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    AMERAUCANAS4REAL Chat thread.

    Ameraucans4real I am cyber stalking you at work today. And you say that I never post anything on BYC.
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    Comment by 'Roadsidefarm' in item 'Australorp'

    These are an o.k. bird. They are decent layers and aren't skittish.
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    Comment by 'Roadsidefarm' in article 'An Experiment in Chick Sexing Methods'

    Yes, enrgizerbunny, the vent sexing is the most accurate way to sex day old chicks, but even trained professionals sometimes get it wrong (as evidenced by my Australorp rooster). Most average chicken owners can't vent sex because it is very hard to learn how to do.
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    Comment by 'Roadsidefarm' in article 'An Experiment in Chick Sexing Methods'

    Very interesting scientific post. I look forward to hearing your future results.
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    Size of breeding pens

    Yes. Probably not more than a trio per pen. And probably just for a few months, just enough to have some more of our own birds and not necessarily to sell a lot of chicks or hatching eggs. Thanks everyone!
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    Egg laying?

    "simply mad" LOL! I like that.
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    Chick quarantine from mixed flocks

    So, since they are coming from two private sources, you would separate them and not brood them together for a month?
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    Egg laying?

    Just in case anyone reads this wondering the same thing, I will say that my Jerseys began laying soon after I posted this. I also read that when a rooster starts mounting hens, it's because the hens are close to sexual maturity and is a sign that they will be laying soon.
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    Chick quarantine from mixed flocks

    My two kids want two different breeds to focus on for their 4H project this year. One wants Ameraucana and the other D'Anvers. We have to get our chicks from two different sources. I know that normally any chickens we acquire should be quarantined from the existing flock. Do I need to quarantine...
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    Size of breeding pens

    We are thinking about setting up a few breeding pens this spring, but this is our first time doing this. While we have a mixed flock of bantams and standards, I want to build all the pens to fit the larger birds. What size is a good size? I am worried about them being too small since our...
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    Funniest place you found a nest

    We found a stash in the back of our truck. We had several bales in the back of the truck from a project, and I would see our porcelain D'uccle back there from time to time. I noticed the egg production seemed to have gone down, but I had checked that truck bed a couple of times and hadn't found...
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    Bought house with chicken stuff here

    If you decide to get rid of the incubator, I would suggest Craigslist or better yet, find a local Facebook buy and sell group for poultry and chickens. Wisconsin has two, so I imagine that you would have some as well. You could use one of the incubation groups to find out more about your...
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    Need to sex Call Ducks

    Thanks so much for your help. This pair was given to us. We were actually looking for a white drake because my son had his heart set on one, but this pair came our way and we are so grateful. And if the white female ever turns out to be a male, I guess we will be getting what he originally wanted.
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    Egg laying?

    My Jerseys are five months old, and recently the roo has started mounting the pullets fairly frequently. I know that Jerseys mature more slowly than other chickens, so it is going to take awhile to get eggs from them, but is the mounting a sign that my females are ready to start laying soon? Or...
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    Need to sex Call Ducks

    Well, the white should be a female, because that's what the previous two owners said, and she doesn't have a tail curl and I would think a 2 year old would have shown a tale curl. I will admit that she doesn't lay eggs, but I assumed that calls are more of a spring layer. I was going to post...
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