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    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    Max is 2 years old now and I haven't posted a new picture of him here in over a year I think, so here is a new one!
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    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    I'd like some experienced critique of this guy. He just turned one year old and I currently have 7 Barney chicks running around here by him. I tried to get a good photo of my best Barney hen but she won't cooperate. I kept this guy as he was the best of the two roos I had...best temperament too...
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    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    This pullet has not laid yet although she's been showing an intense interest in the nest boxes for the past 2 days so I'm sure it will be soon. All the others have been laying for a month. I agree about the *throwback* possibility, and it's been the plan to cull her and two of the other Barnie...
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    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    I would appreciate comments on this Barnevelder pullet (almost 7 months old). I know she is not SOP...nowhere close, but she is an oddity. She was a runt from the beginning, just half the size of the other 4 pullets of her breed. I almost gave her to a friend who raises bantums. She was by far...
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    My Hen House

    Love it, nice job!
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    Free Ranging Questions

    I just started letting my standard size birds free range for an hour or two late in the evening. They just turned 4 months old. From the beginning I have fed them fermented feed during the day and then I give them a late snack of dry feed just before they go in for the night. When they hear me...
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    Will ACV react with brass parts in an automatic waterer?

    We installed an automatic waterer that has brass parts that contact the water. I had planned to put a small splash of ACV in the waterer each day for my chickens but I wanted to find out first if it would react with the brass. I haven't been able to find anything on it. I don't want to harm the...
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    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    Here are some pictures of my Barnevelder cockerel Max. He just turned 4 months old, started crowing at 14 weeks and is just now starting to "dance" around the ladies. It seems like he all of a sudden got HUGE this past week! First picture I've taken of him crowing! His tail feathers are...
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Our coop, from an existing shed and a run complete with clear polycarbonate roof, automatic chicken door and automatic waterer, swinging roost, coarse sand, antique glass door knob, and eyeballs over the door to creep-out any day time predators, LOL!
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    Rooster tap dancing? *NOW WITH VIDEO*

    One of my two 17 week old Barnevelder cockerels just started tap dancing like this next to the hens. This morning, I thought there was something wrong with him... I thought he had a broken leg at first and then I realized he must be courting. He may have tried to mount one of the Buff Brahmas...
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    chicken won't eat worms

    My chicks loved worms from the time they were a week old to just about 2 months ago when I quit digging up the yard. Today they got a very large lizard and ripped the poor thing to shreds fighting over it so I went to the compost pile and dug around, thinking the poor things hadn't had any...
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    When is it time to switch to layer feed?

    I have 13 pullets and 2 cockerels that just turned 16 weeks. I have been feeding an organic grower/broiler feed which I ferment. I came to this thread because I was unsure about how to feed once the pullets started laying; stay with the broiler feed and offer oyster shell on the side, or go to...
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    Color Question Please! Favaucanas

    I can't help you with the chick in the photo, but here's what your dark chicks will look like at 9 weeks! These are my two Blue Favaucanas, Loorah and Josie, from MPC, hatched on 3/31/14. They are friendly and curious and eat like there's no tomorrow! I can't wait to see what they will look...
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    Quality of fermented feed after it dries

    I have started my new chicks on organic chick starter that has been fermented. I notice they don't care for it while it's moist...to the point of shaking their head after pecking at it. Once it dries they are all over it. Is the feed as nutritious after it has dried under the heat lamp? I am...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    A BABY MONITOR in the coop!? I hadn't thought of that! How totally awesome. (I'm new here and don't have my chicks yet...they come in about 2 weeks).
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