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    I made a HORRIBLE mistake ordering from a hatchery! (Graphic Photos)

    My very first attempt at chicken keeping earlier this year was an order from Meyer. Due to a winter storm (it was February), they had to cancel all shipments for the hatch day in question, so I just canceled the whole order. Then I decided to go the Ebay hatching eggs route, which had it's own...
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    Bielefelder 7 day old - cockerel?

    Hmm, Cackle might have answered this for me: I can see the band around those males' eyes as well. Darn!
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    Bielefelder 7 day old - cockerel?

    To me most of this chick screams cockerel to me with one exception: it has the band, albeit not dark, around and behind the eye. But it is lighter than the 3 others I just got, it really does not have the tell-tale chipmunk pattern, and finally it has a small white (yellow?) dot on it's head.
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    Sexing Black Australorps

    Yeah, I was fearing that. So many cockerels. I may have to learn to eat my own chickens. Not sure I can do it. It's a shame really. If they could all just learn to get along with women around, they could live.
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    Sexing Black Australorps

    No photos yet as I am going to give it a couple more weeks (they are just over 7 weeks) or so before I really try to determine which sexes I have in my 9 member BA subflock. Sadly, I'm thinking 7/9 are cockerels. I know with certainty 2/9 are pullets. I feel certain 5/9 are cockerels, but there...
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    16x16 Run Roof or No Roof Suggestions

    Furthermore, if you want to go with a roof that will support snow load, your substructure will need be improved as well. You'd need (at least) to add 2x4s to the walls to sit at 24" centers and another 2x4 top plate.
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    16x16 Run Roof or No Roof Suggestions

    If you want to cover the run, if you can source pre-engineered trusses, that would be your best bet, 3/12 to 4/12 pitch would be good enough and save money on roof panels ( the higher the pitch, the longer the panel needed to cover). Other wise, without that, you'd need 2x8 rafters for snow load...
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    5 Week Old Black Copper Maran Hen or Roo

    My "BCM" pullet looks just like that, but with more copper in the neck and a small crest. I've been told my BCM is an "olive egger" but it does look alot like the OP.
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    Dry hatching

    I have dry hatched all of my chicks with similar humidity levels. The earliest hatch of 32 chickens I now have was day 20. But my temps were held at 99.5-100.0F. As @DemeterAD9 above stated, this is likely more to do with your temps (and perhaps breed, but I have a mixture of many breeds) than...
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    Sealing plywood in coop-safe options for chickens

    Tbh, I don't think they'd honor the warranty for a coop floor ;). But it's probably a good application for it.
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    One Barnevelder, one BCM. Gender?

    That is what I was actually wanting to determine: what did they mix with BCM to get their Olive Eggers. I see they once sold "Lavender Americauna" but those don't have a a crest.
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    One Barnevelder, one BCM. Gender?

    More photos of the pullet in question: Bottom bird (left)
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    One Barnevelder, one BCM. Gender?

    So I reached out to the Ebay seller to inquire of the possibility of my birds being Olive Eggers. Or at least the pullet. I was not looking for a refund, I was just trying to determine the possible heritage. The seller does have Olive Eggers with a BCM roo, but I got the idea that those should...
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    One Barnevelder, one BCM. Gender?

    Not that it matters as far as the (hatching) eggs go, but they were all dark chocolate brown. Won't know until she lays.
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    One Barnevelder, one BCM. Gender?

    Both are supposed to be Black Copper Marans, but they come from Ebay eggs, so who knows. I do not have a full body photo but can get one later. They are both almost all black with copper in their necks, and feathers on the legs. It is weird that the one does have a small crest, I've noticed that...
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