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    tough time deciding which breed. ameraucana or ee?

    EE is not a breed. I trust you know this. Breeds, by definition, breed true. EEs are birds that generally lay blue/green eggs, and look somewhat Amer-ish. There is no way to tell for sure by looking at a bird that appears to be an Amer if it is, indeed, a purebred Amer.
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    Black marans from Ideal?

    Has anyone had Black Marans from Ideal? How is their egg colour? Thanks for any and all info.
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    Marans from McMurray?

    Thanks for that advice; I'll call it in today. Re Marans vs Barred Rocks - Marans have white/pink legs, BRs have yellow.
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    Marans from McMurray?

    When I look at the McMurray site, and click on cuckoo marans, it says you can order females, males or straight run. I just checked again. Yes, I'd like to get some dark egg stock, but am wary of the inbreeding level accumulated by many amateur breeders. Also, it's complicated to get stock from...
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    Marans from McMurray?

    Thanks all; that was very helpful! I think I'll take a chance and get a few. At least they come sexed.
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    Marans from McMurray?

    Has anyone bought cuckoo Marans from McMurray? How is the egg colour? I understand that most cuckoo Marans in NA have paler eggs than the original breed (or other varieties), but wonder how much paler? A pale as a barred rock, or as a Welsummer? Thanks for any info.
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    Purple speckeled eggs?

    yes
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    Mites, lice, and questions

    No, no generic as far as I know. Dosage for a bantam would be about 0.25 ml, so that's 1000 doses in a 250 ml bottle. $39 is cheap! costs twice that up here. If you're not worried about eggs or meat, then go for the Ivermectin. Eprinex is what our vet here recommends. For leg imtes, any oil...
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    Mites, lice, and questions

    Eprinex (slightly different from Ivermectin, but a related chemical) is the best. In Canada, you can get it from a vet - not sure about the US. It definitely kills all parasites, including mites, lice, scaly leg mites and worms, and there's no withdrawal time, you can eat the eggs right away...
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    What combination makes a black sex link chick ?

    Generally barred rock mum and rhode island red dad, I think. this gives barred boys and black with variably copper chested girls.
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    I am sick of waiting... is there anyway to speed things up? (UPDATE)

    Two thing scome to mind. Parasites? Is it possible they have mites? Have you checked? THat can make them washed out-looking. You say half the flock is outside - is this outside in a caged run, or outside and free ranging? If the latter, they may be hiding their eggs. Or they may just not have...
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    Questions about Easter Eggers

    Tailfeathers - I was trying to keep it simple, so only discussed the one locus that was of interest, but still get the basic genetics out there. An EE can either an OO or an Oo genotype, so one can't generalise about its offspring the way one can about a purebred. I said "blue/green" to mean...
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    Questions about Easter Eggers

    Sonoran sikies is right. If the hen has either one or two copies of the blue gene then she will lay blue or green eggs. If either her mother or her father was a pure Ameraucana, she will definintely lay blue or green eggs, no matter what her other parent was. If one parent was an EE, and the...
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    Rooster Gone BAD!?!

    Aggressive birds just get worse. Soup is best solution. Lots of handsome roosters in the world
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    How long does it take the egg to come out once they go in nest box?

    Some two seconds and some two hours! And some can't hang on and lay on the floor.
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