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    I crossed a cream legbar with a ----- and this is what I got

    Hi. I have a CCLB rooster and hatched one chick from him and a black star hen last summer. (I only gave my broody 1 egg because she usually flakes after about 5 days, she didn't this time until day 18, so into the incubator that egg went.) The chick was black with a white spot on her head. I...
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    Ended 11th Annual EHAL - Contest #3: Cutest Baby Fowl - Win a Brinsea Incubator!

    The little one under the plate is my first hatch, 2 weeks old, and a cream legbar over black sex-link. The other 2 are 4 days older so she didn't grow up alone, they are a welsummer and a midnight majesty maran. My hens always give up about a week or two in, and I didn't want to lose many eggs...
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    Topic of the Week - Coop Bedding and Waste Management; Deep Litter Method etc.

    - Bedding in the coop: What do you use? *Pine shavings - How deep do you let it get? *12+ inches - How often do you clean it out? *3x a year - What is your coop floor? (Earth, wood, protected wood.) *Concrete - Do you use a poop board or something similar? If "yes", tell us more? *No -...
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    Hello from Cincy!!

    I've been creeping on the site for months now and thought I should go ahead and join. We have had 6 hens since late May. We inherited them from my nephews who decided they got too big for them to handle anymore after about 8 wks old. (not to mention they didn't have a coop) I built an...
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