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Thank you for your help! It is clearing up with saline cleanse and antibiotic ointment so it must have been a wound or debris. 😊

Hello! I have a 2 month old ISA brown/Easter egger mix that I suspect is a roo given that his comb/wattles are bright red, but don’t have much to go on other than that…any thoughts from others on what gender?? Photo is attached…brown and white one in the front (pretty certain the other two are...

Hello, My speckled sussex has developed an issue with her eye over the last two days…there is dirt crusted around it which I assume is from discharge, and now it seems to be getting more inflamed with redness in and around her eye. Photos are attached. Only one eye seems to be affected at the...

Thank you all for your input! Now for the million dollar question…what to do with 4 or 5 cockerels 😩 I only have 9 hens so keeping more than one roo is not an option.

I have 6 five-week-old chicks that our broody Speckled Sussex hatched and raised, and I suspect that at least 4 or 5 are cockerels…I am certain that the one in the front is, as he has had a redder and larger comb since two weeks old. I also suspect that the one at the back right is a pullet. Any...

Yes we suspected that 4 out of the 6 are cockerels :( I just wasn’t sure why the mama hen is only chasing away 2 of the chicks (one suspected pullet and one suspected cockerel), but not all of them. Thanks for your input!

Hello! My Speckled Sussex recently started chasing and pecking at 2 out of her 6 chicks. They are 5 weeks old and I would suspect it is part of the weaning process, however, she is only chasing the two chicks that are white. Is this normal? She has been an excellent mother up to this point so I...

Thank you all for your responses, I was a little bit worried that was the case. Hoping he is a friendly roo...guess we will see soon enough 😬

Hello! I ordered 3 isa browns through a hatchery and all were supposed to be pullets, but one of them is almost all white, bigger, and has a brighter comb. In anyone else’s experience, is it a roo? This is my first time raising chicks. There are reference pics attached. Thanks!