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    To wash or not to wash...eggs

    Basic egg factoids: ---A thin coating exists on a freshly-laid egg that becomes undetectable after drying. This protein layer, known as "bloom", quickly dries and seals the egg from pathogens. It largely negates the necessity of refrigeration and keeps the egg fresh for longer. ---Visible...
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    Neighbor threatening to "take out my roosters"

    I have finally finished reading everything. Many of my suggestions are not original, but I hoped that it might still be helpful to consolidate them and proffer the logic for others in a similar situation. All of the suggestions regarding "moon-bushes", unsightly barricades, kitty-napping...
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    Opening the Incubator Frequently?

    My original intention was to use the Hovabator as a a hatchery chamber, transferring all the eggs to it on day 19. However, everything I have read indicates how important it is to raise the humidity significantly on week three (and in particular during the last couple of days). Thus far, I...
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    Opening the Incubator Frequently?

    I agreed to try hatching some chicks for a friend as a practice run before buying myself expensive eggs. I intended to use a Brinsea Advance 20 Octagon on an auto-turn cradle with the humidity chamber accessory. It is a fairly idiot-proof set-it and forget-it arrangement. The friend gave me...
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    RIGHTS TO HAVE CHICKENS

    The court date has come and gone. Any specifics and updates on your situation would be enlightening. Please let us know how everything turned out.
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    RIGHTS TO HAVE CHICKENS

    This is why I posed the earlier questions regarding residence location, citations issued, coop placement, neighbor complaints, etc. There really is not enough information provided to research the validity of the citations issued the local laws and ordinances in order to mount a credible...
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    RIGHTS TO HAVE CHICKENS

    A few questions: In what town/county/state do you live? I realize that you said country, but just to clarify, are you in fact outside the city limits? How many hens and roosters to you have? How far is the coop from your neighbor's house? What are the tickets citing you for? What are...
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    D'Uccle Flight Behavior Query

    Thanks.
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    D'Uccle Flight Behavior Query

    "Snow load" I live in Austin, TX. The only snow I usually get to see is in photographs or traveling. If the temperature drops below freezing, the grocery stores sell out of "survival" supplies like bottled water, canned goods, and firewood. Thanks for the helpful info. I am planning for...
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    D'Uccle Rooster Behavior Questions

    I am working on a chicken coop to be completed by spring and window shopping "pretty" and personable chicken breeds. I live in town on an 0.8 acre fenced lot. The proposed chicken coop is sufficient to serve as the only space (42.25sqft hen house, 120.25sqft roofed run)....but sufficient is...
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    D'Uccle Flight Behavior Query

    I understand flight CAPABILITY, but have a question as it pertains to flight BEHAVIOR. I am working on a chicken coop to be completed by spring and window shopping "pretty" and personable chicken breeds. I live in town on an 0.8 acre fenced lot. The proposed chicken coop is sufficient to...
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    Olive Egger Genetics Question

    I am thrilled to get a reply. Have you tried reversing the gender selection with the same breeds used in this cross? (Marans hen under blue-egg rooster) I understand that there will be some genetic variation in the individuals used, but simply wondered if there was any gender-linked skew.
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    Olive Egger Genetics Question

    I have yet to find the answer to this in my reading: Is there a difference between eggs produced by different genders of the same breed crosses? (No, I am not referencing egg-laying roosters ...smart-asses) i.e.: If you crossed a blue-egg rooster on a brown-egg hen, would you get...
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    BYC Trivia Challenge! Saturday, November 3, 2012 - congratulations SilkiesForEver :D

    21 "amazing" https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/440785/wow-nifty-chicken-rob-amazing
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    BYC Trivia Challenge! Saturday, November 3, 2012 - congratulations SilkiesForEver :D

    20 11lb plastic hanging feeder https://www.backyardchickens.com/products/11-lb-plastic-hanging-feeder
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