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    ToMAYto ToMAHto grow-along

    And the answer is...Rose! We've gotten two eggs out at the farm since we brought Apollo into town. So Rose had to be the one who laid the first egg. Today's egg (pictured next to one of my RIR eggs) was a large!
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    Broody hen broody breaker??

    Looks like a good setup to me. Generally I try to leave them in the broody buster for 24-48 hours then let them out. If they go back to the nest then back in the buster they go.
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    The Sullivan Six

    Ma'am! I'm starting to think we should call her Houdini. Apparently Apollo disagrees with the look don't touch method of integration.
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    What gender is this black sex link?

    Both females. One is bigger than the other because of genetics. If you got them from a hatchery or farm store it's highly likely that they have different parents. Even if they had the exact same parents, not all siblings inherit all the same traits. At 13 weeks the pointed male specific...
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    Are these Roosters Barred Rock?

    Black sexlink males. They're single barred, barred rock males are double barred (so the white bars on their feathers are much wider).
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    The Sullivan Six

    Apollo! That's not your pen! She pushed under the chicken wire this morning. By the time husband found her all the other girls were ignoring her. But he checked the camera and said they all jumped her as soon as she got lose.
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    The Sullivan Six

    Limu was hollering at 530 this morning so I let her out of jail and she went to check out the new girl. Now Apollo is carrying on. My poor neighbors (at least they're still not as loud as the apparently outdoor dogs in the neighborhood)!
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    Breeding mystic marans

    No. Mystic marans are a hybrid cross between a marans rooster and a barred rock hen so they won't breed true. It's a sex linked cross resulting in barred male chicks and non-barred females. Males could pass barring on to 50% of their offspring regardless of whether the chicks are male or female...
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    Black sex-links? Maybe? Pullets?

    Disagree, Big Legs looks like a pullet. I don't see any sickle feathers in the tail and the saddle feathers are all broad and round, not skinny and pointy like rooster saddle feathers. The hackle feathers don't look particularly pointy to me either.
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    My mystery chicks’ gender

    I agree, the only one looking male to me is the barred one with the crest. I think the blue one and the black one are probably pullets. The other barred chick I'm not sure on, but nothing screams male to me at this time.
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    Hen of Roos?

    At 11 weeks, these both look like pullets to me. The first one has female specific coloring.
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    Share your RUMPLESS chickens!

    Thanks for sharing! Reading this thread the question of whether or not a rumbles chicken has a uropygial gland occurred to me. I guess the answer, like so many other things with rumpless chickens, is "it depends. " How does lacking a uropygial gland affect them? Is there a noticeable difference...
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    Ainawgsd's farm chickens

    The baby malines! At 7 1/2 weeks these guys are nearly as big as the 10 1/2 week old buckeyes! My favorite pullet is the one with the white eyebrow. She had a white spot there on her chick down too. Kinda hoping she never loses it. Also, one of the easter eggers laid her first egg today!
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    The Sullivan Six

    Look at all my pretty jailbirds on skid row.
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    ToMAYto ToMAHto grow-along

    First egg! Not sure whether it was laid by Apollo or Rose.
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