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    Chantecler Thread!

    Hi Ted! Long time no chat, indeed! Life drew me away from BYC and I only started visiting again recently, after I lost my flock in early March. It's been a series of ups and downs over here. I've crammed all my chicken notes into a file and might make an article about what my flock taught me...
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    Welsummer x Blue Ameraucana Roo

    I know this thread is old, but did you ever get your Olive egg color? If not, what egg color did these beauties lay for you?
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    Post your barnyard mixes!

    If we knew which commercial hens went with Mouche's father, it'd be easier to get an idea of her plumage inheritance lol. So, to get Carmen again I'd need to go with a white roo over an autosomal mom, then breed the F1 chick (pullet or cockerel?) with a mahogany chicken? The Chantecler is...
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    Not right now as my life is very busy, but eventually? Yeah, I could try, though the bulk of my information (the facts and interesting bits) is already written above. There's not much else to show outside of the paper sheets I used to note down when my hens laid eggs. They don't all have perfect...
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    Post your barnyard mixes!

    So, a White Chantecler roo x Silver-Laced Wyandotte hen mix for Mouche? But then, where would the lack of weight come from? Her parents are big birds, and she's twice lighter than them. I LOVE Carmen's plumage! I so wish I could recreate that, too. But what do you mean by she's pure for...
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    Hello! Sorry for the very long wait after reaching out to me in a PM, I was very busy and kind of went radio-silent, lol. Where to start? My favorite hobby was to note down the days on which my hens laid eggs, and I accumulated 5 years' worth of data this way. I learned so much from doing this...
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    New Way to Hard Boil Eggs

    I will make sure to have a deep bowl to receive any shooting eggs if i ever try this method! xDD
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    Homemade supplemental winter goodies for my 6 chickens using dehydrated veggies

    If I had to take a guess, it's to replace the butter in the recipe. I use coconut oil in most of the meals I make, so it's probably what happened here too.
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    New Way to Hard Boil Eggs

    Ah ok! For my part I put my oldest eggs (ranging from two weeks old to month-old cold refrigerated eggs, depending on how fast I consume them) in the pot and bring the water to a boil. Once the water boils I lower the heat to medium (half-power), put the lid sideways on the pot and set the...
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    New Way to Hard Boil Eggs

    Doesn't the egg risk cracking open when you put cold eggs into boiling water?
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    New Way to Hard Boil Eggs

    Do you bathe the eggs in cold water? Put them in the fridge for X minutes before peeling? Or do you let them cool down to room temperature? What do you do to safely peel them without burning your fingers, after taking them out of the oven?
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    Official BYC Poll: How do you name your pet chickens?

    I usually name my chickens based on gut feelings, memories, looks, traits, personalities and/or inspiration. Back when I had started with chickens, I only named the rooster - naming the hens came several years later. If I look up all the names I've given my chickens over time, I have: Roosters...
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    do the eggs taste funy when preserved in hydrated lime

    Hi guys! I promised results when I opened my own bucket of water-glassed eggs, and here they are. I hope this helps!
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    What are the differences between white and partridge Chantecler, besides color?

    Then hens who lay pure white eggs - has their ancestors been crossed with Leghorns at some point, of is the white egg color a result of the breeder's selection?
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    Two new Easter Eggers, what cross breeds?

    I don't have personal experience either, so that makes two of us xD But if it IS a chick-sexing trait being developped for pea combed breeds, it's possible not all chicken races have it yet, only some specific strains and lineages. The public at large might not see this trait in their backyards...
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