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Chickenclaw tower? (They're not ravens, so not Ravenclaw, but it does look a little bit like a tower in that picture.) Shrieking Shack? (Depending on how often the hens sing the egg song, it might end up very appropriate.)

I do not think egg color can change that way. But it will be easy enough to check: put her in a separate pen or a dog crate or something, and wait until she lays an egg in there (or fails to lay an egg, if that's what happens.) Regarding the two hens that were laying last year: did you ever...

I have no idea what that is, or what to do. Hopefully someone else can chime in with helpful ideas about what level of treatment would be able to help, or whether it actually is hopeless. My own thoughts: My usual ways to "treat" chicken issues are to leave it alone and watch what happens, or...

Thanks for the update. It's nice to see how she's grown!

I also see two males. I am not sure about the third one, whether it is a female or whether it is a male that is developing a bit slower than the other two.

I wasn't me that said it, but I do think you understand it correctly now. Chickens definitely can have a crest and also muff/beard. That combination is found in Sultan chickens and in Araucanas in some countries (including Australia and England, I believe.) Silkies and Polish often have...

I'm glad to hear they are both females! I agree, they are both super pretty :)

I'll be curious to learn, later when it all becomes clear, how many I got right or wrong. I'm trying to get better at this... :D

It depends on what the Legbar is mixed with. Crested Cream Legbars have a crest, single comb, and yellow legs. They do not have muff/beard or a pea comb or legs that are blue or green. If the CCL is crossed with other breeds that have single combs and yellow legs, the chicks will also have...

Chick C (EE) looks male to me (Red comb is the main thing I notice, but there are also some feathers in the wings & shoulder that look extra-red compared to the other feathers. That feature is usually found in males but not females.) Chick B (Dark Brahma) looks male to me (Maybe-red comb...

One option: https://iqbirdtesting.com/ If you scroll down the page a bit, it says "DNA Sexing For All Birds." I also see a note that if they don't list your species, contact them because they may be able to do it anyway.

If you bought them from Tractor Supply, they are probably not any mix like that. I would expect them to be "pure" chicks of some breed or other, even if they are poor quality ones. If they are only 4 weeks old, I would not try to decide much from their body build yet. That may change as they...

I would view those pancakes the same as most other treats for chickens: safe to give small amounts regularly, and no real danger if they pig out once or twice, but do not give large amounts as a regular thing. There is nothing specifically dangerous in the pancakes, they just do not contain all...

You can breed back to Marans (the father or an unrelated Marans). This would give about a 50/50 split of ones that lay olive eggs and ones that lay brown eggs. The olive and the brown should be pretty dark if you do this. You can breed back to Ameraucana (the mother or an unrelated Ameraucana)...

You could bring a clean set of clothes with you. Change just before you get in the car to go home, so you don't get chicken poop in your car. The dirty clothes can ride home in a plastic bag, or a reusable bucket or a lidded tub. This is effective no matter what kind of dirty thing you are...

I don't quite understand what you are asking. If the eggs are developing, but you do not want chicks, then definitely take away the eggs. You can cook them to feed to chickens or dogs, rather than throwing them in the garbage, but most people will not want to eat them. If this is the reason to...

I don't think you are going to find any one thing that will save enormous amounts of time, but if you can save a few minutes here and there, it does add up over time. Of course it works the other direction too. Adding just a few more minutes because you got another kind of animal, or because...

Any breed should work. You get more meat from big ones and less meat from small ones. Whether silkie cockerels are too small is a matter of who you ask. Some people eat quail, which are smaller than almost any chicken you can find (even bantam cockerels tend to be larger than quail by the time...

Chickens swallow a surprising number of things, but rarely have problems. If it went down the throat safely, there is a good chance it will go the rest of the way through the system safely as well. If it was stuck in the throat, the chicken would be acting differently and I think you would...

For water bottles, if you take one bottle, dump out the old water, pour in the new water, put the filled bottle into place, and go on to the next one: that takes a long time. Water dishes are much faster to dump and refill. For some animals, switching to dishes makes it much faster. (Example...