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    I am Going to Raise Up A Batch of The Light Brahmas

    I raised a batch of Light Brahmas from eBay hatching eggs a couple years ago and still have one. Mostly I have Buff Brahmas. Both colors seem to lay largish brown eggs. They are a very nice, friendly breed.
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    gold laced brahma or cochin

    I have a rooster and a hen that are sort-of gold laced Brahmas. Sire was Buff Brahma and the mama could have been any one of my non-Brahma hens which included some Welsummers, a couple of alleged Ameraucanas, and a couple that may have been part Swedish Flower hen. Both the rooster and hen are...
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    A Bielefelder Thread !

    I just discovered the existence of the Bielefelder breed this Saturday when looking at eBay egg auctions. I got very excited since my family came from towns near Bielefeld in Germany. In fact, my cousin is on the Bielefeld police force! And then everything I've read about the breed sounds so...
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    Please help! Ancona eggs

    Yeah, my Ancona eggs hatch out just like any other duck eggs I've hatched.
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    Need some help deciding.

    Well, for the Welsh Harlequin you could always name it Myfanwy--- that's a Welsh girls name.Or Rhys (also spelled Reese) which is a Welsh boys' name. Don't know about the Cayuga. Cayuga is the name of an Indian tribe and means 'People of the Great Swamp'. So you could give it an Indian name of...
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    Please help! Ancona eggs

    Do you have an incubator? If so, read the instructions and be sure to turn the eggs at least 3 times daily. It helps with duck eggs to get a spray bottle to fill with warm water to spritz on the eggs to keep the humidity up. I have a small temperature/humidity thing, very small, that I bought at...
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    adding new chicks?

    I have four guineas and five chickens in the same coop right now. Plus a turkey. They get along OK and the females all go in the shelter to lay their eggs. And then the turkey gets all maternal and tries to hatch them out.
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    Looking for Guineas

    Do you have any chicken swaps or such in your area? Also, any feed mills that have bulletin boards, you could post a notice that guineas are wanted. Or just ask the folks in the feed mill if they know anyone who raises guineas.
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    New member from Upper Michigan.

    What part of upper Michigan are you from? I'm from Daggett, in Menominee county.
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    Aylesbury Ducks

    These are my first Aylesbury ducks. I bought them as hatching eggs on Ebay. I bought two sets of Aylesbury eggs from the same buyer but the second set had zero hatches. The first had these two hatch. This picture was taken when they were just short of 8 weeks old. They are about the size of my...
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    Ancona Ducks

    Here is my mini-flock of Ancona ducks. My original stock was from Cackle Hatchery. I hatched out a lot of their eggs and sold ducklings. But I let my ducks free range. I thought they had the sense to stay in my yard. But one day I found nearly the whole flock--- and all my females--- dead about...
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    Coop design so easy a girl can do it?

    For about 100 dollars I've bought second-hand calf hutches of heavy plastic to use for chicken coops (and sheep/goat housing). I put in an old sawhorse for a roost (when I want to bother with roosts) and old covered cat litter boxes for nests. Right now I've got 14 hens sharing one calf hutch...
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    Battery/Solar Lights for Winter Nightlight in Coop

    I have portable chicken pens with an old calf hutches for shelter. During winter, I place them in a convenient location and stop moving them, and they work well. But I'd like to start lighting the pen with the laying hens at night in order to keep them laying through the winter. Does anyone...
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    Gathering LIVE foods for your girls!! What do you catch for them????

    I've been feeding mine some redbugs--- which is what I call boxelder bugs which are swarming all over the place. I scoop up handfuls and put them in a pail with a little water at the bottom so they don't escape, and pour it out in the pens.
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    Raising Earthworms for Chickens

    I've been doing some reading on alternate chicken feeds and read about using earthworms (http://www.avianaquamiser.com/posts/Earthworms_as_chicken_feed/) Has anyone been trying this? I've started a tiny worm bin in an old plastic cat litter pail, using moistened old newspaper for bedding and...
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