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    Sex links: Buff/Blue Buff/Splash Buff Brahma x Light Brahma

    I'm painfully new to poultry genetics but stumbled across some info here indicating buff columbian male X light females would result in sex linked offspring, females being buff and males being light hiding buff. Does this still hold true if the rooster is a blue buff or splash buff? I recently...
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    Ended 11th Annual EHAL - Contest #3: Cutest Baby Fowl - Win a Brinsea Incubator!

    Looks like an ancona to me:confused:
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    Ended 11th Annual EHAL - Contest #3: Cutest Baby Fowl - Win a Brinsea Incubator!

    Entry 1. Taken July 20, 2019 (edited today). Baby muscovies, ducklings, and a couple of chicks for good measure;)
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    How do you know??

    I thought as much. My speckled Sussex did as well, but I knew she would; it's talked about basically everywhere a breed description can be found. I didn't realize anconas did beforehand, but I'm assuming it's the same gene just on a different base colored bird. Clearly I don't mind; the two of...
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    How do you know??

    It's an old picture of my ancona actually lol after her molt last fall she gained more white, even prettier to my eyes. If I can ever find someone nearish me or willing to ship hatching eggs, I'll be adding more anconas for sure
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    How do you know??

    Part of it is anticipating a new layer as well, at least for me. Comb becomes bright red, body fills out more, squatting for me...I'm watching her closely because I know she's going to be laying soon. Then yeah, differences in egg color, shape, size, "mottling," texture, location, etc. I have 3...
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    The joys of ordering chicks months in advance

    I was thinking as I read through this thread that the mystery chick looked like my campine as a chick. Extra adorable lol
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    New from Oklahoma

    Hello! Nice to meet you. There'should a ton of info on here. What kinds of chickens do you have? And what part of Oklahoma is Choctaw in? I'm in northeast Texas myself, maybe half an hour from the Red River.
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    TSC impulse buy mystery

    I could see either of the previous suggestions, though it doesn't look as pudgy/fluffy and the coloring a bit tinted for my limited experience with buffs. I will say that they do grow slowly so I wouldn't assume much based on that alone. New Hampshires I haven't had since I was a kid though, so...
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    New Chicks

    Make sure your waterer isn't one they can drown in, and if possible position it a bit taller than the bedding so they're less likely to kick stuff into it. Same with feeder actually. Sounds obvious, but it's my biggest pain with brooding chicks lol I'll second watching them closely for pasty...
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    What breeds for starter flock

    I think my answer to your last question-get what you want now or later-rather depends on your overall setup and intentions. Are these to be pets or livestock you'll be culling? Do you have ready options for re-homing down the road if necessary? If they're livestock or easy to rehome, there's no...
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    Heat tolerant breeds?

    Cubalayas are quite heat tolerant, never seem to flinch even in triple digits and humidity here. My Ancona, Leghorn hybrids, and Golden Campine do very well also. In general, breeds with small bodies and larger combs are more likely to do well. Avoid the extra fluffy large bodied birds like...
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    Why are people so weird?

    I gather around 6 dozen eggs a week now that temps are going up. Of those I keep a dozen for us if needed, keep 2 dozen on hand in case someone drops by wanting to buy eggs (happens more often than you'd think, people see the chickens in the yard and even without a Farm Fresh Eggs sign they...
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    Easter Egger gender?

    Easter eggers are so much fun in their diversity. I have four, one of whom turned out to lay an olive egg and the other three which lay varying shades and shapes of blue eggs. Two have muffs and beards, one has muffs only, and one has none. One is convinced I am going to kill her, the other...
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    Texas

    Absolutely!:lau
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