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Does anyone have pictures of chickens that are jungle fowl rooster mixed with buff Orpington hen or jungle fowl rooster mixed with australorp hen? Have 8 eggs in the incubator now scheduled to hatch may 7th

Thanks for the tip!

Chicken feeder upgrade today!

Good idea! Thank you

Is there any battery operated heating elements out there I can put into my chickens water dish to keep it from freezing?

Congrats! Pretty egg from a pretty bird!

Hello all, I’m still new to BYC and have a small flock of RIR mix hens. I’m looking for just 2 or 3 Orpington hens of any type, not getting many eggs from my ladies yet since they are still young so I’m hoping to get these so I can get some eggs until my others start. In Dover Pa, thank you!

Cou Could be! I looked up some pics and they look very similar

That’s what I was thinking too, or Rhode Island Red mixed with something else, thank you

Can anyone identify this hen please? Bought three of them at auction, I have a few ideas of what they could be but just looking to see what others think, thank you!

Thank you, very good information

Hello all, I'm quite experienced with having chickens but and stumped on this one. I had one hen (who lays one egg a day normally) left after a fox got the rest, so I went to an auction and got a few more hens, it's been about a week and no one is laying any eggs, even the original hen. This...