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    Anyone know what color this Silkie will be?

    Silver Partridge, called Gray in silkies.
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    Should I Discard The Dead Eggs?

    Yes, take the bad eggs out. No point in leaving them in, and you wouldn't want them to go bad.
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    Sex/breed identification.

    Both cockerels, and they do look like they came from the RIR.
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    Cream Legbars?

    Legbar mix cockerels.
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    Experimenting with a few meat birds as pets

    I see your point, and I do agree those examples would be cruel to the animal. I know there is no point in denying cornish cross purpose is for meat. But that doesn't mean it would be cruel to ration a CXs food. Most people who raise cornish for their intended purpose as meat, including me, still...
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    What Breed?

    Black Australorps.
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    What Breed?

    That's a splash orpington.
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    Experimenting with a few meat birds as pets

    The lethal conditions in chickens caused by being overweight are not good ways to die. Egg binding and prolapse aren't very comfortable either. Eating does make them happy, but the result isn't just a shortened lifespan. It's pain, discomfort, and then death. Doodle and Smudge can still be very...
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    Experimenting with a few meat birds as pets

    So true for cornish! 🤣 Poor Doodle :( I hope her leg heals soon!
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    Experimenting with a few meat birds as pets

    I'd cut their ration down to 1/4 cup of food a day. If you wet the portion down, their crops will feel more full because the food has expanded. To help them feel full throughout the day, they can have low carb foods: grass, dandelions, spinach, etc. I'd guess they will start laying around 7...
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    Lemon Blue & Brown Red OEGB

    Lemon Blue follows the genetics of blue, black, splash. No copies of the blue gene = Brown Red One copy of the blue gene = Lemon Blue Two copies of the blue gene = Lemon Splash (or "sport") A Brown Red that comes from Lemon Blue breeding is that exact same as another Brown Red. Brown Reds from...
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    Double comb!

    How cool! It's called a buttercup comb. The Sicilian Buttercup chicken is known for the that comb type. For breed, I'd guess a Silkie x Polish mix.
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    Breed of this rooster?!

    It's an Easter Egger that has Legbar heritage for the blue egg gene, instead of Ameraucana like other hatchery EEs.
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    Breed of this rooster?!

    He's a Colorpack. Looks really similar to mine, same color and hackle markings (except mine has barring).
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    8 week Rhode Island White

    Pullet.
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    Please help! Duckling has swollen leg.

    Last Thursday, and eagle attacked my broody duck and her ducklings. While they were running to escape, either the mother or the juvenile geese that share the pen with them must have stepped on one of the ducklings. I discovered the duckling limping on Friday and separated him. His leg and middle...
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    Can anyone identify this baby for me?

    White crested black polish. Since you say it is small, it may also be a bantam polish. LF polish are still naturally small, so it will be hard to know if it is a bantam of LF until it is older.
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    Tips on choosing pullets from a group of straight run cochins

    The ones with the longest wing feathers are likely pullets. You can see the difference in these two bantam cochin chicks: Pullet--long primaries, secondaries, and even coverts Cockerel--minimal primary growth, almost no secondary and covert growth Those two are the exact same age, photos...
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    Barred Cochins/barred Rocks pullet or cockerel

    Little Foot is a Barred Cochin pullet, the second one is a Birchen Cochin cockerel, and the last one is a Barred Cochin pullet.
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    Persistent Pasty Butt in Week-Old Chick

    Try rubbing a little olive oil under her vent. I rub olive twice a day on chicks with persistent pasty butt and it helps keep the poop from sticking.
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