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    Any one want to join me in waiting for eggs, posting and comparing notes?

    eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek! Cuteness overload! I'm so excited for you. Well done girls!
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    Beautiful Rooster needs to know what breed he is please help

    Looks like one of these to me (just throwing in a guess based on what we get around here, I'm not much of an expert :) ) He is absolutely stunning, whatever breed he may be http://www.fermedebeaumont.com/gauloise-doree-p-4162.html
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    Any one want to join me in waiting for eggs, posting and comparing notes?

    Thanks everyone, I was so excited! I got home from my weekly two days business trip to a very proud boyfriend. It must have taken her completely by surprise because it was just sitting in front of the feeder, he almost stepped on it! Today I got a very slightly bigger one in their house, she...
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    Any one want to join me in waiting for eggs, posting and comparing notes?

    Well I'm very proud to say that I can answer that question at last with a picture of my teeny tiny (with a teaspoon for scale), a little dirty very hard shelled FIRST EGG!
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    Any one want to join me in waiting for eggs, posting and comparing notes?

    Quick update, the girls are hitting their 25th week this weekend and...I got a couple of squats from Jackie today! :D I'm soooo excited!!! Come on girl!
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    Any one want to join me in waiting for eggs, posting and comparing notes?

    Thanks Cat and Mel, a friend of ours calls the girls Beauty and the Clown, I think it rather suits them :) And Moriahw those fluff balls <3 Cat you are one lucky girl, summer holidays already! And are those ameraucanas in your profile pic? They kind of look like our Faverolles hens... MB : yep...
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    Introducing my dogs to my chickens

    Hi Sarah! I've got a rescue dobie too, got him when he was 3, he's now going on for 9 and still acts like a silly little puppy. Dobermans are very strong willed dogs, mine has a strong predator drive, but an even stronger will to please those he loves, family and friends included. The first...
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    Barred Rock vs. Cuckoo Marans Chicks

    Easter eggers (I think its a vastly used term accross the atlantic) are chickens that have the blue egg gene, but can't be classified as pure breed. So any mix of ameraucan or araucana would be an Easter egger. :)
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    Barred Rock vs. Cuckoo Marans Chicks

    Basically (or so I'm told, I don't have much experience) all cuckoo breeds are autosexable if the roo used for breeding is homozygous (much lighter in colour). Here marans roos have to be homozygous to conform to standard, so almost all marans chicks are autosexable. Other than the cuckoos from...
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    Left over mini sandwiches and quiche from a party at work, they loved the one with raw salmon, prawn, and mashed up hard boiled egg!
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    Any one want to join me in waiting for eggs, posting and comparing notes?

    @Dandelion : Wow! How old were they when you got them, that must have been a heck of a long wait, but worth the while now ;) @Melabella : thanks, I'm glad that I'm not the only one dancing on their toes with anticipation here :P Her breed is actually one of the most common ones around here...
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    Barred Rock vs. Cuckoo Marans Chicks

    @Eowyn : lucky you, lots of beautiful brown eggs, though cuckoo marans roos are stunning too :) @Pinkaboo : I had a chat with a Marans breeder the other day and basically : well defined light spot = roo, no spot = pullet, not so clear spot or fuzzy around the edges = one or the other. 50% of...
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    I'm going to need these young ladies IDs

    OK thanks for the info Donrae ;). I guess the bumps are smoother, but I only thought that it was because her comb is smaller than her buddies one. I read up on the BYC article on combs, but still am a bit puzzled. Here are a few close(r)-ups, what do you think? It looks like the gold...
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    I'm going to need these young ladies IDs

    Hi Donrae! I'm currently living in the same country my chooks come from, the land of cheese, wine and garlic! What sort of comb does my cuckoo have? A small one? A pinkish one? Honestly I'm feeling a bit silly, but I don't know how to tell what a straight comb is at this point... I'll just...
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    Any one want to join me in waiting for eggs, posting and comparing notes?

    Hi Catsol! She is a beautiful girl, but not half as stunning as your Turkey, that picture is just precious! She isn't Andalusian though, a bit further north, French limousine blue ("poule bleue du limousin" or "poule bleue de France"). 7 months will be nerve racking, she's our first girl...
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