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    Christmas light timers! Check the hardware section in Walmart, probably near the nightlights, extension cords, etc.
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    What's your record for number of chicks under a broody hen?

    That's great! Wow, 26! My girl is up to 20 right now and there is still one pipping egg left in the hatcher, so we'll see if she ends up with 21. Here she is, giving me the stink-eye, lol.
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    What's your record for number of chicks under a broody hen?

    Thank you for your reply. I suppose I should clarify - They are all safely enclosed in a 3 x 3 covered brooder with a heat lamp pointed at one side so anybody who can't fit under her can still stay warm, yet it's not so hot that she is uncomfortable, and I'm monitoring the whole situation...
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    What's your record for number of chicks under a broody hen?

    I have a Black Copper Marans hen who has been stubbornly refusing to break her broody mood for weeks and weeks. Normally I incubate, hatch and brood chicks artificially but this hen is really starting to lose weight, so I decided to appease her and give her chicks from my current hatch. Last...
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    Looking for a hatchery for White Leghorns to breed

    Thank you so much for your input. I will put together a hatchery order this weekend.
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    Looking for a hatchery for White Leghorns to breed

    Awesome. Is that primarily based on comb size?
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    Looking for a hatchery for White Leghorns to breed

    Thank you very much. That's exactly the info I wanted. Now at about what age can you tell the cockerels from pullets with relative certainty? (I do have plans for the cockerels, but obviously the earlier I can differentiate them the better)
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    Looking for a hatchery for White Leghorns to breed

    Ah, good! So are there any noticeable or significant differences between the resulting chicks and their parents? Differences in appearance, laying ability, etc? If I were to order some of these and breed them, I want to make sure any chicks/pullets I sell are of good quality. You said you...
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    Looking for a hatchery for White Leghorns to breed

    McMurray's just replied to me and said theirs are hybrids. So I'd like to find either another hatchery that has non-hybrids, or maybe another similar breed that is a good layer of large white eggs. I have a small market locally for people who want good white-egg layers, but many breeds I'm...
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    Looking for a hatchery for White Leghorns to breed

    I'd like to get some hatchery-stock White Leghorns just for a backyard casual breeding project. I'm not interested in showing them or worrying about bloodlines or having "The Best" birds. I just want some nice healthy birds that are great layers and will breed true. Can anyone recommend a...
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    Any idea when my BR pullets will begin to lay?

    Yep, all my turkeys and chickens are on 18% breeder pellets. I think you're right - it's probably the weather. It's been a rainy and all-around crappy spring so far. I'm sure it won't be much longer then. Patience is just not a virtue I was blessed with, lol.
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    Any idea when my BR pullets will begin to lay?

    Nope, not free-ranged. They have a fenced yard that is free of any hiding places and a big coop with a dark-corner nest box and everything.....all the little homey touches they could ask for. Hmm, maybe it's the difference in region then - Upstate NY versus Texas. If you've been getting eggs...
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    Any idea when my BR pullets will begin to lay?

    Anybody got any guesses?
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    Any idea when my BR pullets will begin to lay?

    I've got 5 bourbon red pullets and 1 young tom, hatched late September/early October 2010. The tom has been strutting for well over a month now and they all have the outward appearance of proper adults. Given that they were from an autumn hatch, any guesses on when I might expect some eggs?
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    Happy Easter!!

    I was so thrilled with how well these came out that I just had to share this. These are coturnix eggs. Happy Easter everybody!!!
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