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    RIR chicks - gender guesses please

    Thank you so much! These pictures are only a few days old but since then Chick B's comb has gotten a bit more red... So, probably both roos, but I will come back here to update - thank you!
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    5 week old chicks - opinions on gender and breed, please

    It's almost 3 years later and in case someone was wondering: Yes, the first one is a pullet and her name is Apple Sweety Pie per my daughter. She lays beautiful brown eggs. Picture below from today :love The black one we gave back to the breeder under the strong assumption he's a boy.
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    RIR chicks - gender guesses please

    Hi fellow chicken lovers! I would love to get some educated guesses on the genders of these two cuties. About 4.5 weeks old, Rhode Island Reds from Tractor Supply, straight run. They do a little sparring every now and then, but not sure if that's enough to say they're roos? Their legs look the...
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    Internally laying hen?

    Hi all, I wanted to post an update on Zaza. This Tuesday I found an egg from her!! It had to have been from her, since the other 4 chicks are 17 weeks old and nowhere near laying. She laid two more since then, so I'm hopeful that she'll go back to laying regularly :celebrate I wonder if this...
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    Internally laying hen?

    Thank you so much for taking the time to reply! Both your posts were very thoughtful and helpful! I didn't think it was harsh :) I am all for setting realistic expectations, and I guess I was just shocked at the thought of having to put her down much sooner than I thought. Also shocked that such...
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    Internally laying hen?

    Thank you both very much. Can you help me understand the situation with egg laying? Is it possible for her to lay eggs with this condition? She hasn't laid an egg in 7 weeks. It sounds like I should prevent her from laying (correct?), but she seems to want to lay eggs, she's often sitting in...
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    Internally laying hen?

    Oh my, that's more sobering than I hoped. She's so young! I was thinking to give one round of penicillin and a calcium supplement, but are you saying it's too late for that? If it is peritonitis, would her body still produce an egg everyday and basically add to the "yolk mess" in her abdomen...
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    Internally laying hen?

    Hi chicken lovers! We keep having problems with our hen Zaza, about 14 months old Barred Rock. She had a respiratory issue in early June (sneezing all the time) and I thought we cured whatever it was with one injection of Duramycin 72-200, the only thing I could get my hands on at the time. At...
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    Cockerel??

    Oh wow, so glad I asked! I guess this one can stay a bit longer. She wasn’t even on my radar since her comb grew quite fast when she was younger, and I had determined it’s a boy.
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    Cockerel??

    Okay, thank you! I'll look a little further up next time, I'm still new at this :cool: Probably wait until they go to sleep tonight - he/she was kicking and screaming! My husband said the voice sounded like a rooster. Is that a thing??
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    Cockerel??

    I hope I parted in the right area... It definitely put up a fight like my other cockerels. Can you explain what it should look like boy vs girl? There are smaller feathers budding, does the fact that they are there mean cockerel? Thanks!
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    Cockerel??

    Hey everyone, I'm ready to bring all cockerels from our May hatch back to the breeder and wanted to confirm that this 9 week old "breed unclear" is a cockerel? The feathers are growing in weird directions... Do you see hackle feathers? I think the back feathers still look too rounded, but the...
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    5 week old chicks - opinions on gender and breed, please

    Here's an update at 9 weeks old! Thanks everyone for helping me guess, and hopefully these pictures might help someone, too! I'm pretty sure I have them figured out now. #1 is a pullet and #2 is a cockerel - Would you all agree? Chick 1 - Speckled Sussex: Chick 2 -
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    5 week old chicks - opinions on gender and breed, please

    Perhaps Polish and Jersey Giant? Those are both on the breeder's list...
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    Sneezing hen, no discharge or swelling, started to look sickly today

    Zaza seems to be out of the woods... I did not do a second dose of antibiotics - should I? She behaves normally to me, except she hasn't laid an egg since Friday (so for 6 days now). Is it normal that egg laying takes a while to pick back up? (I know we can't eat the eggs anyway at first due to...
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    5 week old chicks - opinions on gender and breed, please

    Hey, I wanted to send an update on these two, almost 7 weeks old now. (You can zoom in for close ups) Chick 1, probably Speckled Sussex: Chick 2, breed unclear (guesses welcome!): They're both quite skittish. I'm leaning towards pullets now, but what does everyone else think?
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    Sneezing hen, no discharge or swelling, started to look sickly today

    We injected Zaza with 1ml of the Duramycin 72-200 yesterday with a 22 gauge diabetic needle. She took it very well and seems to be a bit better this morning. I also let everyone (Zaza + 9 chicks) sleep outside last night, since the coop is being disinfected. Zaza’s sneezes sound different, not...
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    Sneezing hen, no discharge or swelling, started to look sickly today

    I bought Duramycin 72-200 for injection, but I’m so confused on what I’m reading online. It may be the wrong product, but can I give it to her anyway? No vet in my area is treating chicken. I saw bright green poop just now, and from what I’m reading that’s a bad sign 😞 This morning one of the...
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    Sneezing hen, no discharge or swelling, started to look sickly today

    Here’s some poop from our run area today: These two are from Zaza: This is one of the chicks: And this is a close up of Zaza today. She did eat her mealworms and some yogurt, but was moving slowly, tail down, and shaking her head as if something was bothering her. I imagined it’s the dirt...
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    Sneezing hen, no discharge or swelling, started to look sickly today

    Thank you, Banana01! Pictures of the coop attached. The plastic tarps were removed over a month ago. I swiped my hand under the roost and didn't see any mites, but that's definitely a possibility. Last year she had mites and we treated with Elector PSP. She didn't avoid the coop back then...
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