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I had a silver Braekel years ago. He got ornery and my kids were small so I rehomed him to a farm that took roosters. I hatched a chick out of him and her name is Ducky. She's amazing. Shexa tough (survived 2 predator attacks) and a good forager. She never goes broody. She's in her 6th year and...

I have a blue gold partridge brahma hen and a Silver Braekel x Red Sexlink hen that laid eggs under a broody. Brahma is typical blue gold partridge coloration.. Braekel/sexlink hen is pretty....slate legs but white base with some sort of red barred/partridge type coloring. The roo that should...

I posted elsewhere with questions but wanted to share in a separate thread with the outcome because this might be helpful to others in a similar situation. I have a LF and a bantam flock. They're typically merged (until my husband builds me a separate bantam coop/run) but I separated them...

I placed 2+ week old chicks under a broody hen on Tues. I knew the chances of her accepting them and them imprinting on her were pretty much 0. But I tried anyway with a brooder set up in basement as back-up. And it worked. Mama and babies act as though she hatched them out herself...

I purchased 9 bantam Cochin chicks total...7 were roos :/ I've rehomed 3 roos and have 3 left. 1 is a birchen, 1 is silver penciled, and one is a mutt with his top half a yellow golden color and the rest golden over blue. Technically, I can't keep any roos. I'm still looking for more pullets but...

Hi all, I have a pullet that was close to laying. Last week, we found her sister dead for no apparent reason. Looked as though she just fell over and died. The remaining sister was the larger of the 2 and has always looked healthy. But from when we got her back in late March, she's always had...

I've posted elsewhere but not on a dedicated gender thread... Hoping more can weigh in and give me peace over this decision. Have a woman taking a few of my roos (5 out of 7 are boys!) and trying to figure out which ones to bring.

I have at least 3 bantam Cochin cockerels 5 weeks in age. 1 is Birchen; the other 2 are silver penciled. Might have a 4th...on the fence with that one's gender. Was hoping for a better pullet to roo ratio. If anyone is interested in swapping a roo for a pullet similar in age, let me know...

Posted elsewhere but it's an older thread so trying here as well. I was looking for Bielefelders earlier this year and was recommended a farm that sells only Bieles and Ameraucana. Pens are separate. The woman that owns the farm and I talked for hours on the phone about chickens and life and...

Had an extra bag of starter feed I didn't need... planned on freezing it for future chicks or to maybe make treat blocks out of. Went to pick up layer feed for my older girls at a local feed store and it appears there's an outbreak of chicken math in that locale. Somehow, these 6 babies came...

Hi! I recently picked up a BBS Partridge Brahma pullet. She's 7 weeks old and is gold and blue with the partridge pattern. I was initially interested in picking up 3 pullets but when I was sent photos, I knew right away 5 of the 6 were roos...3 boys were splash with solid rust on shoulders and...

My new kicks...thought many of you might appreciate ;) Posted on FB but realized I forgot to post here!

Sorry the little bug looks so filthy....we've had a ton of rain and despite tarping everything and putting down shavings daily, everything is soaked from below up. Sunshine this morning; hoping it dries up a bit! Anyway, picked up this cockerel as a potential roo depending on how he matures...

I have 4 EEs that are somewhere between 7 and 8 weeks old. The girls are fully feathered and have been ready to go outside for some time. But the little rooling still isn't feathered out. Sort of waiting on him to finish getting in his back and bottom feathers :/ I need the larger indoor...

I have a FBCM. He's the only feather legged bird we have and the only one with this issue. I've been treating by soaking in soapy water with neem oil for 20 min and then rubbing oil and petroleum jelly over legs. It's not improving...but not getting worse either. I read that some Marans...

This is #2 of the EE 'pullets' I picked up last week. Not sure of age...was told 8 weeks. In last week, I'm become certain Ella is really an Ellis...3 row pea comb, red on shoulders, a lot of black....she's just too flashy to be a she at this age. And I feel the slightest of spurs starting. I...

Since everyone loves this game so much... hahaha Just picked up 3 EEers. ...2 out of blue eggs; one out of a green. This is the green egger. Supposedly an 8 week pullet but I'm guessing 6 week roo. Thoughts?

I posted this in an FB group but never got any answers. Here are 2 out of the 7 chicks that hatched on Easter. We have a flock of production red hens...5 are Golden Comets....the rest are a mystery sex-linked red hybrid. We have 2 roos....a Silver Braekel and a Black Copper Marans. 4 chicks are...

Anyone know how to treat this? I received some advice in an FB forum to place her in a teacup so that kicking would help strengthen her leg but it hasn't helped and I can't help but feel it's dislocated or deformed. I did try the teacup and she's currently in one now in the bator so that the...

Hi! I placed a bunch of eggs in my homemade, still-air bator on the evening of 3/10. I consider the first day to be 03/11. They went into lockdown Wednesday night as that would be the end of the 18th day. That said, we had issues with the bator. Ever since a brown-out last year while...