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    BCM chicks 5 weeks. Thoughts?

    Any update on these BCM?
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    Do lavender orpingtons go broody?

    Well I live in FL and it's still warm here. I've had 3 other hens broody in the last month.
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    Do lavender orpingtons go broody?

    If it makes a difference, she's from a breeder, not a hatchery .
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    Do lavender orpingtons go broody?

    I have a lavender orpington hen that I'm trying to encourage to go broody. I know you cannot force a hen to be broody but I've read if you leave her eggs in the nest she may decide to set after so many have collected. Right now there's 6. My rooster died last week so I want to hatch his (and her...
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    Broody breaker?

    Well, thanks for your replies. I kept her in there for 3 days and broke her! Now I wish she was broody again!! My lav orp rooster died the day I took her out of the broody breaker. I have fertile lav orp eggs and no way to incubate them. I was going to wait until spring to hatch some but now I...
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    Lavender Orpington Thread

    this is my pair of LO.. Edith and Earl. I plan to breed them in the spring. She just started laying around 30 weeks, and he is already a very active boy. He's such a gentle rooster though. Great protector and flock leader. I hope to breed them after she's been laying for a while and her eggs...
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    Broody breaker?

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    Broody breaker?

    My 3rd broody in 2 months is really stubborn. We have already hatched chicks with the other two and don't have room for more so I need to break her. I have been taking her off the nest several times a day for about a week, and it's not worked. So today I'm trying something different. I don't...
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    Could these be sex linked?

    So this morning, my first time broody hatched 3 of her own eggs. The babies are lavender orpington over black sex link. 2 of the babies are black with white bellies and butts. The other baby is black with a brown face. Would it be possible for a BSL hen to hatch sex link babies? I checked their...
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    Lavender Orpington Thread

    Question! My lav orp girl just started laying this week (Yay!) and she's about 30 weeks old. Her first two eggs (yesterday and the day before) look and feel normal except for some Grey spots on them. They look mottled. Her egg today looks normal, a little darker than the other two and no spots...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    1 egg from 7 hens! They all suddenly stopped laying this week. Wahhhhhh
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    Snakes and decrease in egg production?

    This is the snake. Those are 12"x12" brick pavers there for size reference. Think he could eat an egg?
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    Mixing mixed breeds?

    Thanks.. He's a LF orp. Very big boy. The bantam hen isn't tiny, she's probably a largish bantam. She just lays little eggs.
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    Snakes and decrease in egg production?

    Just this past Saturday I discovered our resident black racer was just outside the coop, on the end where the nests are. He's not a big snake, but I'm sure he could swallow some bantam eggs given the chance. I'm sure my birds saw him. The nests are 4ft off the ground and this snake is maybe 3ft...
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    Mixing mixed breeds?

    I have a broody and would like to take advantage of her services. I have one rooster, a Lavender Orpington and I have eggs from my black sex link bantam that are always fertile. Can I hatch these? I only plan to add to my own flock with these, not to sell or give away. Currently the eggs are on...
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