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    OSDad Island Flock First Eggs

    Well its been almost 7 months and we finally have some eggs!! We arrived home from vacation for 2 weeks and we had 2 eggs that day. First one was the small on, then the medium. The larger one is from the next day. Right now we have 4 hens laying the other 6 should soon follow suit I hope.
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    Community Bath Time ;)

    The black one in the middle is our easter egger hen Joy
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    Community Bath Time ;)

    The whole flock found a great dirt bathing area
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    OS_Dad Island Flock

    This is Joy, she's our only Easter egger pullet. She would be right around 24 weeks.
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    OS_Dad Island Flock

    This is Buddy, he's the main man. He would be right around 24 weeks old.
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    OS_Dad Island Flock

    This is Peep, he would be about 20 weeks old now. He's going to have some beautiful colouring.
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    OS_Dad Island Flock

    Our current status is 2 cockerels and 10 hens. we harvested the other 8 cockerels and they currently reside in the freezer. The hens are a mix of 1 Easter egger, 2 barred rocks 2 Chanteclers nd 5 production reds, listed oldest to youngest. All are about 16-23 weeks old. Still no eggs, We...
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    OsDads Island flock. Help sexing Please

    Fluffbug and peep turned out to be cockerels. Fluffbug was harvested and peep get a pass at this time.
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    Plucker Build

    Plucker worked PERFECT!
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    Plucker Build

    I harvested my cockerels yesterday. 7 birds are now in the fridge resting. Here is the set up for the day Killing cones worked great. This is the way to go.
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    OsDads Island flock. Help sexing Please

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    OsDads Island flock. Help sexing Please

    Peep updated pics. Any changes of predictions.
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    Plucker Build

    I ended up buying a motor and got it put together. I did a couple birds and it worked great. I hope to get a video next usage.
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    Plucker Build

    I put some fingers on the bottom side of the plate on an angle and they paddle the feathers out the discharge.
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    OsDads Island flock. Help sexing Please

    Updated photos, I am really leaning toward cockerel. Anybody have an opinion? Fluffbug is the brown one.
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