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    Double Yolk Incubation Research Project

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    Mixed Breed Photo Reference *please read guidelines in first post before adding content*

    Stalking this thread... I'll have have to upload some pics soon. I had an unplanned cross of a white crested blue polish hen. Father is either RIR or a white chantecler (likely a mix as he has feathered legs). One of the 3 babies ended up with a blue to black ombre fade... hope that keeps...
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    White chantecler roo

    Hi smoothmule, I was told he was pure chantelcler by the woman who sold me the hatching eggs from down the road. I was a bit skeptical and sent some pics and to a poultry judge who just sent me response a couple days ago. He said unlikely pure bred, body conformation is great but his legs are...
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    8-10 week old chicks

    We have a pallet wood "box" with hardware cloth we call the "peeper palace". At first the chicks can be seen by the adults but not attacked. After a week we start doing supervised mixing, where we lift a flap of hardware cloth. the slats in the box are still close enough the peepers can come and...
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    White chantecler roo

    Hey bycforlife! If I can't sell him I was considering keeping him. I do have some ee girls, why do you like crossing ee to chantecler? Anything cool out of that cross, or just going for small combs? I'm still a novice, this will be my first roo... my top two roo candidates are a blue copper...
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    8-10 week old chicks

    I usually do 4 weeks in a brooder, then provide a heat lamp until they are fully feathered out, usually about 6-8 weeks depending on the ambient temperature
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    White chantecler roo

    White chantecler roo, near Marysville ohio. He is about 9 weeks old. If interested send me a message and I can send some pics. Good roo, easy to handle, free ranging. Got him in a group of hatching eggs, his brothers are a barred rock x maran and are going to freezer camp. He is the only purebred.
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    Trimming chicken beaks?

    I have a brahma hen that i realized a while back she was having trouble eating, and saw her beak was overgrown. I trimmed it and that helped some, but over the course of the past week she has been eating less and less. I kept noticing mud caked in her mouth. Today she was sitting in my lap and I...
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    Sick chicken

    @Eggcessive hey, just wanted to say a quick thanks about the permethrin recommendation. We are two weeks mite free!
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    Sick chicken

    She is 11 months old, and the only injury was being egg bound in October. During that time she was listless and off her feed, I assume she had some sort of stool blockage. After removing the eggs and giving her a week in the house she was back to normal. However her normal baseline is just low...
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    Sick chicken

    Hello, I have a light Brahma hen that has seemed unhealthy for months. To start with, I started with 2 Brahma hens in my flock of 9. One was robust and heavy and was our lead hen until she was killed by a dog. The other hen seems like she is always the tail of the group. When my ladies come...
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    Rearing Young Chickens in Winter Without Supplemental Heat in a Barn

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    Choosing

    I have EEs that are my best layers, and my marans do very well also. That being said I know ohio does not get as cold as ny
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    Hello from central ohio

    @Teila no lie, just yesterday I looked up to see my cat hauling across the lawn with Doof, our blue polish, hot on her heels. Those brats look like Jurassic park raptors... since they free range I trim their head poofs into faux-hawks, so they look utterly demented
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    Hello from central ohio

    Thanks all! Breed wise I currently have a couple brahmas, marans, polish, and EEs. Next year doing more EEs and marans, and going to test drive 2 new breeds. Currently considering golden comets, but drooling over the entire Meyer hatchery catalog. I like the personality of the brahmas, but mine...
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