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Eggcessive is one of the experts whose advice on injury/illness/chicken maladies I put stock in as well. Thanks for digging that up! I... -
NatJ replied to the thread What am I doing wrong?? Egg Eaters.I see that recommended fairly often for egg-bound hens, and sometimes for hens that lay eggs with soft shells. Here is an example of...
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NatJ replied to the thread DIY Ideas needed for meat bird feeder.Have you considered or tried the hanging tube kind? I'm thinking of the big metal ones that have a tube to hold the feed, and a pan at...
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Genetic testing - that way I know what I am working with and if it is truly worth the time and effort to fix the color. I have a pair of...
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NatJ replied to the thread Silkie breeding pair.Are you thinking of genetic tests, or test mating? If you are just wondering about recessive vs. dominant white, you could breed one of...
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I don’t know if she is getting her whites mixed up or if her new birds came from a breeder who had color project go awry and the breeder...
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NatJ replied to the thread Silkie breeding pair.Yes, bringing in new birds could easily cause genetic surprises down the line, depending on what they happened to be carrying. That is...
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Yeah, I think she has a lot of recessive genes that have started popping up. I do know she brought in new birds from other breeders at...
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NatJ reacted to SJsChickies's post in the thread New Chicks Have Arrived!! Yellow is the extra? with
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She did it! Finally!! And I know the white speckles prob won’t last but she showed off with her first egg 😍 The only baby we are still... -
NatJ replied to the thread Crosses using Australorp and Easter Egger roos.Daughters from this cross will probably lay green eggs, but there is a chance of some daughters laying brown eggs.
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NatJ replied to the thread What Breed are these Bantys?.Yes, it's rather funny: the Silkie feathers are a recessive gene, so you don't see them in the first generation cross, but most of the...
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What a great explanation on everything! Thank you! I didn't know about the Silke mix recessive genes. Very interesting. I was thinking...
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NatJ replied to the thread What Breed are these Bantys?.Old English Game Bantams do have single combs. Given what you said about buying the hen and chicks, I think mixes are more likely than...
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I've gotten a couple of silver EEs over the years and they've all shown they had some genes that deviate from the Ameraucana standards...
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I thought they did.
