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My Marans hen went broody!!! I am so excited! The aggs are total mutts but owell, I just want more chicks running around LOL. So I put up 2 new nests so the other hens won't want to lay in there so much and they are using them... the first day she went broody I didn't know she was broody at...

My husband is leaving tonight or tomarrow for Oregon and California, he is going as far south as Bakersfield. If you are close to !-5 and have chicks or started birds for sale we finally have a bit of money to buy a few! I am interested in show quality birds and the following breeds: Marans...

I don't know if it'll catch on, but it seems there are alot of people interested in others projects and seeing how they go about breeding for a new color, type, pattern or breed altogether! I think it would be great to have a place for everyone to discuss their project, post pictures or links to...

When you see a silly commercial that mentions some odd 'technology' put it here, I think they are hillarious! the one I just heard was "Sun-photo-technology" in a lotion commercial. LOL

I know people work on different colors or patterns of existing breeds, but is anyone working on a totally new breed all together? Show girls are the only ones I know of... curious what their origin is, did a certain person start breeding them and then they caught on? I'm not talking about...

I just can't decide what breeds of chickens I want... I want 4 different colors of Marans, Brahma's (standard and banty), EE's, Silkies in 2 colors and Orpington's in 2 colors... then a few others that I go back and forth about... EEK! Should I start with one breed and work with that one then...

The free EE hen who was 'thrown in' as a bonus with my purchased Marans (because she had chicks and the woman didn't want chicks) was bred to a beautiful HUGE black orpington rooster. I am beyond new to sexing chicks but have done my best to vent sex the 4 chicks and the two who looked to be...

I am yet to catch my roo 'in the act' but the eggs I've opened have been fertilized... I've had the hens for a few weeks so the previous roosters semen can't be viable any longer, right? Just wondering if he's warming up to his surroundings, he was pretty badly beat up when I got him and I'm...

I just put in my Marans/mutt eggs. Set my counter top toaster for "warm" and "stay on" filled the pan w/ H2O and marked them... I need to turn them 3X a day right? is that side to side or end over end? and should I rotate them as well? (IE pointy end facing north, then south?) When will they be...

is there a breed that is patterned like a barred rock but is red/white or any other variation of colors? I have some cucko Marans who are brown/tan in the prt that should be white. I was told they are golden cuckos? but I am wondering if it is possible to breed a bird for a different color where...

Okay, so I have finally decided what I want to buy/breed... Marans (Blue birchen, Wheaton, Splash, Salmon, Golden, or anything else I can get ahold of LOL) Light Brahmas (Standard or Banty or both, leaning towards Banty) Silkies Doesn't sound like allot but I figure I'll have allot of silkie...

This teeny tiny little black dot of a chick was in a cage with HUGE older chicks when I went to the feed store to get more chick starter. Te bigger chicks were snatching her feathes out and running her over and it was just to sad so I had to rescue her poor baby, she's the smallest thing I've...

I have the following that I would like to feed to my flock... Plz let me know if it's safe for them... Oatmeal (uncooked) Mango's rice crackers cabbage apples turnips califlower

My husband just informed me that he was speaking with a friend who heard from feedstore employee's and owners who were informed by the post office that they will not be handling chicks anymore. They will not allow chicks to be shipped... has anyone heard this? Is it just a rumor or what? if it's...

Anyone here use eggbid? I am thinking of registering and buying some eggs, but not sure if there are the same quality here (or better) or what... Is there any significance to joining eggbid or should I just do my shopping here? thanks!

We are tring to handle our chicks allot so they will be tame, they are all banty breeds... They seem to be getting more and more insane, not tamer... We arn't harassing them or anything, we just pick them up and hold them snug in our hands and pet them a little... I don't get why they arn't...

all five of my gals laid an egg today and only 2 were dark enough to qualify as Marans, I want to cull the others, how on earth do I figure out who lays which egg? Do I just have to watch and catch them? also one of them was pink, is that normal or do you think the hatchery cheated and cross...

I just picked up a rooster from a friend, he is banty size, looks to be a dUccle cross or poor purebred and has six toes not counting his spurs... is that normal??? I've never seen a six toed chicken, but never really paid attention... also we got a RIR roo, 8 weeks, when should we butcher him...

What household items have you ound nifty uses for? homemade feeders, waterers, coops, roosts... things for other livestock as well... I knwo there are lots of fun ideas out there! I am using icecube trays for my chicks waterers. If they dirty one square it doesn't ruin the others, so it lasts...

I have been offered a brower round incubator for free, I just have to drive down to get it, which is about $20 in gas and an hour drive. It needs a wafer thermostat otherwise works fine... is this a good deal? Should I do it? Thanks!