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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    I had to comment, as I ordered a cute temu banner for a 4H chick sale of bantams...Title is "What's Up" beneath is a picture of three silkie's fluffy butts.
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    Any other breeders who thread test sex of eggs using black thread on a needle?

    Well, so much for subconsciously moving the string. I use rods to dowse graves, and I do not touch the rods at all. I have either a plastic straw or a plastic Bic pen (insides removed) that is covering the handle that I hold on to. It works every time to find a grave, and also to determine...
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    Pendulum sexing experiment.

    First, there is a university study that found that sexing eggs by rounder vs pointier eggs is 79% accurate (vs 50% each of natural lay). That being said, then utilizing the pendulum to confirm makes sense. I have found though, that if you wait several seconds the pendulum swing faster and...
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    Ameraucana Roosters and Egg Color

    she did not ask about the pullets, she asked about the actual eggs from the first breeding...I have asked this same question all over the internet and get the same response about the chicks that hatch out will lay blue/green eggs...but the questions is the first breeding egg color
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