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    Broody hen--no eggs

    One of my hens, who already hatched a chick in May, is broody again. Since we don't want anymore chicks, we've been checking her daily for eggs and the one egg we found under her, we took. That egg was found several weeks ago and she hasn't sat on any others, but she's still broody. Is there a...
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    Chick: Silver laced wyandotte x cuckoo marans

    This is my first experience with hatching chicks at home. My one cuckoo marans decided to go broody, so I let her and this is the product of her and my silver laced wyandotte rooster. Does anyone know what breed it is, if anything other than a random mix?
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    My rooster likes to crow at my back door...

    Is he likely trying to establish dominance between us and him? Or is it more likely that it's the highest reachable spot in our yard so he's just warning potential predators? I don't consider it a problem, I'm just trying to learn more about why he does what he does for my own understanding...
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    Please tell me I'm crazy

    About 4 weeks ago, we got 4 chicks from TSC that were ALL supposed to be pullets. We made it clear we DID NOT WANT any chicks from the straight run bin and were assured all our chicks would be female. WELL Out of the 4 I'm pretty sure 2 are male. We can't have more than 8 "pets" in our...
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    What the heck are these chicks???

    This is Peep and Super Chick, both purchased from TSC when they were 2 days old as "cuckoo marans." They are now 3.5 weeks old. I am very skeptical that they are actually marans based on what I've seen and read about marans as chicks. I'm thinking maybe blue australorp or maybe sapphire gem...
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