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    Light sussex cross warren hen

    I have a light sussex rooster with several hens I got from a chicken rescue that are presumably warrens. They are brown hens and I found there are a few different brown hen breeds used in commercial egg production. I have maran hens that I plan to breed with my sussex rooster but I am also...
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    What will my light sussex rooster produce over my black copper maran hens?

    Thank you for the advice
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    What will my light sussex rooster produce over my black copper maran hens?

    I have a sussex rooster and 5 copper maran hens. I plan on getting an incubator and hatching their eggs. What colour and size will the birds be and how many eggs should they lay? My marans lay about 3 eggs per bird per week. Sussex are supposed to lay 5 eggs per week (I think). I want to know as...
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    Ringneck Pheasants

    That's a shame. Has this happened before?
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    Ringneck Pheasants

    I was just going to keep a pair of pheasants in the same barn as my hens
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    Ringneck Pheasants

    Yes I mean chickens. I understand and won't do it. It would be interesting though to see the hybrid
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    Ringneck Pheasants

    What happens if if I do introduce a male pheasant to one of my girls?
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    Ringneck Pheasants

    Ringneck pheasants in my opinion are an interesting bird and I would like to keep some in with my hens when I get them. How many eggs do they lay a year and do they go broody? I would like to hatch my own. I presume they need their wings clipped and game bird pellets.
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    I cant wait to get my sussex flock

    I will soon be getting 6 sussex chickens a cockeral and 5 hens. Does anybody know the cheapest place to source hens and roosters near Herefordshire in the uk? If not I will have to get my birds online. Another question I have is red mite. About three years ago we got a free coop and it was full...
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