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chickachickayea said:
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I was just out with the girls and I saw this poop - I'm not sure how fresh it is. But those small yellow things? They're either worms or some type of maggot?? :( They were wiggling around throughout. No bigger than a grain of rice.

They get Rooster Booster in their water daily. Dumor Poultry Grower/Finisher Feed + grit. Food scraps sometimes (mostly melon or cucumber). Should I get meds to administer ASAP??
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I would.
 
What are signs of molting? Few days ago I noticed that my RIR hen had a bald spot under her ears on both sides of her neck. Has seemed fine. This is the hen that has been sleeping in nest box for the last month or so. She has been laying regularly...4-5 eggs a week. Tonight when I opened the lid to the box it looked like her comb was lighter. Is she starting to molt?
 
dheltzel said:
Wow, that is really good for either to lay at 5 months. And the Legbar laying at 5 months minus 12 days is really amazing too. You seem to have a way with chicks.

I hope I'm correct in saying that Rhodebars always lay light colored eggs, I was not expecting the Biels to lay dark eggs, but when they started laying they were consistently darker than the Rhodebars. Since I was confident I could tell the eggs apart, I added some young Rhodebars to the pen with my 2 pairs of Biels so I could get hybrid eggs. I hatch them separately based on color of the eggs, the light ones are "Rhodefelders", the dark ones are Biels. If the Rhodebars lay darker eggs, then some of the "Biels" I'm raising could be hybrids. If the Biel pullets started laying Rhodebar colored eggs, then the hybrids could be full blooded Biels.

I doubt your Rhodefelder is a pure Biel, just based on how early she started laying. It is neat that she looks like a Biel. One of the hybrids I raised up looked exactly like a Rhodebar, not a Biel, so it is possible she is pure Bielefelder.
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Is your Rhodebar pen next to Welsummer pen? I suspect that Ruff-Ruff's mother had affairs with her neighbor. The eggs are really dark brown. I will keep a close eye on them tomorrow and try to figure out who laid the eggs.

Does the Rhodefelder looking like Rhodebar lay light color eggs? I wonder if their looks related to the egg color.
 
tepukechicken said:
He's not ours as such, he's definitely wild but he's alone and our ducks seem to think he's like them so he hangs around, you certainly can't get close to him. Most people here think they are a pest but they are very pretty and keep my garden weeded haha.
We are very lucky we live rural, not allowed chickens in town (too noisy) I grew up with chickens and am so excited to have them again.
I would love a pig aswell but husband say no
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I think they are good looking birds. Aren't they are good for pest control and watching for predators?

I have 6 chikens now. If we move, then I may give them to my brother-in-law and restart a flock after we settle down.
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TillyPeeps said:
Is your Rhodebar pen next to Welsummer pen? I suspect that Ruff-Ruff's mother had affairs with her neighbor. The eggs are really dark brown. I will keep a close eye on them tomorrow and try to figure out who laid the eggs.

Does the Rhodefelder looking like Rhodebar lay light color eggs? I wonder if their looks related to the egg color.
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From the pics I've seen, she looks pure Rhodebar, but the darker egg is puzzling, but not in a bad way. I'm not surprised the Rhodefelder hybrid lays a darker egg, and of course the Welbar was bred for that.

Maybe I should try a Rhodebar hen and Black Copper Marans roo to see if I can make really dark egg laying black sexlinks ! I have a friend with Marans from Little Pedler, a strain known for very dark eggs. Or maybe a Welbar would be a better female to use. The problem is I have to wait so long to see what the egg looks like. I'm not very patient. . .
 

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