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    BLACK COPPER MARANS HATCHING EGGS 12+

    Hi there I got eggs from you when I first got into chickens and just wanted to send this pic of one of our hens now at 3.5 years she still lays more eggs than any other hen in the coop and they are a beautiful dark brown. Will be ordering some more hatching eggs soon let me know when I can get...
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    We had our best hatch ever... Started w 17 eggs 3 were infertile and removed at one week... Of the remaining 14 eggs we had 13 hatch!! Woohoo! We already have 8 hens so we sent all the chicks to my brother in Idaho and they all arrived safe and sound.
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    Hi there just joining in we set 17 eggs to hatch on Saturday. Only 3 were not fertile the rest seem to be doing well. Mixed breeds olive eggers, BLRW, cream leg bar, marans, lavender orp. This is the 3 rd year we have hatched chicks for Easter my girls (2 and 4) and I really like it. We have...
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    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Hi there... my Black Copper marans must lay a "wet" egg and then move them around with their feet because by the time I get to the coop the eggs always looks like this... even if I get there right away. The other breeds eggs look fine and don't have these scratches. They lay all in wood...
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    Help! How do I keep these marans eggs from getting all scratched up?

    Hi there... my Black Copper marans must lay a "wet" egg and then move them around with thier feet because by the time I get to the coop the eggs always looks like this... even if I get there right away. The other breeds eggs look fine and dont have these scratches. They lay all in wood...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    Here is my welsummer pullet I hatched from bwalden. I had 4 eggs and this was the lucky one that hatched and turned out to be a hen. She is 4 months old when do you think she will start laying? I am not interested in showing but would love to hear what is good/bad about her according to the...
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    Need Suggestions on what to use for the run/base of my coop on top of concrete?

    Hi there.. I am new to this but having a good time with our new chickens we hatched 2 months ago... I built a coop (photo below) and have a decent run area that is all concrete right now... I am undecided about what to use for the base for the chickens to scratch/poop etc.... sand has been...
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    German New Hampshire

    Anyone know of good breeders of these birds in/around San Diego, CA or Southern California? Thanks!
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    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Hi there I am new to this but just hatched some eggs I got here on BYC... lots of fun! Can you tell with the BCMs if you have a hen or roo early on? I only had one of the BCM eggs hatched so fingers crossed I have a hen... Here are a couple photos of Minny/Mickey... any thoughts?? Thanks in...
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    Cream Legbars

    Thanks for your help ChicKat! That makes sense to me I was a little unsure when I bought it. I just bought these 2 chicks yesterday from a local breeder that has purebread Cream Legbars to add to the ones I hatched last week myself... none of my blue egg layers hatched. I also hatched German...
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    Cream Legbars

    Hi can someone tell me if this cream legbar chick is a hen or a roo? The one in the front looking to the left. It has the chipmunk stripes which I think mean hen but it also has a clearly defined white spot on its head.... thoughts? Thanks for your help! Aaron
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    German New Hampshire

    I am new to all this chicken stuff but have learned a ton on this site thanks for all the info... loved the look of these GNH birds the first time I saw them... we decided to hatch our eggs (me and my 2.5 year old daughter) and got eggs from Luanne/Cpartist... and they hatched today! 2 of the...
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