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    Easter Egger Male or Female

    Yeah, it really depends on what's in the mix. Easter egger is really a catch-all term for any chicken with the potential for a blue egg gene. For a long time most easter eggers were ameraucana/americana based, which meant they were likely to have a pea comb, beards, muffs, and slate or willow...
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    Fish Thread

    Wow, look at all those babies! Hopefully i don't have a pair, the platies are already trying to take over the aquarium (we started with 3 red wags, now there are at least 7)
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    Fish Thread

    I love catfish! Maybe I should look into getting one for the 110gal. Speaking of... One of my bristle nose plecos is finally big enough to see bristles! These guys were small enough to mistake for otocinclus when we got them.
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    2026 Chick Thread!

    I want to hatch 100 chicks this year! I only have Buckeyes and Malines, so they'll either be those breeds or a mix of those. Oh, wait, I forgot about the EE out at the farm!Rose and her giant boyfriend. I mentioned being tempted to throw some of her eggs in the incubator just to see what hatches...
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    Looking for a cause of death for my hen

    For future reference for anyone who comes across this thread at a later date: Here is an image comparing a normal, healthy chicken liver with a fatty liver. Fatty liver doesn't so much cause spots on the liver as more or less even fat deposits throughout the liver. Fatty livers are also very...
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    Looking for a cause of death for my hen

    Im also going to guess some sort of cancer. The intestines and all connective tissues associated with them should be smooth, hers definitely had nodules/masses. The pale spots on the liver are also abnormal and likely more tumors. Other than the pale spots her liver looks normal at a glance...
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    Please help

    Electrolyte solution in addition to a separate plain water source is usually a good basic supportive care step. If she's not drinking on her own you can slowly drip one drop of water or electrolyte solution at a time onto the line where her upper beak meets the lower beak until she refuses by...
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    Chipped beak

    From what I can see it doesn't look like it needs treatment/intervention. It's close enough to the quick that it probably didn't feel great when it happened but doesn't look deep enough to be causing pain at the moment. I wouldn't expect it to cause her any trouble eating, drinking, or grooming.
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    Open Contest Holiday Sweets Photo Contest

    Entry 1, Christmas stollen I make this raised fruit bread on Christmas Eve and we have it spread with butter for Christmas breakfast. My mom started baking this every Christmas before I was born, so for me it's just not Christmas without stollen. And my in-laws have taken to this tradition too!
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    Blue and green egg genetics

    With your rooster coming from a breeder I would be fairly confident that he's homozygous (has two copies) of the blue egg gene. Which means that 100% of his offspring will inherit 1 blue egg gene from him. So all of his female offspring should lay some shade of blue or green. @WingItRanch has...
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    Meow Meow Monday!!!

    Meowy Christmas! Julius spent the night in the crate so he wouldn't eat Christmas ribbon. But he's actually on the nice list this year. I haven't had to pull him out of the tree once!
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    Ash chickens from Hillside Hatchery

    Kinda seems like just another hatchery production bird. It (the link above) doesn't say if they breed true, if they're hybrids, or give any breed history whatsoever. I'm sure they're just as nice as any sex link, hatchery hybrid, or production hen. But nothing in the hatchery description...
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    Ainawgsd's farm chickens

    Forgot to mention it last night, but I also checked the malines' combs to see how the frostbite is progressing. One of them is going to lose all of his points, including the back of the blade. The other one looks like he's only going to lose most of his points, but he'll probably keep one or...
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    Is the brown chick a boy?

    Age? What makes you think the mostly brown one is male? Right now nothing is screaming male to me. Although if they're under 6 weeks there really isn't anything solid to base our guesses on. None of them have male specific dimorphic coloration (or female specific for that matter). All of them...
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    Ainawgsd's farm chickens

    Husband came home from checking on the farm chickens after dark and reported that her bad foot seemed more swollen. So we went out to check on it. She had a tiny, rock hard plug on the top that quite literally popped right off when we removed the bandage! It still feels swollen like she might...
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