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    Rooster with no tail feathers - fertility?

    Thanks for that information! Will give it a try.
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    Rooster with no tail feathers - fertility?

    I have a two year old Buckeye rooster in a pen with about 8 hens, one of which is a Buckeye. The hens have pulled all and I mean ALL of his tail feathers out. I have tried to incubate the eggs from the Buckeye hen but keep getting clears. Could the lack of tail feathers or the fact that the...
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    Icelandic Chickens

    Hi all, Just wanted to comment on incubating, I'm been incubating eggs from my 5 Icelandic hens and have had decent hatches. The tiny chicks seem to have a lower survival rate than the larger ones but am getting some black and white, some crests and a variety of comb types. By the end of June I...
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    Icelandic Chickens

    I have a problem and I'm hoping I can get some answers/help here. I have a flock of 6 Icelandics (4 hens/2 roosters) and I am incubating the eggs. Have had three hatches as of today. In the first two hatches the chicks were strong at hatch but druing the end of week one and into week two they...
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    Icelandic Chickens

    Around here they call Canadian Geese "feathered rats" because of the damage the flocks do to parks, corporate building lawns, etc..anywhere there is water. A family is cute..... a flock is a disaster1
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    The Scots Dumpy

    I have Dumpies in eastern Ohio. Stock came from Glen at Sandhill in 2011. They are hardy birds and lay fairly well. Hope to set up breeding groups in the near future and plan to use non lethal pairs or trios. Have to wait till breeding pens are open as right now there are Welsumers and...
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    Icelandic Chickens

    Hi All, I've been a member for some time but mostly a lurker. Have had chickens for years, mostly breeds on the ALBC Conservation List. For the past several years have had mostly Buckeyes and Welsummers as breeding flocks with a mixed flock of laying hens (Orphington, Jersey Giants...
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    Intro from Ohioann

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I've had chickens off and on for over 60 years. Had white leghorns as a 4-Her in the 50's and then again starting in the 80's when my husband and I were were no longer city bound. As a member and former director of the ALBC our...
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