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    Chicken breeders or Folks in South Africa?

    You're the best! Is there any information about the village chickens? I know they do not have standards, but they could be considered a landrace, like the Icelandic chicken.
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    Chicken breeders or Folks in South Africa?

    I am looking for the names and standards for all the African breeds. Very little is known about African chickens in the United States and I am trying to compile more information. Any help you are able to give is greatly appreciated!
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    Chicken breeders or Folks in South Africa?

    Thank you so much! Do you know if the other South African breeds have standards as well?
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    Chicken breeders or Folks in South Africa?

    Hello! I am not in South Africa, but I would *love* to know more about the Boschvelder breed! They are so pretty! Do they have a standard? I would love any info on them!
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    where are the wonderful st. louis area chicken people ????

    Pat, my garden is doing pretty well despite the rain. Although it is raised beds....LOL It bothers me more in the chicken runs. Those things have been soggy horrid messes for months now. Ugg! Really need to go muck them out. Been avoiding it for awhile.
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    Heritage SQ Egg Chain Swap Thread

    YA! *jumps up and down* If my bator was not already full, I would sooooooooooooooo accept! Awesome birds!
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    SQ Egg Swap

    Clover Run: Your offer is over 2 weeks old. Are those eggs still good? I know with some of my breeds, I only have that amount of eggs for a limited time.
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    Heritage SQ Egg Chain Swap Thread

    Still trying to see if anyone else would like to start this up again. :)
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    Heritage SQ Egg Chain Swap Thread

    Could we start this back up again? I would love to see this active again!
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    Ancona Ducks

    Yes. If he is silver you would get 100% Blue. Keep in mind that Lavender can look kinda like blue, so I would say keep the babies until they feather and look at the boys VS the girls. If the girls seems to have more of a brown tint to them, then I would say he is Lilac. If they all look the...
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    Ancona Ducks

    It actually gets kinda complicated if your drake is Lilac since Chocolate is a sex linked gene (and my brain is not working very well right now) Basically, a hen could only have one copy of the chocolate gene, and if she does, she is visibly chocolate. However, a drake can carry two copies. If...
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    Ancona Ducks

    Black is dominate, but not over all genes. Blue dilutes black, so even one copy of the gene will make the ducklings Blue (even grey color). Two copies of the gene will result in silver (light grey. Ducklings might have no markings visible at first). You said you have two drakes- one Blue...
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    Air Bubble Under Skin of Hatchling?

    OK. I will post what happened with my baby for anyone else in the future who is also looking for answers. The air under the skin *IN A HATCHING* is due to a trauma to an air sac. The air under the skin is called Subcutaneous Emphysema. I did nothing at all for my little guy other then...
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    Air Bubble Under Skin of Hatchling?

    There was never a reply to this, but what happened to your chick? I have one *exactly* like this. The dried out membranes, the frothing, everything. It is acting normal and I feel it might have been struggling so much it ruptured it's lungs a little bit. Not much as it must have already...
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    Java Thread

    Quote: Nothing. Unless the flock you get yours from have been bred with recessive white Javas, and you randomly manage to get a bird that is hiding that gene, there is no way, short of a random mutation or deletion in the DNA (which you cannot control) to get a white bird. If you want white...
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