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    Is all Barred Rock barring black?

    I have a question about the black marks on the buff feathers on the hen's neck. What is that pattern called? I have a couple of silkie chicks with such marks, from a solid buff rooster with solid buff and solid white hens. None of the adults have any black marks. I was surprised to see the...
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    sebright color crosses

    They have feathers now. All are completely black. I hope to have both male and female but I can't tell them apart yet at 6 weeks. If female I'll probably consider breeding them back to their father to get silver laced hens in the future. I haven't decided that yet though. Their white laced buff...
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    Barred rock rooster/Rhode Island Red hen

    I'm still interested in this topic too. I'd enjoy a discussion about a black and white, single barred Japanese bantam rooster (barred father, black mother) crossed with a non-barred, red, half bantam cochin/half crested cream legbar hen. She lays small blue eggs, and he thinks she's very...
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    Eating unfertilized eggs after they have been incubated

    Scramble or boil first, but it's good protein so why not?
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    Raising first batch of meat birds - finshing food question

    Would feeding them corn for a few days change or improve the flavor? A few decades ago, TV commercials for meat used to boast about theirs being "corn fed" or "corn finished" so I got an impression that they were implying that corn gives the meat a better taste.
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    sebright color crosses

    Ok, I learned elsewhere about sebright chicks that they can have a lot of black color when they hatch, and after a few molts the lacing can begin showing more. I thought I'd mention it here in case anyone else has the same question. Scrambling
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    my golden sebrights are mostly black?????

    I'm glad to know that my chicks are in good company. My silver laced rooster and buff laced hen are alone together so the eggs couldn't have been anyone else's. I googled for pictures of chicks because all of mine hatched out looking like little lumps of coal. Completely unlike any pictures of...
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    sebright color crosses

    I don't have a recent photo of the hen and rooster but here's one in a cage together from moving day. And here's two of the six chicks, definitely not dominant white.. at least, I think..? There is no possibility of the parents being any other than these two.
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    Newbie from Michigan! :)

    Hello, Nick! I'm new here as well. Your hobbies sound just as interesting as your day job! I expect you will have a lot of fun figuring out the best way to raise your own egg factory to suit your desires. It's an entertaining enterprise. Keep us posted on all your experiments and inventions to...
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    New chicken mama

    Hello! I'm new here too. I'm so sorry for your loss. I know it can be hard at times. Chicks are such fun, and good for future eggs too ;). Allergies are no picnic. My dog crazy friend grew up without pets until age 10 because her teenaged brother was deathly allergic to fur (dog, cat, hamster...
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    Hello, a new egg is here!

    Hello, it's nice to meet you all. I've had chickens most of my life but still have a lot to learn. I had a nice detailed message typed in but before I could send it to you, it disappeared. Now I'm out of time to make it all over again, so I'll just say hello here and hope to see you in the funny...
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    sebright color crosses

    Thank you for all your wisdom. But I am a bit confused by my chicks' color. I hatched eggs from a Hatchery silver laced sebright rooster with a buff laced sebright hen, and all 6 chicks are solid black except for a bit of yellow belly between the legs. Their feathers appear solid black though...
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