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    Ordnances in La Vergne, TN

    Very helpful information Kmartinez! We are in south Nashville and want to move farther out but it needs to be affordable. We want chickens with no limitations. Having a hard time finding anything. Good to know about LaVergne. It's off the list now.
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    How long will a broody hen sit on unfertilized eggs?

    I've got a hen that's been sitting for a week and a half, eggs are not fertile. Is it too late to get fertile eggs to switch with the duds? I don't want her to quit setting before they'd hatch.
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    Please help sex these chickies - I give up!

    Well, thought I'd come back and share. 1st poster was dead on. I kept #3 and #6. Sadly, Hawk died when she went to lay her 1st egg. Egg bound and a prolapse she didn't recover even after vet care. Her sister later named Stella, is still out back giving us eggs with deep colored yolks, and...
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    The first time i saw spayed hens !

    A little more than 2 years later and we have the same experience. 5 mos old pullet, 1st egg. Came down wrong, prolapsed with egg next to the way out, all on the outside. Took her to the vet, they could not get to the egg the way she was. It broke and they flushed it out and stitched her to...
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    Please help sex these chickies - I give up!

    Thank you for the input. What about the feathers coming in? The last two (#6 and #7) I assumed were roos due tho their pointy feathers on their backs, much different from the rest of the chicks. I was wanting to keep #2 and #5 and give #4 to someone replacing a roo. I don't want to get stuck...
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    Please help sex these chickies - I give up!

    These guys are 5.5 weeks old now. I tried feather sexing, but that was hit and miss. I am looking at feathers, and see only 2 roos, but one has almost no comb, and a suspect pullet has a bigger one. UGH! Time for all byt two to move out, and I need to get them in the right places. One is...
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    Awesome Genetic info on Buttons and Coturnix Quail!

    So.... years later, did anything come of this? I can not find anything about a confirmed hybrid. I recently received some quail and guessed them to be coturnix. But, the only female of 6 birds is much smaller, but same amount of feathering, so I assume same age. Seems they were a class...
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    pics of 7-wk-old pekin/mallard crosses

    VERY interesting! My sister has some young Pekins (2) and Mallards (3), and I told her I'd like to incubate some eggs when they are older if the sexes of the birds she has works out right. She has no idea at this point. I saw dark coming in on the one Mallard's chest and a greener bill, but...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    Pretty! 1st photos look like she's stretching her heels for work in the saddle. Hee Hee! Heels down, heels down! They just look SO white and clean.
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    It's been a while since I've posted after it was pointed out both my pullets were cockerels, LOL! Well, thought I'd throw in a quick update. The boys were pretty and gave me lots of pretty feathers for crafts, but as they aged, they got snotty to me (bad idea) and the dogs. at 4 mos, one...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    Gotta love that "tweener" stage where they aren't fuzzy chicks anymore, but not fully feathered yet. And, being the person I am, I love typos like "green gasses". Yes, I'm crazy and simple minded, although quite complex.
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    So, just out of curiosity, and knowing these boys came from a hatchery, how do they look being 11 weeks old? Just curious since they won't be shown, won't be bred, won't be sticking around. Funny, the reason it was so hard to figure out, was because I was comparing them to each other, assuming...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    Ah, I was thinking hackles! I've been sick, my kid has been sick (where I got it from) and now she has hives, so I am pretty much brain dead. I've had dogs, horses, chickens, and back into dogs, so it's hard to remember it all, LOL! These little um, birds, have some attitude, so living until 4...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    No worries. I only have the two. They came from Poultry Hollow. A looong wait and a looonger drive.... for two roos. So not cool. I thank you all for your honesty on these uh, boys. I think I'm just going to fatten them up, then take them to my brother in law. He's been in the meet biz...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    Seriously?? I only have two! Of course if even one is a roo, they both have to go so I can start over. I got them from a hatchery. If both are roos, someone wasn't paying attention! I just wanted to have two chickens to pick around the yard. I really wanted one Delaware and one Buff Orp...
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