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    Not a dot, not a bullseye...?

    Oh lord...if you turn it upside-down that is exactly what it is. 😂 I'm not going to be able to un-see that now.
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    Not a dot, not a bullseye...?

    Some pictures of the one chick I mentioned from the rooster in question and a Cochin hen: Chick's left side: The brown feathrs kind of form a half-ring at the base of the neck. They are unfortunately partly covered up by white feathers a lot of the time. Right side: I keep waiting for a...
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    Not a dot, not a bullseye...?

    Ok, I have an extremely weird idea to float here. It relates a bit to the twins idea but with a twist. What if this particular rooster's sperm is somehow unusually prone to multi-fertilization? In other words, what if he is somehow making chimeras? I haven't gone totally insane, I promise lol...
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    2 Week Old Chick Eye Swollen Shut

    With no other symptoms than a single puffy eye in lethargy and no other birds showing symptoms of anythin, it could easily be an injury or local infection. That's not to say it couldn't yet be some other ailment if other symptoms start to appear, but injury should at least be ruled out first...
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    Broody not into eggs but broods everything else

    Oooooor I'll take her into the house not even in the dark because of trying to avoid a nasty storm, plop her in front of a new nest she's never seen before in a strange room, and she'll just got "yay eggies!" and glue herself to the new nest with zero prompting. So much for what I thought was a...
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    Broody not into eggs but broods everything else

    Tonight I'm going to try to move my broody into the house, where she can have a few fake eggs for a bit before the chicks arrive. She won't have the fake eggs for long, but hopefully that won't make a huge difference (it didn't matter for a different broody of mine a couple years ago who is a...
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    Growing my little flock

    Butter Beeaaaaaaan! And sweet little Gozer. ☺️ These two over in main flock have become very snuggly in the mornings now that their attention hog brothers are elsewhere. Butter Bean's color is interesting. Got some splashes of brown feathers coming in, but only on the left side! Very curious to...
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    Growing my little flock

    So I've been upping my coops' hot weather game lately. Added fans since some shade trees that used to be there got removed late last year. Two barn fans in the big shed coop and some smaller fans elsewhere. Also been doing wading tubs. Didn't think anyone would use them but I put them out there...
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    Growing my little flock

    Two more recruits for the frat house! Mr 4lbs-at-12-weeks Kang on the left clearly remembers Speedy and Smoke from their overlapping time in the house in different brooder setups, since I let them visit each others' rooms sometimes.
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    Chicken etiquette?

    Did I read correctly that they are 4 months old right now? If so…give them time. Many pullets who later become snuggle bugs go through a “no don’t touch me” phase that lasts a while, and the age is about right for that. Some birds also never like being touched certain places or being grabbed /...
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    Mange

    Since other mammals aren't an issue and you have the bees to consider, then permethrin wouldn't be worth the risk to the hive - the powdered form especially. I've seen some limited evidence that bees and other flying insects can smell the liquid version from a distance and avoid it while it's...
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    Mange

    I don't think the type of mange that affects foxes/dogs/cats/etc. can jump to chickens or other birds; the mite species affecting birds are different. Other mammals would be at risk though, and rodents may have already gotten to the carcass and have become a vector. So if you have dogs/cats they...
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    Broody not into eggs but broods everything else

    If she quits early that's totally fine; I've got my brooder setup ready to go. If it seems like it would go well if she stays, it would certainly be nice to avoid having a 200W heat lamp in my home office in the middle of July lol. I just don't want to put the chicks in a riskier-than-necessary...
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    Broody not into eggs but broods everything else

    I've got a broody cochin who started her broodiness at just the right time to line up with some mail-order chicks I have arriving, and she's been impossible to disuade from brooding so far (my ability to separate her is limited at the moment). She has also been inclined to brood the following...
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    Cockerel for certain?

    Saddle and hackle feathers coming in now for Speedy! There's a little patch of brand new shiney ones visible in the middle of his back in the pic below. Double-barring aside, the appearance of those feathers is welcome reassurance of his male-ness, because Speedy also started squatting for...
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