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    Curious about chicks breed

    Oh, I'm so excited you agree with what rural mouse said! My heart is so relieved and happy 😁 Lima is adorable, I love her coloring. We have Australops, Plymouth Rocks, and Orpingtons - so this will be a fun change. I also think her name is adorable - Lima 🤗 Now I'll start thinking of names for...
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    Curious about chicks breed

    Oh this is exciting!! After our 4 hatchlings we're all roosters, I was really hoping we wouldn't have a repeat! I'd love to be able to keep them all. Thank you for your insight!!
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    Curious about chicks breed

    Thank you! I hope that's the mix - when I looked it up, they do look very similar!
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    Curious about chicks breed

    That would be really great - those are two really pretty breeds when I looked them up. I just assumed they'd be black and I like the idea of pretty colors. Our first set of birds that we got were from Ideal. We had a wonderful experience with them. I only did TS because we weren't planning on...
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    Curious about chicks breed

    I know I can't tell what gender our chicks are yet - but I'm curious if anyone has any thoughts on their breed? We bought 4 at Tractor Supply that were marked as pullet Olive Eggers. I know this doesn't mean much as far as breed or gender since it was TS. 😅 We hatched some eggs 3 mo back and...
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    2.5 wk chicks - maybe blood in stool?

    Oh, good to know! I was going to make a gallon and just keep using that to fill their water until it ran out. I'll make it fresh each morning. Hadn't thought of that
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    2.5 wk chicks - maybe blood in stool?

    This chick starter
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    2.5 wk chicks - maybe blood in stool?

    Ok, thank you. I will go get some today! I appreciate it - felt like I needed another opinion before doing that
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    2.5 wk chicks - maybe blood in stool?

    I have 4 cute little 2.5-3 wk chicks. Today I noticed that some poop looks like it has red in it. It isn't bright red and I can't tell if it's actually blood. If it is blood, should I assume it's coccidiosis? I'm not sure how they even get that - we have a flock of 2 yr old birds but have never...
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    Confirming gender

    I actually was getting suspicious because of the tail feathers looking a little downward drooping.
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    Confirming gender

    Ok, thanks! They have much smaller combs than the other two, so I wasn't sure. Didn't realize they had gender colors for EE. Our only experience is chicks from a hatchery. :)
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    Confirming gender

    Really? I didn't realize there was gender specific coloring on Easter eggers! I thought all specifics like that kind of flew out the window with being an EE. Good to know!
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    Confirming gender

    These chicks are 9 wks old and I posted earlier (7 wks) and was told all 4 I have are roos. Two are definitely roos, but I wanted to confirm on these other two before I re-home them (can't have roos in my neighborhood). They're easter eggers. It's only 2 different birds in the images.
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    Help with gender? :)

    Oh goodness that will be awful. It was such an ordeal to hatch these.. trying to rehome 4 roos sounds awful. 😞 Yes, they're all Easter eggers - I was listing their mother's breed in case that was helpful
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    Help with gender? :)

    Oh no, my poor daughter is going to be shattered..she sobbed when we rehomed our last roo
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    Help with gender? :)

    Our chicks are 6 weeks old today and I think I know their genders, but I want opinions. We hatched 4 chicks with one of our broody Orpingtons. They're all Easter eggers bc the roo was an Americans. We believe the chicks' moms are: 1. Beatrix: Plymouth Rock (tan/cream egg) 2. Maple: Easter...
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    New mama bird with weird skin issue?

    Here are some more pictures - she was dusty from dust bathing so we rinsed the area to be able to see it better. She is still wet in these photos. We have two pics of the spot above her tail and one of her from behind - which isn't necessarily an area we were concerned about. Just looks like...
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    New mama bird with weird skin issue?

    I'm trying to find out if something is wrong with our mama bird. She hatched chicks 3 weeks ago today and has been an excellent mama. She used to sleep in the elevated coop, but has been ground level under the coop in a wire crate the last 5 weeks or so. She is an Orpington and is on a 20%...
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    Chicken attacking one specific flockmate

    I need advice. We have 9 chickens and have had them for 2.5 years. They all grew up together and have had no issues that entire time, very peaceful flock. We went out of town this past Sunday-Wednesday. They were let out for a few hours Sunday morning and were let out Wednesday at 3pm when we...
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    Natural breeding thread

    Thank you!! This helps ease my mind so much..I kept waffling about bringing them all into the garage, but I'd rather they stay out with all the birds for a smoother and simpler integration
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