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I desperately need to clear space so that my remaining birds can grow their tails out safely; these birds are not culls! The whites are all recovering from a fall moult, however, which will be the best time to ship them before their feathers get too long and break in transit. This was their...

Edited - small cockerel sold, picture of him removed. Photos are of the available cockerel - will try to get new ones in the next day or two. I have two blue Sumatra cockerels for sale. They were hatched Aug 23rd, 2011. Both have multiple spurs coming in (a minimum of 3 per leg) and both have...

This is the first year I've raised a large number of chicks. One thing has me puzzled - I get three basic juvenile feathering styles in my silver duckwing chicks - dark/mostly black chicks with prominent combs (roosters), white/silver headed and chest (pullets) and then I get ones that look like...

I am interesting in buying hatching eggs from breeders with a nicely developed Khaki/Dun Sumatra line. I have eggs cooking now from a breeder in FL who sells a lot on ebay, but would like to diversify my genetics as much as possible to start with. Am also interested to hear from anyone who has...

Until I moved to Tennessee, I had never seen chickens kept in what locals all call "game bird" places that mostly raise chickens for fighting. When you pass these places, the yards are dotted with sometimes a hundred barrels with a bird staked by each one, on a leg tether. They usually also...

I came left for work today with one freshly hatched chick in the incubator. Came home to five fluffy chicks in the incubator AND a freshly hatched chick under a broody hen. Going to give the hen another day to finish up her eggs (she has 4 more) and try to combine them for easier raising. That...

I've looked at the thread on Sumatra in general and am curious about the genetics of Khaki, Dun, and Platinum in the breed. I know that those colors are not APA recognized, but are being developed by several breeders. How do these colors relate (if they do) and are they dominant/recessive, etc...

I came home today and found the best pullet in the brooder pen was dragging one wing around. She has no ability to move it (or so it seems) and it hangs down where she and the other chicks step on it. I examined her and found no wounds, no blood, only one or two rumpled feathers. She is about 4...

I ordered my first batch of shipped eggs, after having successfully completed several hatches with my new incubator. My hatch rate of fertile eggs of my own chickens (Phoenix) is around 85-90%, which I feel is a good number. I've got a total of 24 eggs coming. I know that success will probably...

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