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    Predator or Bully?

    Help! I have a 4 month old pullet that was in with 3 other juveniles pullets, that have done fine for weeks, out in coup and run with 12 grown hens, 1 rooster, that I can tell there have only been little scuffles. But I’ve lost 2 hens on the last month to hawk attacks, they used to free range...
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    Blue Orpington or Blue English Marans?

    I think she looks exactly like a Blue Copper Marans. My sister has one that’s identical except for the copper feathers around the neck. It’s possible the rooster that produced her had a split trait with something that threw the trait wonky. Hens can only pass one gene but roosters pass 2, so...
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    HELP! TSC Fail. What kind of “English” Orpingtons?!

    I was told these are an English Orpington variety at TSC, after first being told they were ISA Brown, and Cornish Cross. Yeah, right…so once I told them they had their labels wrong, they went and checked and said these pullets just came in labeled English Orpingtons. So I asked further probing...
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    TS Bantam Chickens—Was told Silkie or Old English Game??

    Well, I love the back and forth because it helps me learn what other people have experienced and you learn more that way! I’ll go get a frontal view photo! hold tight...
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    Thread for Christian chicken lovers

    @Severne it sounds like you’re on a journey like a lot of cradle Christians in our confused and disordered culture who want to find truth they can stand upon and go back to the roots of Christianity where there is routine, ritual, foundational truth, liturgy, sacraments and all things that the...
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    Assorted Bantams Breeds?

    Definitely the first 2 barred Cochin bantams and the 3rd a black Cochin bantam, and the last one looks like a full size black Australorp, or a FS Mystic Marans.
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    TS Bantam Chickens—Was told Silkie or Old English Game??

    Oooh, I hadn’t thought about it being an EE. Is that a guess or how certain are you? I wondered if it was a RIR that for put in the wrong box.
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    TS Bantam Chickens—Was told Silkie or Old English Game??

    Are the Mille Fleur D’uccles bantams? I wondered if it was a production red slipped into the wrong brooder.
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    TS Bantam Chickens—Was told Silkie or Old English Game??

    Hi all! I bought a few bantams at TS this past week and was told that I got silkies, and/or old English game breed. I know there is only one Silkie because it’s the only one with black beak, skin and feet. It has five toes on one foot and 6 on the other! I’ll show you, it got pushed into water...
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    Hello! Do you still raise Sebastopols? Do you ever sell eggs or goslings? I’m in Ohio and can’t...

    Hello! Do you still raise Sebastopols? Do you ever sell eggs or goslings? I’m in Ohio and can’t seem to find them, but a friend of mine got some years ago and swears by their temperament. You can respond here or email me at [email protected].
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    Marans LD Day 23...Internally Pipped?!?

    It internally pipped on day 23 and hatched around 1pm on day 24. It had been absorbed every last vein before it hatched out. But it died shortly after hatching. I think it had been because of the temps dipping low to like 95 during the 2-3rd week. It seemed to need help and just not have...
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    day 23 no external pip

    Oh man. Yeah, it’s rough. But we all learn a lot in these processes and it makes us much more grateful I think for the successes we have when we do succeed. Whether you’re raising them for food or friend they are such an incredible miracle we get to be a part of in the process! I try to take it...
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    Consistent poor/late hatches.

    I’ve always heard that warming the eggs too fast can shock the embryos, since the first few days are the most fragile. I’m not sure how, but it sounds like that change in early process might be what is causing the problem. I let my eggs get to room temperature before putting in. Always checked...
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    Poor Hatch Rate on One Breed only? - Splash Marans

    I have Mystic Marans and they are basically same as BCM (BCM mixed with Barred Rock) so the eggs are super thick and super dark. I sand in a circular area around where I believe the zipping would take place. At the very least it’s making it easier for them to pip their first external. I just...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    Good morning, ladies! I don’t know if I’m posting at the right spot. I need some help! I have a single Mystic Maran/Welsummer or Polish mix egg that is on day 25. I’ve kept the temps at 99-101 the entire time, humidity I kept in 50’s for half the time until I read more about dry hatching...
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