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    Review by 'Cathy Bavington' in article 'Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry'

    Excellent information!
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    Feather loss and growth pattern on neck

    I have over 80 hens and two or three of my Australorps have lost feathers on their necks like the pics above - none of the others. They free range, have four large coops and a large run at night. I've wormed them and treated them all for lice. I don't think another hen is pecking at the...
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    Breeding Blue Birchen Marans

    Okay, after reading all of these replies, I'll stick with breeding for the plain blues. Thanks all for you help!
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    Breeding Blue Birchen Marans

    How many generations before I'd get a self blue/lavender do you think? I'd have to have several lines going to keep them from getting inbred too much I would think?
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    Breeding Blue Birchen Marans

    Thank you :)
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    Breeding Blue Birchen Marans

    Any idea what a black to a blue would give me?
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    Breeding Blue Birchen Marans

    Excellent, thank you very much for the information!
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    Breeding Blue Birchen Marans

    Hi all, I have blue, black and splash birchen marans. I want to breed these to get blue birchen. Can anyone tell me if I should breed blue to blue, or what? I also have a copper marans rooster and read somewhere that breeding him to a blue hen might give me blue birchens? Thank you!
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    Hi there!

    Yes, most never made it past the first week or so of incubation. The four that made it to the last week were fully developed chicks that just weren't able to hatch. Two never pipped. Still, I would think two separate thermometers reading the same temp aren't both going to be wrong? The temp was...
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    Hi there!

    Good to know! If I have troubles hatching a few eggs from my own hens, I will definitely invest in that. And my wobbly chick is doing ok so far. I had her in a small container for two days to force her to stay upright on her legs. That seemed to help quite a bit. She can walk now, just wobbly...
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    Hi there!

    I had a thermometer and hygrometer in there, so I know the temp/humidity were okay. And I started counting days when I put the eggs in there. I'm pretty sure it was the eggs I got, and not the incubator, but I will definitely be trying it again with my own eggs, so we'll see. Thanks for the...
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    Hi there!

    I've been raising chickens for a year or so now. I have 35 pullets and hens and 3 roosters - lots of breeds. I let my chickens free range over our 2 acres, and they follow me into their coops every night for safekeeping. I've hatched eggs twice now. Once under a broody hen, with great success...
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