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    How long does it take?

    Thanks! That's exactly what I needed to know. I have eggs in the incubator right now, but I guess I can be pretty certain that I'll be getting fertilized eggs when they hatch. :)
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    How long does it take?

    Two days ago, I put my two remaining Buff Orpington hens in with a rooster. I want to hatch some eggs to bring my buff numbers up again. How long does it take for eggs to be fertile after the introduction of a rooster? I've seen him mounting both hens, but I know nothing about the internal...
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    Setting Eggs tonite - due to hatch March 2nd, Anyone want to join in?

    I am setting 18 eggs: 11 golden campine and 7 bantam EEs. I am very curious about how the EEs will turn out, since one rooster in with the one hen is the only survivor of a nice brown red Ameraucana clutch of eggs (stupid post office) and the other roo is an EE with very pretty plumage. I'll be...
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    Bantam? Roo?

    LOL Mutant bald eagle! I love it. I picked out two of the "white" chicks with a couple of colored feathers in their wings hoping I'd get something nice to look at and it looks as if I did. This one is keeping a golden campine pullet company while she grows a bit and the other is keeping an...
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    Bantam? Roo?

    He's got greenish legs (they don't show really well in those photos) and a little comb, so I guessed EE. I'm open to other suggestions, though. The guy at the feed store just knew he was a "white banty."
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    Do I have a pair?

    Yay! That's fantastic! I was really worried that she was shaping up to be a he, but with all of the beautiful iridescent feathers on him and not on her, I was fairly sure I had a pair. Unfortunately, they were the only survivors of a bunch of Welsumer chicks . . . if I hatched some of her eggs...
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    Bantam? Roo?

    The only thing I'm sure of is that it's an EE. It seems to be a rooster. When I bought it from the feed store (from Ideal stock, I think), it was supposed to be "a banty, two weeks old, I think." I don't think it's grown a single bit since it was supposed to be two weeks old--if so, it's tiny...
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    Do I have a pair?

    I am 100% certain that this is a rooster. He is a hatchery Welsumer. Am I right? I am 90% certain that this is a pullet. She is also a hatchery Welsumer. Do I have a pair?
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Wow! That's amazing color on those wings GhostRider! Is it really that vibrant in real life?
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Okay, I wasn't able to get very good pics of the comb, since 1) I couldn't find my new batteries and 2) I was in a hurry because it was starting to rain. BUT I did get a really good pic of the OTHER white EE's comb and can see the contrast between the two of them. I have been 99% certain...
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    So by the rule of orange, would this EE be a roo or a pullet? I can get better pics of the bird's comb tomorrow, now that I have a helper here. S/he is about 8 weeks old in those photos, I think, except for the last one. The last one was taken much earlier, maybe when it was 5...
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    Can a bantam rooster cover a large fowl hen?

    Thanks, Pinky! Anyone else care to weigh in? Is it a safe thing to do?
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    Can a bantam rooster cover a large fowl hen?

    Or vice versa? I have a bunch of regular-sized EEs, none of which appear to be roosters (although I'm pulling for one, who seems to want to be). Through a chain of events, I hatched out a single chick from a dozen bantam Ameraucana eggs (the real deal). If that chick turns out to be a rooster...
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    EEs, Welsumers, and BOs . . . oh my!

    This afternoon I took another look at the bird I thought was a Welsumer rooster and I thought I saw some iridescent feathers forming on his rear/in his tail. At what point do roosters start to look like roosters? His wattles are even more pronounced and redder than they seem in that picture...
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    What's the point in dubbing????

    Quote: *shrugs* Your condescending manner kind of said it for you. Unless you're going for inscrutable. If you are, it's really not working. Cheers.
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