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    Duck duck guess?? Hatched randomly

    You must be a ducking genius! Uhm, but aren’t all domestic duck breeds mallard derived cross breeds until they are accepted? Oh, wait was that sarcasm? because as you may have been told it doesn’t come across well in type. Needs the personal touch. But if you don’t wanna play scroll on by….
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    Duck duck guess?? Hatched randomly

    10 Ducks Hatch. Two have the “mallard” look with two eye stripes one is all black and hides but all black, and one is painted or speckled. 6 are “buff” with Mohawk and tail tips in graduations of grey to black. All eggs were some shade of white/silvery maybe palest of gray? Seller said No...
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    New ducklings! ASSORTED... any ideas on breeds?

    Did you ever get any answer? I hatched some eggs that we bought that were not specific as to breeds and some look just like yours?
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    Can someone please help identify what's wrong with my tomatoes? Please help! (Picture attached)

    I remember reading that leaves will change color if they are getting too much of a wavelength. I.E. Red leaves are the ones getting too much red wavelength? The grow lights that have blue are vegetative growth and red is forced blooming. You can Check that out online under high end grow-lights...
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    Can someone please help identify what's wrong with my tomatoes? Please help! (Picture attached)

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    Can someone please help identify what's wrong with my tomatoes? Please help! (Picture attached)

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    Ended 14th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along—Natural Egg Photo Contest

    Egg pic
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    Duck egg - Dark spot on hatch day 24+ hours after pip? *PICS*

    Any progress?
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    Keeping A Meat Bird Breading Pair

    Yeah, maybe their could be different Cornish crosses, or just the creation of differences between flocks that are selectively evolved by choice of breeders for reproduction.
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    Keeping A Meat Bird Breading Pair

    Wow that was an interesting video not that it really gave any tips but the cracking of so many double tolled eggs was pretty crazy🥚🥚! I will say the explanation of the yolk ( sitting by) the oviduct and getting encapsulated with the next one makes me wonder if yours are not getting the light...
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    Keeping A Meat Bird Breading Pair

    All Have been Single yolks this far! We have not had many double yolk eggs at all With any of our birds and we have or had 11 different breeds laying. ( that is to explain that we were really expecting many double Yorkers from new layers etc… but no, we have gotten more fairy eggs than double yolks.
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    Keeping A Meat Bird Breading Pair

    Hi Fellow N.FL chicken tender Here and in the pic you will see that on the left are two of the jumbo eggs we are getting daily from our hatchery (Cornish cross) hens. We lost the two roosters to coyotes and are now moving their tractor into the main run with the Easter egger rooster. We will...
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    Cornish cross my huge egg laying hen!

    Hey did you hatch any of those eggs? I’m curious because we now have three Cornish cross hens laying huge eggs ( single yolks) they are off white eggs which is odd because the white plymouth rock lays brown and the Cornish lays brown so how did we get these crosses that lay white? I believe A...
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    Hatch hatch hatch hatch

    More chick pics and a new use for an old fashioned hair dryer!
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    Hatch hatch hatch hatch

    Chicks pics link
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