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    Another round of What Breed is This?

    Thought it would be fun to follow up with new photo's. They are 4 and a half months old now. Its clear who the roosters are if nothing else . Paul #1 Sunshine and her very special crown. #2 Cleavage #3 Leia #4 Luke Clearly my daughter's favorite but she knows he's going to have to...
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    Serama is having a hard time breathing.

    Thank you both for your advice. I've ordered some meds and vitamins that should be here in the next 2 to 3 days. She is doing much better this morning after saying in the warm house last night. She's drinking, eating and wheezing much less although its still there. I'll keep her inside for...
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    Serama is having a hard time breathing.

    I've got a sick little Serama. She's always been a bit wheezy but after this last rain she's really having a hard time breathing. I've checked her crop and its not empty. Looked in her mouth but didn't see anything. Its like she just has a bad case of congestion. I've brought her inside to...
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    Bay Area BYCers!

    Criollo, its a kind of cocoa bean.
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    Bay Area BYCers!

    I have two Red Stars laying almost daily, two Barred Rocks laying a little less and 2 Easter Eggers on break since December. All about a year old. So 2-4 eggs a day from 6 hens. Paul
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    Another round of What Breed is This?

    That's cool, I'm really hoping for some of those dark eggs.
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    Another round of What Breed is This?

    Most of them hatch on the same day so I'm not sure who came from the white eggs. My only guess is that #1 did because Sicilian Buttercups lay white eggs but given that she might not be a pure breed even that is uncertain. None of them look anything like a Blue Andalusian to me as the lady put...
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    Another round of What Breed is This?

    I think they are total mixes and their parents may have been mixes for all I know. When my hen went broody I was just looking for something to put under her so my kids and I could have the experience of hatching eggs. And it was winter so the pickings where slim. Although one goal of mine was...
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    Another round of What Breed is This?

    Fun! Thank you for your thoughts CascadiaRiver.
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    Another round of What Breed is This?

    Okay time for another round of what Breed is this but before we begin I should disclose that the game is rigged. In that they are all mutts or backyard mixes for sure. I'm just looking for hints of what I might be getting as well as predictions on sex. In November of last year my little...
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    Help egg pipped and now starting to zip but Momma has moved on.

    I didn't get her as a chick but the lady I got from said she was around 5 months old. She started laying around a month later and went broody a month after that. I got another serama hen at the same time, that should be around the same age, that has yet to lay an egg. I imaging this one's...
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    Help egg pipped and now starting to zip but Momma has moved on.

    The Mom is a young Serama, just started laying herself. The eggs are from a mixed backyard flock near by, I can't have a rooster where I am. It will be fun to see what they turn out to be. Paul
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    Help egg pipped and now starting to zip but Momma has moved on.

    Hatched and happy!
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    Help egg pipped and now starting to zip but Momma has moved on.

    Interesting, I'll try that next time. The chick in the egg is going strong, starting to zip. It started to get dark so the hen and chicks returned to the nest. I slipped the egg back in and covered the create with a towel. Hoping to have the last chick in the morning. I'm keep you posted...
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    Help egg pipped and now starting to zip but Momma has moved on.

    So our little hen has hatched 5 of her six eggs over the last two days and has moved with her new chicks. However the last egg has pipped and started to zip. My wife is keeping the egg worm with her body heat but what do we do now? Its starting to hatch. We don't have an incubator and I'm...
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