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pr0wlunwoof said:
Aww man. That's our favorite. I was a little worried as it is the bravest of them. The black one has me worried also.
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I take it you don't plan to keep roosters at all?

Try getting a good "profile" pic of them, and I can probably tell you. Something from the side - maybe slightly above - that will show me their saddle and/or hackle feathers. I can see most of their combs from the photos you already posted, but with the differences in breeds, and the fact that your hens also seem to have red in their combs already, it's already hard to tell based on that.
 
I get really upset everytime I go outside....something snatched my big RIR and she put up a real big fight feathers everywhere. I just don't know what to do anymore. She is gone and so is my other hen. It snatched both of my layers!! :(
 
I didn't even want to put the little ones out. But they are too big to keep indoors at 2 months. I have them in a pen at the bottom of my steps and I keep checking on them. I am so scared leaving them outside. Because whatever took Lucy took her right by my picnic table!
 
Oh my sweet lord these ducks are stinking adorable. The smallest one is a fiesty little rascal and the bigger one is a snuggler I'll get some pictures as soon as they warm back up in the brooder :D
 
ChickDancer said:
The black and white one in the front center of the photo above is a rooster. I can see his saddle feathers already. Many of the rest of those look like hens, so far.
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Your young roosters will start developing pointy iridescent feathers on his back and neck. You can separate the feathers at these points and look to see if they are pointy and iridescent.




These chicks were a lot younger than yours. You should be seeing saddle feathers on yours if they are roosters.
 
ChickDancer said:
Okay, McMurray Hatchery offered to replace the latest shipment again, credit me, or refund my card. I told them I was feeling really depressed with everything going bad, and then the loss of my top roo this past Sunday, and I felt like quitting until next Spring, so they gave me a refund without any hassle.

With the refund, I'm about to go try YET ANOTHER Lowe's store tomorrow for the last few pieces I need for better pens (at least 2 pens for now). After that, it's stock-up on chicken feed, put those new pens together, and order a spring-trap for that **** fox. I'm also going to be cleaning both live traps, and putting fresh bait in them.

AND, first thing in the morning, I have a technician from the Georgia Poultry Lab (Forsyth office) coming to pick up some of the chicks that have died lately. They're going to do a necropsy on each them, free of charge. But she happens to live about 3 miles from me, so she's just going to pick them up on her way in to the office. YAY! The results will be emailed to me, so here's hoping it's nothing really bad. I'm pretty sure it's not a case of Marek's, as my older chickens who were never vaccinated, have all been fine. Plus none of them are really making it to the proper age for Marek's to take hold, before they die.


So I'm on track to get my flock back to 100% health (or separate/cull them if I need to), pen them up properly, and kill that REALLY ANNOYING D@MN FOX!

And to add to that, my brother is getting himself a new chainsaw soon, and plans to use it to clear out the woods here much faster (they were using a reciprocating saw.... on trees!) That means I'll soon have the materials for good chicken pens, AND a lot more space to put them! Not to mention, fewer woods for these **** predators to hide in as they sneak up on my babies!
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I'm glad you are taking these steps so you will know what is going on with your chicks. Good luck!
 

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