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    Silkie thread!

    Hi, I'm very new to all this, but saw your title as "Flockmaster" and presumed you could help. I have a one year old black silkie rooster who runs the barnyard. He keeps the full sized roosters in line, and dances constantly for the ladies. However, I have not witnessed him mating with any...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    Kathy, they are gorgeous. Thank you for all the hard, diligent work. Like so many others, I look forward to the day you begin selling them.
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    Comment by 'Green Acres' in item 'Chantecler'

    Thank you - I'll look at it.
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    Review by '' on item 'Chantecler'

    I ordered 25 "hatchery choice" chicks last February, and a few days later the electricity went off while I was at work. The only chick to survive the hours of freezing temps. was what turned out to be a Buff Chantecler. Since then, she has earned her way into my heart. She's the friendliest of...
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    Speckled Sussex Roo x Delaware hen

    I've just acquired a Speckled Sussex rooster and some Delaware hens. I know it is 3 years after you did this cross and I greatly appreciate the pictures, but how did they turn out in terms of egg laying, meat production, etc. Any thoughts or suggestions will be appreciated.
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    I'm new to Delewares - have 8 hens and 2 roos just a month old. Could you (or someone) coach me as to what to look for? Those pictures look great to me. Is there something about tails that tends to be a problem that needs to be addressed in breeding/preserving the Dellies? Any words of...
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    Comment by 'Green Acres' in item 'New Hampshire'

    I wish! Although my hens are beautiful in my eyes, alas the photo is the one that comes with the Breed Review. Thanks.
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    Review by '' on item 'New Hampshire'

    I bought a variety of chicks on Feb. 25 from the local feedstore, figuring I'd observe behaviors and see which ones I wanted to keep. My New Hampshires reached full size faster than any of the other breeds (but the SL Wyandotte), and one of them has laid eggs two days in a row at just a couple...
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    German New Hampshire

    Those Delewares are beautiful! I wish you were a 1000 miles closer, as I'd love to buy some of their offspring. I just bought my first Deleware chicks three weeks ago, and hope to learn more about crossing in the parent strains to improve as time goes by. Question - is it solely hybrid vigor...
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    Comment by 'Green Acres' in item 'New Hampshire'

    Thank you for this report of their egg laying prowess. I saw on Cackle Hatchery's website that NHR lay only 120 eggs/year, and I was facing getting rid of my young ladies as a result. You've given me reassurance when I really needed it.
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    Comment by 'Green Acres' in item 'New Hampshire'

    I have two gorgeous New Hampshire hens I bought from a feed store as chicks. I'm debating whether or not to keep them - I see Cackle Hatchery says they only lay approx. 120 eggs per year, which is only 2/week. Is that your experience with them? I really like how rapidly they've grown, their...
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    Tracking individual egg production in a flock

    Interesting idea - one I'd never thought of. I especially like the drawings which someone with some technical know how could replicate. Just a thought - I wonder how long it takes before the hens figure it out and lay elsewhere! :-) Thanks.
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    Tracking individual egg production in a flock

    Thank you. I will have three or four different egg colors when everyone starts laying, but I'll need to choose between half a dozen hens of each variety which ones will be allowed to remain as part of my future breeding flock. I envy your self-discipline in record keeping, but it is a great idea...
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    Tracking individual egg production in a flock

    Thanks, I will. One of my goals for my hobby is to develop a largely self-sustaining flock, good layers yet hatching their own and getting a lot from their foraging. I don't want to maintain excess baggage or drag down the breeding stock.
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    Tracking individual egg production in a flock

    That is a clever idea. Just paint them early each morning and hope it doesn't dry out too quickly? Thank you - definitely worth a try.
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