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Awww so sad he died.
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Love them. Watching that vid is making me want canaries & finches again. And, yes, all their babies look like little Einsteins. So very cute.
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It's hard to believe but in MO right now at 09:48 p.m. CST it's 52 degrees! It was a balmy 65 degrees today with beautiful sunshine.....another week or so of this and my tulips are gonna pop up.
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Chicken football never gets old! I'm so glad you've found this new sport. I've been giving mine freeze dried meal worms and you should see the chaos. Then one of them gets the idea that they're going to take the biggest piece of shavings in the brooder and run around with that in their...
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So cute and wow, both white/light colored ones hatched and 95% of everything I hatch is black.
If your NN one doesn't have more of the silkie-like characteristics, it's probably my showgirl male x my blue splash bantam wyandotte that keeps getting out of her pen and hanging with one...
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So cute and wow, both white/light colored ones hatched and 95% of everything I hatch is black.
If your NN one doesn't have more of the silkie-like characteristics, it's probably my showgirl male x my blue splash bantam wyandotte that keeps getting out of her pen and hanging with one...
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Why Thank You!!!
My plan is to make little miniature coups for the miniature chickens and sell them as sets. Feeder, waterer, chickens, nest boxes, perch, and removable roof, as well as a little fenced area outside of the coup.
now remember this idea is patented!!!
Sumatra - I...
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I have a few questions that this discussion and the incubation hint sheet bring up...First, what difference would it make for doing dry incubation for someone living in Phoenix Az versus the Olympic penninsula or maybe somewhere like Ohio in the summer where I hear it is very humid...
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All partied out! Great pics and sweet chickies!
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Silvio loves the chickies! I had a heck of a time keeping him out of the set while I took calendar photos
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/53430_dscn7975.jpg He only left when the chick on the right tried...
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re: feather sexing
The short answer is "No." It is a gene that is bred into them....kind of hatchery bio-engineering, if you will. If the gene is not there, you could be making a horrid mistake relying on this!
I knew it was too good to be true! I checked all my non-black NYD...
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Check this out............
http://animalsciences.missouri.edu/reprod/ReproTech/Feathersex/index.htm
Or this............
Wow! Wonder if this work with any breed chicken?