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    Buff Orpington crossed with a crested cream legbar

    Are the chicks sex-linked? What egg colour do they lay? did anyone find out
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    chicken rejecting different colour eggs

    Yes we candled a few of them and they were definitely fertile
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    chicken rejecting different colour eggs

    My buff Orpington had a clutch of her own eggs and cream Legbar (blue eggs) under her. We've recently noticed that she has been rejecting the blue eggs and find them cracked open with nothing inside. Today is the due date so there should have been fully formed chicks inside. Has she been eating...
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    Why are my eggs unfertile

    Youre probably right.
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    Why are my eggs unfertile

    I bought a proven rooster 3 weeks ago but all of my recent eggs are unfertilised. I know he has fathered chicks before but since arriving he has not mounted any of my 4 ladies. I attached a picture of an egg, it doesnt have the bulls eye so its definitely not fertile right? Any help appreciated x
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    Rooster not mating with hens

    Hi A couple of weeks ago we bought a pair of buff orpingtons. The 10 month old rooster was proven since he had been kept in isolation with his hen who had then gone on to hatch chicks. When they first arrived I cracked an egg from the female orpington and saw it had a white spot indicating it...
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    blue chicks

    They are very pretty !
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    Rhode Island Red rooster temperament

    Hello, I know it really just depends on the rooster but I would like to hear how your rhode island red roosters personalities are before I get a rooster. Are they nice to the hens and to humans or are yours aggressive ?
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    escaped chicken !

    PS when I picked her up to put her back in the coop I noticed her tummy was pink and featherless , is this abnormal ?
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    Questions about Bluebells and Black Rocks?

    I have a black rock shes not at all aggressive but she can be quite shy she will happily follow me around the garden but does not want to be touched :( this might be because I bought her at point of lay instead of as a chick , how old is yours ?.shes is an excellent layer giving an egg almost...
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    Boys VS girls (Never stops!)

    -559
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    what can I bake with these ingredients ?

    thankyou and sorry for the late reply , I made banana bread btw
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    Black Rock / Road Rock

    I have a black rock she lays almost every day but this will probably get less since winter is approaching . To answer your question about 290 per year :)
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    escaped chicken !

    We tried this last night but there are a lot of big bushes and she happens to be a black hen we caught her today though so its all good who knew chickens could run so fast !
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    escaped chicken !

    my sisters chicken somehow managed to escape cross the main road and get into the neighbours garden opposite we tried hard to catch her but it got dark and we didn't manage to get her so we are going to try again in the morning , Im scared ! how likely is it that a fox will find her before I do...
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