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    Bone broth / stock recipes

    Hi there, looking for advice on recipes for both bone broth and stock. I just dispatched my first birds 5 cockerels). Want to use all of the birds (heads and feet). Is there a need to skim off froth or similar for bone broth?
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    Frizzle roosters - frizzle versus smooth gender specific offspring

    I know all the characteristics of individual hen's eggs :)
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    Frizzle roosters - frizzle versus smooth gender specific offspring

    Thanks - yes - I never breed from a frizzle hen - only from my smooth feathered hens - so hopefully won't get a frazzle :) So far so good on that front :)
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    Frizzle roosters - frizzle versus smooth gender specific offspring

    Thanks so much - good to know - yes, suspect I haven't hatched enough for anything statistically significant. So far from 3 hatches with this combo, resulting in 3 frizzle girls and 2 roos (i've been introducing other genetics and types into the flock so to date have used my broodies to hatch...
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    Buff silkie rooster cross with partridge silkie hen

    Hi there, what colour can I expect from this combination? Sorry buff roo pic only at the moment - hen is reddish partridge with a dark crown.
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    Blue cochin / pekin hen and dark partridge silkie frizzle crosses

    Has anyone bred a blue pekin / cochin bantam to a dark partridge silkie cross and if so what did they end up looking like? Any pics would be great to see.
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    Frizzle roosters - frizzle versus smooth gender specific offspring

    Hi there, Can anyone out there who is a genetics expert tell me if the feathering type associated with a frizzle roosters offspring could be also linked to gender? My frizzle rooster so far throws only frizzle girls and straight feathered boys. He has bred with straight feathered hens only...
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    Belgian D'Uccle lays about two eggs a year - what is going on?

    I have a super cute blue mottle Belgian D'uccle - Danger Mouse. She has laid three eggs in two years. But she loves a good egg boast from time to time after sitting on other hens eggs. Has occasionally gone broody - but not for any significant amount of time. I would love her to lay and be able...
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    Can you sex my day olds from Marans x Araucanas (hens) + Silkie Wyandotte frizzle (roo)

    Just an update - the little one with the more mottled downy head has turned into a handsome little roo. The other into a beautifully frizzled girl. Pics to follow!
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    Can you sex my day olds from Marans x Araucanas (hens) + Silkie Wyandotte frizzle (roo)

    Btw, I am going with female - both are now showing evidence of the double length wing feathering of girls - but will let you know as they develop :)
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    Can you sex my day olds from Marans x Araucanas (hens) + Silkie Wyandotte frizzle (roo)

    Will do :)
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    Can you sex my day olds from Marans x Araucanas (hens) + Silkie Wyandotte frizzle (roo)

    thanks - thought that was the case :)
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    Can you sex my day olds from Marans x Araucanas (hens) + Silkie Wyandotte frizzle (roo)

    Hi backyard chicken community, Just wanting to call on collective wisdom / experience and see if anyone wants to have a crack at sexing two day old chicks. They are a schmozzle of breeds - so have no idea whether they would have any traits for early sexing such as fast feathering or down...
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    Easter egger - egg colour blue somedays and green then next?

    Yes, that makes sense. Thanks. this one (8 months old) hasn't quite got her rhythm yet. Varies between classic blue and olive green.
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    Natural cures for water belly

    thank you :)
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