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    What is a Sapphire Sky?

    Here's a couple of her little pullet eggs 😍
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    What is a Sapphire Sky?

    I got one this summer (we went for a small group of fun egg colors this round). She just started laying and is laying a nice silvery mossy green egg, very pretty. I actually came across your post because I was trying to figure out where the blue egg gene came from, since the Google machine says...
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    Poop Question

    Thank you for your replies! I'm apparently not getting notifications😞 And she's doing well. No more frothy poo!
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    Poop Question

    So my best bet is to probably get a fecal done, I'm thinking
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    Poop Question

    Been a bit since I've been in the forum, but wanted to get some input on my legbar. She had foamy/diarrhea type poo for a couple days. It's been very hot, they have been drinking a lot, but today there is this. She's a year old. Everyone else seems totally fine with normal poop
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    Rooster Problem

    My gut is telling me he's got to go, just want to know if I'm overreacting. Our roo will be a year in May, so this is first spring in all his hormonal glory. He's always had a "favorite" hen who's missed a few feathers on the top of her head but nothing worse than that. He's very respectful of...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    One! But it's the first one I've gotten from my soon to be two year olds since October 🥳
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    Picking A Cockerel

    We ended up finding We didn't end up keeping top dog, he got way too persistent with one of our girls. But we kept Mumble here. It was actually the hens who made the decision, I knew we weren't keeping boss man by then, but then noticed that the girls were all very willing to let this guy have...
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    Broody Orpington

    3 of my 6 hatchery girls are super broody, 3 have no interest😊 I don't know if there is a way to encourage... You could try some of those fake ceramic eggs, like a few of them in a nest box, and just see if anybody decides to sit (when you are ready for hatching). I've heard many people say...
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    Favorite breed

    Based purely on personality, my Salmon Faverolles, for sure. All around (health, egg laying, and personality) the Australorps win it. To be fair, I haven't had a huge range of birds yet, though😊
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    Rooster Advice Please!

    If we had the room, it would have been tempting. Those boys can really be hard to let go 🥰
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    Rooster Advice Please!

    I'm new to roosters this year, but my suggestion would be to get rid of the silkie and work your way down the line, if the next in line is a good boy with you and the girls, then you have your roo. I know it sucks to get rid of any animal that's sweet to you, but if he's that nasty to the girls...
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    Permethrin and butchering

    I'd read that, so we were very careful to contain the spray JUST to the coop, let dry, and spray the birds as soon as they were settled for the night. That stuff is serious though, there's pretty much no way to safely dispose of it other than using it up. I respect your dedication to the...
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    Permethrin and butchering

    This was an amazing answer, thank you!!!
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    Permethrin and butchering

    Hello! We have a couple roos that we were planning to butcher today, but I just realized we sprayed everybody with a permethrin spray last weekend and I don't know if I should hold off. I can't find any info on the spray bottle (Martin Poultry Spray) regarding this. I'm betting it's safe because...
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