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    Diamond Duchess?

    I was thinking the same thing. I have been watching my own hens and it looks like they are starting to develop crests like yours. I hope they keep them!
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    Diamond Duchess?

    The picture showing on Family Farm and Home's interactive breed guide doesn't look like it has a crest--but I don't know if that means anything or not. Apparently this is the first season anyone has seen this breed, so we're all kind of "flying blind".
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    Diamond Duchess?

    Cool! I keep watch. If our Diamond Duchess' start showing crests, it's a strong indicator that they have Legbar in their heritage.
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    Diamond Duchess?

    How old are they? Mine are about 4 weeks. After seeing your pictures, I looked a bit more closely at mine and they might be showing the beginnings of a crest.
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    Diamond Duchess?

    That's what I was thinking as well. I'd like to know more about the breed such as temperament, general health, etc. but I can't really find anything on line, and I don't know which hatchery is producing them.
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    What is a Painted Sussex?

    I've been reading this thread with great interest because we just picked up a couple of "Paint Sussex" from a local farm store here in Northwestern Ohio. As you discovered, I could only find a reference to this breed from Mt. Healthy hatcheries in Cincinnati, OH. I've attached pictures of my...
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    Diamond Duchess and Painted Sussex?

    We live in Northwest Ohio. I believe the store gets their birds from Townline (Michigan) and Hoover's. But I searched online at both of those hatcheries and couldn't find anything about them. I did find a brief description of the Paint Sussex on Mount Healthy Hatchery's website in Cincinnati, OH.
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    Diamond Duchess and Painted Sussex?

    We are adding to an existing flock this spring, so this is my second go-around for brooding chicks. All winter I had researched, and intended to look for certain breeds this spring. But because of the current craze in chicken rearing, those breeds have been hard to find at my local farm stores...
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    Diamond Duchess?

    Family Farm and Home offers an exclusive breed called "Diamond Duchess". Does anyone have experience with this breed? I know nothing about their history, personality/temperament, egg production, etc. (other than what FF&H says on their website).
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    Aviary Veterinarians?

    Three years ago, when we purchased our first 6 birds, no one told us how heartbreaking it would be when one of our hens gets sick and dies, develops a medical condition, or is injured by a predator, etc. Even worse, no one pointed out that when (not if) this happens, we would pretty much be on...
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    Nipple-style waterers for chicks?

    We live in northwest Ohio. When temperatures are seasonal, winters are cold, but not terrible. However, we do have cold snaps (like this past week) when temperatures drop below zero with even colder wind chills. I've done a few things to winterize the coop and so far the girls have come through...
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    Nipple-style waterers for chicks?

    That is exactly how I "trained" my adult birds to use the nipple style as well. Then just observed for awhile until I was sure that all them were using it consistently. I agree--I don't see why this wouldn't work with baby chicks as well.
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    Nipple-style waterers for chicks?

    Thanks! My girls figured out the nipple style pretty quickly as adults. I'll probably start the new additions with the inverted jar/dish style and then begin training on the nipple style a few weeks prior to moving them in with the older flock.
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    Nipple-style waterers for chicks?

    Thanks! My birds started out with the inverted jar/dish waterer. But after a pretty harsh first winter, I switched to the nipple style because it wasn't as prone to freezing. The girls figured it out pretty quickly. I'll probably start the new chicks with the jar/dish style and then begin...
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    Nipple-style waterers for chicks?

    Does anyone have experience training chicks to drink from a nipple water dispenser? I plan to add new birds to my existing adult flock who have been using a nipple waterer for some time (I trained them after they were grown). I would like the newbies to have been trained to use the same style...
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