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[dennarahl]

Does anyone know where one can have a chick sexed in the Longmont area? My EE is about 3x the size of my other chicks, and way more... feisty. I'm a tad worried she may be going roo on me.

Have you tried asking on the What breed or gender is this board: https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/15/what-breed-or-gender-is-this? They seem to be really helpful and full of knowledge. I keep meaning to post a couple of my babies to see what they are.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Yes, you can try the posting. I think EEs can be hard to sex early. Don't give up.

 

[gardendufus]

Well, these aren't very good (how do you keep the little devils still long enough to take a pic) but here's a few pics of mine.

2 BR & 2 BA


Here is my most curious, most aggressive chick....



And here's a pic of my mostly completed coop. Things I still need: Outside trim, roosts and nest boxes. I have already attached the hardware cloth at the very top front. Had to do a little piecing in to finish that. Some of my amateur carpentry wasn't very well planned, hehehe.

 

[wsmith]

Lookin good!

 

[coloradochick]

nice job

And your onery little one already looks rooish or just a little tomboyish

 

[gardendufus]

CO Chick.........lets hope and pray for tomboyish. She (I say hopefully...) was purchased as a pullet and I am not allowed Roosters. While I fully intend to eat my hens when they reach an age they are no longer laying, I suspect it's going to take me some time to become comfortable with the idea of the kill.

ETA: Altho if 'Stink" Eye is a Roo-ish behavior I am in deep doo-doo, cuz she's already got the method down.

 

[dennarahl]

ETA: Altho if 'Stink" Eye is a Roo-ish behavior I am in deep doo-doo, cuz she's already got the method down.

I've got a few girls that give pretty good stink eye

 

[coloradochick]

Yep just like wives, the hens are better at the "stinkeye" than our hubbys

 

[ruralmom]

Can anyone give me an idea on when the next bird swap is? I have some call ducks I need to sell and I do not ship so I am thinking local but I also do not want them to go into a pot.

 

[coloradochick]

The next swap in Denver should be the first Saturday of every month. I think there's one here in Brighton at the Co-op on Sunday http://americanpridecoop.com/pdfs/birdswap12.pdf .



And I know there's one at the J & T Country Feed ~ 6380 W 10th St #1, Greeley, CO ~:

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