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    What gender are these? Need to know before caponizing.

    I would say you are gonna get some caponizing practice for sure!! #8 may be your only hen, but a better picture could confirm that.
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    Bantam Bin?

    "Privett Hatchery" is where the feed store we go to out here in the sticks of eastern Oregon gets their chicks from. I usually just hatch my own, but wanted some new blood so decided to bring these guys home.
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    Bantam Bin?

    The more I look the more I am leaning towards blue laced red wyandottes?
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    Bantam Bin?

    No they are clean legged
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    Bantam Bin?

    Picked up some new chicks today. Unfortunately not sure what they are. But couldn't pass them up because of that. Any ideas?
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    Will turkeys fertilize a chicken if female turkey isn't available.

    Time will tell I guess? But it sounds like you have all of those answers already. I probably should have just PM'd you to help me with this in the first place. Glad this site has such an amazing authority on everything.. this site used to be full of nice people who loved sharing their backyard...
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    Will turkeys fertilize a chicken if female turkey isn't available.

    Well it wasn't me! She has 11 remaining eggs so time will tell.. my chickens don't forage in this location. But a chicken egg is likely? However there are no more under her so we will see. I will update in a few days. But I appreciate the accusation! :rolleyes:
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    Will turkeys fertilize a chicken if female turkey isn't available.

    Found my turkey nest today. We only have a hen but there are wild turkeys that run through our property from time to time. I decided to get a closer look because I saw a baby under her. We also have a turken rooster. And to my surprise this is what I saw...
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    Wild hen showed up this afternoon

    Here she is..
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    Wild hen showed up this afternoon

    After I got home from work today I noticed an extra turkey eating and moving with my flock of free range turkeys. We have wild turkeys about 5-6 miles down the road we see almost every day but we don't see many up at our elevation. She even flew up and roosted with them once it got dark. My only...
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    March 7th hatch along. Newbie :)

    I would move them out once they have dried off. I had one not absorb all of its yolk as well this hatch, I left him in for a bit longer than normal and hoped he would absorb it or it would dry up. It dried up and I had to use some scissors to remove the dried portion. It is currently in with its...
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    March 7th hatch along. Newbie :)

    It looks as though your eggs were incubated on their sides. During the incubation the embryo will move to the most optimal location to hatch. For them that could be the pointy end of the egg. If the egg is pipped then it can get air and will hatch just fine usually. A slight angle with the big...
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    March 7th hatch along. Newbie :)

    1 still in the bator drying off 1 piped and 1 still waiting on a pip. But the rest are here! 21 out of 24 made it to day 18.
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    March 7th hatch along. Newbie :)

    On the darker eggs I go by the air cell. A good light will give you that. For future hatches take a picture of the candling on the first day setting and reference it each time you candle after that. There are also people who weigh their eggs and record the loss to make sure it is consistent with...
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    March 7th hatch along. Newbie :)

    I would give them time. And leave them be. After years of "helping" I decided to just let nature take its course and found that most if still alive will hatch. Sometimes I have a 3-4 day difference from first hatch, (out of shell not pip), to last hatch. All of the excitement made me open the...
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