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What kind of symptoms did you have with your sick chicks when you used the pine shavings? I was thinking the same think because when I cleaned out my coops and put the shaving in the next day they did not looking right. In a couple of days they were back to normal so I was thinking it...
You have to be careful with the dust output from the extra fine pine shavings. It can kill the juvies and make the biggies sick. Before I knew you were supposed to tell the folks at TSC what type of shavings you want, I bought some not knowing just how fine they were. Put them in my coop and the...
I have hatched Marans eggs from Sebrightmom... 100% hatch under my Cochin bantam. And the two hens I kept lay very pretty dark eggs. Sadly I lost one of my hens this Summer to depression(is my guess) she was broody from May through the end of July and never got to raise chicks as another biggie...
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This is exactly why I'm waiting at least til February... I would have to house chicks in my garage for at least two months here... So unless I have a broody around swap time through the Winter, I'm finished... Incubator is shut down.
The first one could be any mix, not necessarily an EE because of it having greenish legs. Any mix with yellow legs to grey/slate legs can result in green legs. They all look to be a beautiful mix.
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LOVE the beard/muffs on Tabitha... And Sandy looks like she has my Liberty's coloring!!! Where did you get them? And what color was Sandy as a chick?
Special or private stock pure breeds usually start laying later than the hatchery breeds. Private stock are bred primarily for quality and actually start laying around when they should, where hatchery are bred for quantity and bred to start earlier and lay more eggs.
This lady up front is Pigpen, my brown EE hen. She loves scratching in the mud after a good rain!
This lady was Liberty... Named her so because she was red, white, and blue. She died on the nest back in March while the daughter and I were out of the country on vacation. Was one of my...
You really won't know til they start laying... It is said that a pea comb will lay blue/bluegreen and straight comb other colors. But in reality an EE can lay any color on the egg rainbow. Just have to wait til they start to lay.