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    Rats AND gophers???

    Thanks. I checked it out in person after dark and it definitely IS a rat infestation. Dozens of them scattered along the walls and metal roof. I shudder every time I picture it. This is the first time in 6 years of having chickens that I have had this happen. We just cleared and burned a...
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    Rats AND gophers???

    I went camping for the weekend. I have about 70 chickens and I use hanging 5 gallon buckets with pvc feed openings. They hold about 25 pounds of pellet feed each. I filled them up Thursday night. I have some breeding groups separated from the rest of the flock. When I got home, 2 of the...
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    Midnight Majesty opposite pairing/ Black Marans with cream egg?

    I am obviously not a pro, and am creating a certain mix just for fun, and all the birds involved are healthy and beautiful. I am actually only keeping the chocolate cuckoo roos from these batches anyways and will give away the rest of the pullets but would like to be able to tell friends what...
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    Midnight Majesty opposite pairing/ Black Marans with cream egg?

    Does that mean all marans offspring? Like even though the rooster is a barred rock? Or do you just mean all pure marans, not crosses? That would be great if it were that simple to separate the feathered feet from the plain.
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    Midnight Majesty opposite pairing/ Black Marans with cream egg?

    Feathered feet; I won't assume they are pure but I all the birds I have ever gotten from Cackle Hatchery have been very healthy. several of the chicks DO have feathered feet. I think that answers my question because neither the chocolate orpington rooster nor barred rocks the rooster came from...
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    Midnight Majesty opposite pairing/ Black Marans with cream egg?

    I am working on breeding chocolate cuckoo barred rocks. I started with chocolate orpington x barred rock hens. I now have an SF split chocolate barred roo paired with solid chocolate hens. I added 2 black marans to test their egg color on the marans scale into the pen assuming there would be a...
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    9 month blue gold wyandotte stealthy roo???

    That's Big Chocolate. He is so sweet and gentle. I LOVE all my roosters. I have collected 13 different beautiful breeds! Making sure they each have enough hens are why I ended up with too many chickens. I don't tolerate aggressive roosters though. If they "step up" to me, chase kids, are rough...
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    9 month blue gold wyandotte stealthy roo???

    Thanks all for the confirmation. I had been so sure they were only pullets that I had ordered 2 roosters from the breeder for next spring. But I guess her feathers are so frayed they don't look rounded anymore so I thought I might have been mistaken. I'll need to keep my eye on her to see if she...
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    9 month blue gold wyandotte stealthy roo???

    I feel pretty dumb posting this because 9 months is quite late to question gender. I had deemed all 4 wyandottes I had left from this April group as hens many months ago, but as I was taking inventory for Spring orders this one gave me pause. It is not any larger than its "sibling hens" doesn't...
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    Review by 'jjjennejjj' in article 'Cooler Waterer'

    Super informative and detailed.
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    Comment by 'jjjennejjj' in article 'Cooler Waterer'

    Have these held up well? Is it easy to replace leaky nipples when they occur? Have you ever had the plastic hole crack?
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    Single factor or double factor barred rock?

    So interesting! That makes "breeding to SOP" make so much more sense. I thought the standards were similar to cultural standards of beauty, an agreed upon way to judge a breed. I didn't realize that was what actually defines the breed. Neat. Thanks.
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    Single factor or double factor barred rock?

    I know they do. I'm asking if THIS roo looks double barred. I don't know the difference between regular, imperial, or heritage, that's just what I bought from the breeder. And I don't know the parents of this particular bird, but if it is double barred that should mean that both parents were...
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    Single factor or double factor barred rock?

    Is this little roo's barring double factor or single factor? I have a large (70ish) mixed flock with 8 different rooster breeds. One of the barred rock hens secretly hatched her own chicks behind a pallet leaned against the wall. Most died in the pen before I found them, but one little roo...
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    Breeding Niederrheiner with Angel Wing?

    btw, this is for my own lazy homestead; not for show or profit
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