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    Hi Ivalley; On the subject of the brown tinged feathers in your Australorps... Did you ever have...

    Hi Ivalley; On the subject of the brown tinged feathers in your Australorps... Did you ever have a recurrence of brown feathers? I'm researching a little known variant of the Australorp called Australbar. It is/was an autosexing bird and existed in the 1950's. It was developed on similar lines...
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    Question about air sacs.

    Hi Michelle; I only just stumbled onto your post so it is most likely not relevant any more but, just in case you need answers, here goes. Your problem is quite likely not with the eggs but with your humidity level when incubating. An egg needs to lose approximately 14% of its initial weight...
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    The Legbar Thread!

    Some Silvers will occur naturally in a Gold or Cream Legbar breeding program or can be specifically bred substituting Silver Duckwing Leghorns for the Brown Leghorns in the breeding process. My latest batch of Gold Legbar chicks have a Silver male and a Silver female amongst them. I hope to...
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    Cream Legbar/Auto Sexing genetics

    Why not try one of the easier autosexing breeds? The Gold Legbar is a breed that can be developed from scratch to purebreed status in 4 generations. The Gold Legbars I have are the work of another breeder whose best stock I was lucky enough to buy. I have Brown Leghorn and DBPR eggs in my...
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    ~What Breed should I Buy~

    Hi chickenlovefever; I have read a lot of the U.S. forums and have never read of anyone breeding the very rare Gold Legbars. They were first developed in the 1930's, along with Cambars and Cream Legbars, by Reginald Punnett as a true autosexing pure breed. Autosexing allows you to sex the...
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    maybe i shouldnt try and hatch

    Throw the "book" away! Sorry....I may be wrong (I'm not) but there's no such thing as a dry incubator. A "Dry" incubator is an oven! You could actually make Beef Jerky by thinly slicing some steak, salting and seasoning it and keeping it in a similar environment at not a lot more than 99 deg f...
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    Any Computer Geniuses on here?

    Your problem sounds more like a simple software failure. Your operating system is the most likely problem. If you are running Windows XP then it should be a simple fix that will take about an hour. You need to use your System disk, the one that came with the computer if you have it, a borrowed...
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    Lockdown issues...any advice?

    I'm not sure I should be admitting how much of a lousy book keeper I am but in this case I think my error might help you. I write on my calender and mark the eggs with the appropriate date when I put a batch in the incubator. Obviously this is so I know when day 18 is and transfer the eggs to...
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    Help - My sebright egg got crushed

    Do you have the egg in an incubator now? The major problem is going to be a lack of humidity drying the membrane out. If the egg is in an environment of <>85% and around 37 degrees C it should be fine. I would keep the egg upright... not sure why but it seems like a good idea to keep the chicks...
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    How long after they pip through air sac to hatch?

    I am no expert but this is what experience has taught me: The chick should hatch within 24 hours from pipping but it varies enormously. If the chick's beak is visible and the chick is making noise but no progress I use the back of a knife and (gently but firmly) crack the egg all the way round...
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    Introducing myself.

    My name is Rob Patterson. I live in a small village in New South Wales, Australia. My main interest is in reviving some of the 'Bar autosexing breeds of chicken developed by the late Reginald Punnett in the 1930's. So far I have one, the Gold Legbar and am beginning on the Cream Legbar and the...
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