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    Crested Welbar ?

    We had a development today. Of my 4 original “Welbars,” one had the crest and laid olive eggs from mid October until she started molting recently. The other three all looked bright red and ready but no eggs, then started squatting last week, and two laid their first eggs today. They were indeed...
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    Going to tractor supply today.....

    I'm in TN where we don't get that much freezing weather, but it's a pain when we do because I've got quail cages with rabbit water bottles that freeze. For my chickens I normally run flat-back buckets for water since I have bantams and regulars ranging from 1-8 pounds. When it's freezing I float...
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    I have no idea really. It was the first hatched from my first batch of incubator quail from 5...

    I have no idea really. It was the first hatched from my first batch of incubator quail from 5 years ago, and they all looked the same until they were 5 weeks old. :-) I still have one from that batch named Uno, so we'll pretend that it's him.
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    Crested Welbar ?

    The one crested girl is the only one laying as of yet. She lays either a very small olive egg or skips a few days then lays a large double yolk olive egg. Hopefully her system figures it out soon and gets consistent. The other three are squatting and look ready, but are taking their time. But...
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    Naming chickens

    Yup, all the chickens have names. The quail too even though they don't really care. But the chickens know their names and will come to them, can be identified by their individual sounds, and I know each one's favorite treats and who lays which egg. I started with 4 EEs named after the Jurassic...
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    Need advice for New Coop/Run setup please!

    A lot of people with chickens want easy access to the nest box to grab eggs daily. I know of a few YouTubers that show how to make gravity feeders/waterers and external door nest boxes so they only have to go into their coops like once a month to refill food/water. My chickens are pets. They've...
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    Hen not laying eggs but in the box all day and night

    I've got a 1 pound OEGB that tries to go broody occasionally and sit on my regular size chicken eggs, running the big girls out of the nest box and trying to sit on an egg pile bigger than her. The easiest way I've found to break her from it without having to separate her is a nice slow dunk in...
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    Need advice for New Coop/Run setup please!

    Yeah, reaching out is fine. I’m not on here much but should get email alerts of messages. How big is the area and how many chickens do you have? I had 9 when I set it up (13 now) and didn’t have full grass in the area but they took out any vegetation and turned it into dirt with holes in less...
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    Need advice for New Coop/Run setup please!

    I'm in the Chattanooga area so a similar climate. I'm previously had a 10x10 chainlink coop under my raised deck, with a custom 4x4 house raised on legs so they could go under/in/over it. We're going to be working on the deck and I added chickens over the past year, so I build a second coop in...
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    7 week old “sexed” pullets??

    For comparison, I just went out and took pics of my dark blonde Easter Egger that I got when she was 3 months old and is now just over a year. I was a little nervous that she was going to darken up and be a boy but she lays a lovely blue egg. I was told that darker on the wings is fine as long...
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    7 week old “sexed” pullets??

    Facebook memories gave me these from 4 years ago when I was trying to rehome my boy. You can see the wonky tail and darker brick red color bars on his wings. He was bought at 2 days old as a sexed pullet. Luckily I found him a great home, but it was not pleasant getting attached and having to...
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    So what is this fine specimen of a man

    Looks like a Welsummer.
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    7 week old “sexed” pullets??

    The red and grey Easter Egger is definitely a boy. The wonky tail, the wide comb, the tall stance, and the rooster-specific dark red on the wings coloration all point to it. He's probably your sweetest and most favorite too. That's what happened to me when I got 4 Easter Egger pullets from the...
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    Crested Welbar ?

    I get what you are saying, but I don’t think this is a case of TSC bin mixup and why I was questioning the hatchery practices. There were no other chipmunk striped babies in the store, no olive eggers/easter eggers available for purchase at all. I’ve seen my share of “yellow chick” bins with...
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    Crested Welbar ?

    So then my question if you're saying she's a Legbar mix is... do hatcheries regularly mix up their stock or have impure stock? I bought her as a Welbar, with the sign advertising a rare breed that has very dark brown eggs. All research tells me they come from the Welsummer and Barred Rock...
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