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    By the Grace of God we have hatched 11 chicks

    By the Grace of God we have hatched 11 chicks
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    Australorps breed Thread

    Two of our Australorps roosters feeling their barley...
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    Cross Breeds!!!!

    Oh no, he's really gentle with me. I put a Brahma rooster in an adjoining pen yesterday with three hens, and he got pretty cocky with him!
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    Cross Breeds!!!!

    Thank-you! He's not really big, but he's compact and muscular
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    Cross Breeds!!!!

    This is me and my rooster Gallo. His father's father is Plymouth Barred Rock His father's mother is White Leghorn His mother's father is Rhode Island Red His mother's mother is White Leghorn I am breeding him with Black Australorps, so should get some good layers...
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    Cross Breeds!!!!

    I have no idea, but that's a good looking bird!
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    homemade incubator

    That's a good looking duck!
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    Australorps breed Thread

    Awww thank-you!
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    Australorps breed Thread

    Here is one of our Australorp pullets in the nest box
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    ...but it's still really nice for December!
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    Manitoba Members

    Hi, just saw on kijiji someone has Black Leghorn pullets for sale at Rosenort for $15 each, also a rooster http://www.kijiji.ca/v-livestock/winnipeg/utility-black-leghorn-pullets/1220910441?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
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    ever heard of "Shanghae" breed of chickens?

    Actually I just posted this link I found to a scanned copy of a book from the Massachusetts State College Library you can download for free. George Burnham raised Shanghaes as they were then called for 30 years in Massachusetts prior to writing it. He imported birds directly from Shanghae. It...
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    Backyard Brahmas!!

    Another thing I found interesting was that the early birds had single combs, and some had smooth legs and feet. This is our first year raising Brahmas. We got them all from the same place, from a Hutterite who bought hatching eggs to test out his incubator. We bought all of them, 3 cockerals...
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    Backyard Brahmas!!

    You're welcome. Lot's of information about both Brahmas and Cochins. It would seem that both breeds originated in Shanghae, and were developed and refined in America and England.
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    Backyard Brahmas!!

    I found a link to a scanned copy of a book from the Massachusetts State College Library you can download for free.    George Burnham raised Shanghaes as they were then called for 30 years in Massachusetts prior to writing it. He imported birds directly from Shanghae. It is he who gave Queen...
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