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All but the first 2 turned out to be pullets. I just couldn't believe I would be that lucky. They are definitely purebred and I highly recommend the breeder; Mountain Valley Ameraucanas. I have ordered from him 3 times and they grow out to be beautiful and healthy birds.

I see how old this is, but what happened with this hen?

Oh and I'm going to set live traps near the chicken area and can just release my cats if need be.

This is really helpful. Thank you for all yall's advice. I invited a few college kids to hunt this weekend and whenever they want. Early February, my brother and his wife are going to help me set coyote snares near their dens which is outside of my dogs electric boundary. My predator attacks...

Oh my gosh, I am sooooo glad we don't have bears here! That must certainly be a challenge.

I feel like the Rodney Dangerfield of wannabe homesteaders. I get no respect from the wildlife. Predators do not fear me. I generally keep 50-80 chickens. I started off practical with dual purposed breeds, added breeds in to be able to have a rainbow of egg colors, then added rare breeds for...

Late update: the confounding chicks were roos.

Thanks for all the input. They are the first of my own eggs that I hatched as an afterthought along with others that I had ordered from breeders. Since I was down to just the one rooster, I realized I could at least be sure of that. (The others had been killed while free ranging during winter.)...

How can I tell what color skin they have? I only check the legs.

The pale yellow could be an EE. The source is a serious breeder working on a project, but she was one of the first chicks I ever purchased and I wasn’t asking for anything specific. The others should be pure. He was my only rooster and the 2 ameraucanas and one of the Silverudd’s blue hens were...

I just saw this post. This is a fuzzy pic, but they were born yellow with black flecks.

I found this, which makes me happy because it shows juveniles that look like mine, but before I posted my question, I read somewhere that Silverudds Blue sometimes have color leakage (not fully ermine, paint, or splash-just a few flecks of black on white) and that it was not preferred.