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    Cream Legbars

    Hello! Thank you for the compliment :) We had a cockerel straight from GFF. He was a packing peanut with some SFH. Due to the timing of our order, I was hopeful that he was from their new Jill Reese line. He looked different (less colorful) than many of the US cockerels I was seeing on FB...
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    Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

    That is a great story! Loved it! My husband nearly gave up this spring. We are pretty relaxed about the free-rangers until February and then everyone has to follow the rules safe breeding. The Basque just didn't care. We had to clip wings, reinforce the bottom of the wire, move the coop...
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    Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

    Our kids probably couldn't open that either! Not really, but the bungee works. These are smart chickens and they like to go places they shouldn't!
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    Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

    See what I have to fight through to get into the Basque pen? Notice that the gate is bungee corded shut? It's because they can unlatch even a double-latched gate!
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    It is true the Sussex have enviable combs and wattles The trouble with the Swedes is that they are prone to late / early developing BOTH. I had a pullet in the first batch that I had pegged for a cockerel from about 4 wks. Obviously I was wrong. Then there are the crested ones that don't...
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    Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

    Just because... WE have REACHED 100% viability on the BQ eggs!
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    California - Northern

    me too! So @ronott1 uses a HB 1588 to hatch? Does it work well? I have lovely wooden cabinet incubator and am using the hatching tray. I'm considering NOT because it is SOOOOO hard to clean the back of the incubator! I've wondered many times if the Brinsea thermometer was worth the price...
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    Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

    I'm hatching away now Will post updates as per viability soon. Got a slow start this year, thanks to a fence hoping Ameraucana . Had to EAT EOB eggs for a couple months. The last hatch I put a few eggs in and they look fine. No AM influence! The Ameraucana was properly punished. I...
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    Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

    73 eggs! All EOB? Thank you for the tips. I've heard that saying about building the barn before it is painted. Perhaps you can tell me what you are looking for when you are handling your birds. I look for a straight keel and as they develop I like to see a deeper & wider chest. I don't...
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    California - Northern

    I know! I learned the hard way ;)
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    California - Northern

    She is 2 today! I love her cuteness too Thank you We LOVE pallet houses! They are the new favorite on the farm and we have some nice ones! Our largest is 5 x 16 That's a man door hidden by the tree. Exterior egg boxes on the right (unseen). Just don't do what I did. Straight bleach...
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    California - Northern

    My version of spam :)
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    California - Northern

    We have Swedish Flower Hens. At this time we have a closed farm - meaning I don't let people past the picket fence :) That's my level of biosecurity right now. Now birds in - only eggs if I want to diversify - and no farm tours. It's too scary with the AF running amuck. We also don't...
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    Sewandgrow's Third Annual "Friends of A Feather" Poultry Party, Turlock CA, May 3rd, 2015 (Chat Thre

    I'm back to thinking I won't make it. Spent most of the night working :) I do love being at a birth but sometimes the schedule is exhausting. (FYI for those that don't already know, I am a doula). Helping my parents move tonight and my best friends move tomorrow. My in-laws are leaving CA...
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    Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

    This girl isn't as rich in color but I like her shape and that her tail feathers only have a thumbprint of black.
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