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Some of my most skittish, panicky birds are my young Easter Eggers and Dominiques. By the time they hit maturity they are all calm and confident. I wouldn't worry too much about their nervousness at this age, just interact gently and consistently and they will come around.

Any hatchery Faverolles pullet I have had has initially feathered in very muddy and black. After the juvenile molt, I have never had them retain any more than a few black feathers in their wing tips, and most wind up without any black.

I set my eggs! 35 chicken eggs total. 10 EE/OE/Favaucana type mutt eggs and 25 Orpington eggs.

Mine like to wait until the temperature is pretty steadily 110-118 degrees outside to try to go broody.

Love the broodies! I am stuck with the incubator though. No hens volunteered.

I am in Glenn Co. With gas pricesnit isn't worth your time to travel very far to make a sale, so I was hoping maybe you'd have some reason to be closer. I am wondering how far I can convince my husband to travel for roosters. How much are you asking for the Polish and the Orps? I have a cuckoo...

You aren't planning any trips further north any time soon are you?

I don't believe my TSC stocks chicks from private breeders, though. Only from the hatchery.

I have BBS Australorps in the incubator now. I would be surprised to find those at TSC but I suppose it is possible.

I definitely go to other sources when breed is important, but I was curious about the chick and the doms are just pets, not for breeding or anything. I have Dominiques from a few hatcheries and no matter what the type is they all seem to have the Dominique tenacity and curiosity I like...

Tractor Supply Company had this for sale as a Dominique. It was the only blue chick they had. I knew it wasn't a Dominique but bought it mainly out of curiosity. I asked the clerk (who from past conversations I know keeps some chickens and has some knowledge) and she said the only blue birds she...

Gorgeous chocolates and Polish!

He seems to have legs/feet more slender than a Cornish X would, from the bit I can see.

Many of my hens have spur buds or nubs. A few have had actual spurs. You can't tell sex by the bumps.

My TSC gets in a mixture of RIR and RIW (Rhode Island White, but not APA standard because they are straight comb). It could be that. Most people see Rhode Island and automatically think red.