 2 days she's started what seems to be a process of making the chicks fend for themselves. It began with her moving farther and farther from them, ignoring them when they squawked for her...
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    Helping rescued chickens adjust

    Here are some better pics - 2 more brown eggs today.
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    Helping rescued chickens adjust

    Matt, I think you're right, they look very much like White Rocks. Thanks!
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    Helping rescued chickens adjust

    i made sure to dust their new coop well before I put them in so hopefully that will at least take care of any external parasites (although thankfully I haven't seen any and I suspect they'd be easy to spot with the number of missing feathers!) I don't think they're Orps - they all have...
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    Helping rescued chickens adjust

    Thanks for those suggestions, I definitely appreciate the help. They seem to be adjusting very well - they are very tame with me despite everything they've been through and they've more or less stopped picking on each other, as well. I am led to believe they're about 1 year old, although I don't...
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    Helping rescued chickens adjust

    I rescued 5 hens from a very bad situation a couple of days ago. There were at least 40 of them crammed into a coop big enough for 5 or 6 max. Needless to say they were all pecked and beaten. The ones I took have almost no feathers left. When we got them home they were thirsty and starving -...
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    babies outing (pics)

    Since about day 3 my Australorp has been taking her babies exploring. I was very wary at first of letting them out of the coop but she is über-protective and after a week of free ranging they've grown incredibly fast, and they are super healthy and happy.
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    ***JULY HATCH-A-LONG come join in***

    Finally, 6 eggs set, 6 eggs hatched! That was pretty exciting!
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    Humidity & Natural Hatching

    I see everyone referring to humidity in relation to hatching and incubators. I'm doing my first natural hatch with a broody (today is hatch day).So I'm wondering - how is humidity controlled during a natural hatch? I'm not too concerned - we live in a naturally humid environment, but I'm...
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    ***JULY HATCH-A-LONG come join in***

    I bought some fertilized eggs for my broody and they're due to hatch TODAY! I'm going out of my tree waiting for something to happen. I'm going to be thoroughly disappointed if nothing hatches - are they more likely to start at night?
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    Can I use my hen to hatch Guineas?

    My hen has recently gone broody and I'd like to get a few fertilized eggs for her to sit on. We are looking for some guinea fowl and I'm wondering if she would successfully hatch and raise guinea chicks. Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm a newbie so any suggestions are appreciated.
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    Holy Moly Egg

    One of mine laid similar eggs (each over 3 oz) for 10 days in a row. One day she laid 2. Then she stopped laying altogether and 2 days ago I found her dead in her coop. I wish I knew of a way to prevent it in case it happens with another.
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    Sudden chicken death

    My RIR had 10 or more consecutive days of laying monster eggs (90+ grams), sometimes 2 a day. For the past 2 weeks she hasn't laid anything and over the past week she's seemed a little odd, hiding face first in bushes, for instance when I let her free range. When I came home from work tonight...
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