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    New Brahma Group: Blue Partridge x Partridge, Plus Dark

    I realize it might be a long wait for eggs but a girl can dream! No offense but I’m glad I didn’t go to pick up my Brahma chicks at the age yours are now or I might have passed. It was bad enough I brought home some ugly ostrich looking things, which you might find is the next stage. LOL For...
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    New Brahma Group: Blue Partridge x Partridge, Plus Dark

    Thank you. I was worried about the feet and they were so ummm… homely when I went to meet them but now I wish I’d gotten a third one. Foot feathers haven’t been a problem and they are very laid back. I will try to get new pictures today. I think they are 20 weeks now. No sign of eggs...
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    New Brahma Group: Blue Partridge x Partridge, Plus Dark

    The top right chick is exactly what Pickles looked like at 4 weeks and when I picked her up at 6 weeks. Her leg feathers and butt fluff are totally blue, not like the chick on the left...
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    New Brahma Group: Blue Partridge x Partridge, Plus Dark

    Oh well. Like I said, color doesn’t matter to me because they are just here to be pets that might lay an egg one day. LOL But I don’t understand what makes them NOT blue if they both look like a couple of the chicks in this thread that ARE being considered blue. What are some good examples...
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    New Brahma Group: Blue Partridge x Partridge, Plus Dark

    It doesn’t matter to me and I don’t want to derail this thread, but… Are you saying neither of mine are blue? Out of the 10 that hatched, those were the only 2 colors I had to choose from and they (chicks of the same color) looked identical. I believe he paid a lot of money for the Blue...
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    New Brahma Group: Blue Partridge x Partridge, Plus Dark

    They were sold to me as Blue Partridge but I don't care.
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    New Brahma Group: Blue Partridge x Partridge, Plus Dark

    I know nothing about chicken types but wanted to show you (show off!) the two Blue Partridge girls I ended up with. Found them from a local city guy who hatched the eggs to add a couple to his flock. They were born at the end of February and are indeed both pullets, although I wasn’t convinced...
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    Opinions on this as a nest box

    No chick hatching here. Are you saying what I linked to is or is NOT inviting to a hen?
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    Opinions on this as a nest box

    So no glaring issues besides the cost?
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    Sour Crop, or....

    I don’t know what’s going on but my other Barnevelder appears to have wry neck now. She looked fine when I took a quick peek early this morning and then her head was sideways when I let them out at the usual time of 10:00 AM. They have stayed on the Corid but I planned to end that today. Have...
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    Opinions on this as a nest box

    I know the price is crazy but it fits my space and we won’t have to makeshift anything to keep chickens off the top. I have 4 hens but only one is laying so far. Two huge Brahmas and two average sized. I’d like to have one large community box for them and I’d like to be able to pull it out...
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    Sour Crop, or....

    Thank you. She's in the freezer but my daughter will be very upset if I dissect her right now. If we lose another one related to this, I will definitely go that route. The timing on this is odd because we had just finished the interior of the coop enough to let the chickens move in. I put...
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    Sour Crop, or....

    My chick did not make it. I started the Corid and she seemed better the next morning. Gave her a mix of egg and yogurt all day, which she sometimes devoured and sometimes ignored. The next morning she was flat on her chest but came around with hourly force feeding and watering throughout the...
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    Sour Crop, or....

    She has not shown any signs of being ready to lay. Her sister of the same age (they are Barnevelders) hasn't either. The crate is lined with a white towel and I'm not seeing any blood or mucus. I feed whole grains and a couple came up when she vomited but it was mostly brown water, and it did...
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    Sour Crop, or....

    I know there are a million threads about this and I've read most of them, Just got back from the store with a package of Monistat. Already had ACV and good yogurt. 16 week old pullet who was fine until last night. Free ranging 4-6 hours on Monday but locked up yesterday because I wasn't...
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