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What is this skin problem and how do I treat it? Is it contagious?

I have two 9.5 week old chickens that hatched out of dark chocolate colored eggs. It was labeled as a Lavender Maran, but I am wondering if this is what a lavender maran looks like? It is quite a bit darker than my Lavender Orpingtons. They both have single combs, not developed or colored at...

I posted on my Partridge Silkie a month or two ago. Most thought rooster, but I had a few thinking it might be a pullet so I held on to him/her a little longer. Now, I have my 18 week Partridge Silkie up for sale. What do you think? Pullet or rooster? No redness at all in its comb and I can't...

I'm pretty sure this one is a cockerel? I just want to get your opinion as I will be selling him tomorrow.

I have two Silkies that are 14 weeks old and I am having a difficult time telling if they are pullets or roosters. At first I thought pullets, but they are stumping me now with their crests. The first 4 photos(same bird) its new crest hairs seem to be all around its crest. Comb is pretty flat...

Golden Cuckoo Auto-Sexing Maran. What do you think, Pullet or Cockerel?

I have an 8 week Black Sizzle Silkie. It has started to develop copper in its hackle feathers. Does this mean that it is a rooster?

She May Be Small, But She Can Still Get Her Head in the Bucket to Eat! This is my 6 1/2 week old white silkie eating out of the feed bucket I made for my chickens. I do have feed at a lower location, but she prefers eating like the others do!

6 1/2 Week Black Maran Pullet or Rooster? Comb and waddle beginning to pink up, but not red yet. Not sure if Black Maran roosters have more prominent red comb and waddle by this age? What do you think?

I have three, 5 week old chicks. One a Copper Maran, 2 BCM. I'm not sure which chick this is, but she(I'm hoping it is a she!) has pink legs. The other 2 have slate grey legs. Is this common?

I have 3 Black Copper Maran 4 week old baby chicks that I all three look similar and am wondering if it is a pullet or a rooster. I am attaching a photo of one of them. These photos are of just one chick. This one is so docile and friendly. She/he walks right up to me when I walk in the coop...

Pullet or Rooster? This is my first Blue Laced Red Wyandotte that I have ever had. Do the Wyandottes tend to feather slowly in both pullets and cockerels? This one is 4 weeks old and does not have very many feathers or much of a comb or waddle. If anyone has a photo that I can compare mine to...

Hi, I have 3 Cream Legbar 2 day old baby chicks. Which ones are male and which one's female? I am posting 2 pictures of the same 3 baby chicks. What do you think??

I started out with 1 broody hen. Because I do not have a rooster I decided to buy some Rock Island Fertile eggs and place them under her. After I did this another one went broody and they have been side by side sitting on the eggs. They don't seem to mind each other at all and I have seen them...

Can someone please help me to figure out if my 18 week old Blue Silkie is a hen or a rooster? I am really hoping that it is a hen. She is such a sweetheart and on the timid side, lower on the pecking order. She always comes right up to me when I am around and loves to be pet. :) I have had 4...

I just collected my chicken eggs and found a big surprise. What the heck is this attachment coming off of my chicken egg? It looks like the insides of my chicken? I have never seen something like this before! All of them were out running around, eating and seemed fine. I am going to go take a...

Would you say my 9 week old blue Isbar is a rooster or pullet? Up until 2 weeks ago both my blue and black Isbar looked quite similar, but now my blue isbar has developed a little comb and wattle. 9 week old Rooster or pullets below? The photos below are of my 9 week old blue Isbar, Black...

This is a 15 1/2 week old Olive Egger. I am wondering if it is a cockerel or pullet?

This is a 4 1/2 week old Sapphire or Super Blue Egg Layer (if it's a pullet). Father is a Cream Legbar and Mother is a White Leghorn. Is this a cockerel or pullet? Also, if it is a cockerel and it is bred with a dark egg layer will the result be an olive egger?