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    Potential new way to break broodiness

    That's actually a traditional method of breaking boodiness—not letting the bird lay down. Back in the day they'd use something called a breaking-up coop that you'd hang from the ceiling, one rope attached to the corners. You give the broody hens water but only a little feed. The coop would...
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    Mini-clan mating

    I would not do final selection before they are about one year old. Some can seem great at first but turn out horrible, some you're ready to cull but turn out great when they mature. Health is also difficult to judge early on. I like at least 18 months, preferably two years. But at one year you...
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    BBS Inheritance

    I haven't actually seen any breakdown on Marans genetics and haven't crossed any myself so I'm making some assumptions here. Maybe someone more knowledgeable can correct me if I'm getting something wrong. But generally speaking: While humans males have XY and females have XX sex chromosomes...
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    Mini-clan mating

    Well first of all, if you have a standard you're striving for, with this system I think it's important to start with a flock that's uniform and breeds true. Otherwise each rotation is kind of like out-crossing and you're going to get too much variation. But if by standard you simply mean a...
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    BBS Inheritance

    No, it doesn't matter whatsoever.
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    Mini-clan mating

    I'd just like to point out that if you only replace one hen every three years, after two rounds you'd always have a 3 and an 6 year old hen and 6 and 9 if one year you didn't do a replacement. On the other hand even if you have just 15 new hens a year and choose the best two (or three at most)...
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    Blue birchen marans

    By breeding your blue cock to your black hen you'll get 50:50 black and blue offspring. By breeding your black cock to your black hen you'll get 100% black offspring. Here's a short explanation how this works: Blue has one blue and one black gene Black has two black genes Splash has two blue...
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