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    Olandsk Dwarf Chickens

    I love this breed, but I don't want to get any unless I can keep a rooster and work on breeding them. Do you have a video of the rooster crowing? I'm interested in how loud he is... I find rooster collars do reduce volume and frequency of crowing, but not enough to make difference in the city...
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    Black genetics

    I have a questions about black genetics. Obviously it is one of the most dominant genetics factors in chickens, but is it accurate that in a heterogeneous state instead of homogeneous a black chicken bred to a non-black chicken (say gold duckwing) would produce only half black chicks? I ask...
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    Can I let pigeons loft with my chickens?

    Yes, I know - that is why if you read my post it says never to breed pigeons where chickens have access to the babies or put young pigeons who can't fly well yet with pigeons. Domestic doves also dont fly nearly as well as flying pigeons breeds, which is why I also said only pigeon breeds that...
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    American serama thread!

    My basement does have windows as it is only partially underground, but I would probably also give them some full spectrum lights. Cool. That is similar to the kind of cage I use now, but I plan to build something more to my liking (bigger and better at keeping dust in) soon!
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    Can chickens and pigeons live together?

    The reason you have heard such mixed answers to this question is that while pigeons and chickens can be mixed there are several "rules" if you will, that must be observed for it to be successful. The people who have said t will work are probably (whether knowing or unknowingly) following these...
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    Can I let pigeons loft with my chickens?

    Yeah, well obviously you wouldn't want to put doves with chickens, they are far more fragile and tiny than a pigeon. But flying pigeon breeds wouldn't let a chicken rip them apart, they'd just fly away. (And I will say different chickens are different. I don't think all chickens would hurt...
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    Can I let pigeons loft with my chickens?

    The reason you have heard such mixed answers is that while pigeons and chickens can be mixed there are several "rules" if you will, that must be observed for it to be successful. The people who have said t will work are probably (whether knowing or unknowingly) following these, while those who...
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    American serama thread!

    Well I'm not going to risking it if the crow sounds like a crow! Even if it's softer than most. I buy my chicken licence every year and they have never stopped to look at my chickens, but I have more hens than the licence is for. They are just bantams but I don't want someone complaining about a...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    I have also found bantams to be very under utilized as egg layers. What kinds do you find the be the best egg layers?
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    American serama thread!

    Anyone on here have Seramas they keep in the house? I have two small groups of chicks I hatched out, and got one boy in each. I have an incubator and love hatching eggs/raising chicks, and even selling them. I also have banty hens outside who go broody a lot, but since I'm in the city I can't...
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    Paratyphoid in loft

    Well, I finished the full round of Baytril, and I have been building them up with really good food, probiotics, and vitamins and minerals for the last couple weeks. I am hoping my birds are now Paratyphoid free, but I don't really now how to know that for sure. To me they look good, much better...
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    The EE braggers thread!!!

    Does anyone make thier own EEs from scratch? What breeds have you used? I am interested in putting an Ameracana roo over a mixed flock sometime. The result should be (almost?) all EEs, right? I'd especially think that could be cool because if you matched them up with breeds that are good winter...
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    D'uccle Thread

    I have just been avoiding this thread because I really just want ot get in the country where I can have roos so I can start breeding them! All summer I kept seeing these beautiful show quality mille fleur d'uccle eggs on Ebay, but I kept telling myself there was no point in getting really nice...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Does anyone on this thread raise auto-sexing breeds? I have posted about some of the ideas floating around in my head about them on various threads and never gotten much of a reply. I know fi you are raising for meat, some say auto-sexing is a useless trait, because by the time you butcher it's...
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    American serama thread!

    Well three eggs that pipped in the normal places hatched over night. Still waiting on two. Last night I helped the chick who had been pipped for over a day in the wrong end... Well I actually just broke the shell a bit around the egg and then he was able to hatch himself... but then over night...
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