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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thank you! I was thinking the same thing, and have always wanted an option for a partition anyways, for introducing new chicks. My husband said, "seems like an awful lot of rigmarole for one broody hen." But I like it, and I'm hoping it will work out.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Well, I was not successful moving my broody hen to a private area. Thankfully, my dad is supportive in enabling my chicken habit, so he installed a partition. The rest of the hens are ****** off at not being able to access their laying area. Mind you, they do have access to actual nest boxes. My...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thanks! Yeah, I just wondered if a 24 hour possible gap between some of the eggs would result in too-staggered of a hatch. Yes I've got quite a mix (this is an old list and I also have Spitz and Spitz/Merlerault mixes now too) and I'm hoping to hatch the white, green and dark brown eggs. For...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Hi everyone! I've been reading up on this process as I seem to have a broody hen. I am planning to move her to a private area tonight. What I'm wondering is, since I don't have fancy hatching eggs or anything I'm planning to use with her, can I just move her current eggs that she is sitting on...
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    Cream Legbar Hybrid Thread

    This is an old post, I know, but I'm trying to figure out if CL roo X Silver Spangled Spitz would result in sexable chicks. Or CL roo X black or splash Spitz (prob not?) Does anyone know?
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    Cream Legbar Hybrid Thread

    I have 9 chicks who are now 6 weeks old and I believe they are all pullets but their coloring isn't quite what I expected for females. We had four from this same hatch who were very obviously cockerels, with larger, pinker combs. These chicks pictured are Rhodebar or Welsummer x Cream Legbar...
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    New York mini chickenstock 2016

    Yes, that's what I've read anyways. The Sapphire cross is generally a leghorn x CCL, which lays a pretty blue. I don't have any of these yet. The eggs from our one white layer, a Blue Andalusian, unfortunately did not hatch - there were four of them - two early quitters and two that fully...
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    New York mini chickenstock 2016

    Okay, good to know! I'd love some white layers to mix with my CL roo, and the hairdo's are just so cute! I'll let you know, I'm still trying to figure out for sure if I can make the trip.
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    New York mini chickenstock 2016

    So cute! I've read these don't do well in confinement. Mine have a generous run and get out in the evenings for about two hours, would such an arrangement be suitable for this breed?
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    New York mini chickenstock 2016

    Ahh, yes, you have a point. We'll see how many pullets I actually have, it's looking like a 50/50 split. I have Rhodebar, Welsummer, and Dominique covered by Cream Legbar roo, with the possiblity of Rhodebar roo (especially in the Dominique). So I'm hoping for some greenish and olive egg layers...
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    New York mini chickenstock 2016

    Is there a current list of what will be available at chickenstock? I've been searching through the pages cuz I thought someone posted an updated list recently and alas, I haven't been successful yet. I hatched out 16 chicks this week, so theoretically I shouldn't need any more this summer, but....
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    "Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

    Hatch update @Chaos18 - We have hatched 15 so far and just moved them to brooder! It is day 21, there are 4 more eggs in the bator that may or may not hatch. At day 18 these eggs looked lively, especially two of them. So we have 2 Welsummer x CL roo 4 Dominique x CL roo (or possibly...
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    "Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

    We are one day 20 and have two pips, both in my Dominique's eggs (paternal lineage either CCL or Rhodebar)! No peeping though...is that normal?
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    "Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

    Ohmygosh thank you for sharing this! I LOVE Dr. Evil humor.
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    "Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

    Tonight I'll put our eggs in lockdown. I'm excited to take out the blocks that I've been using as makeshift turners, then I won't have to worry anymore about smooshing eggs There is something in the lid of the bator that at a certain angle will bump into any propped up egg - I smashed a second...
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