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    Polish hen and friends

    Local pickup in Michigan - it may be possible for me to meet you. I am moving out of state and need to find homes for my 3 laying hens, One is a beautiful LF silver laced polish from show lines. The other two are very cute and extremely tame mixed breed bantams. The bantams will hop in your lap...
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    Faverolles, bantams, Blues and Salmons

    I have 2 salmon roos left.
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    Faverolles, bantams, Blues and Salmons

    Sorry, the Faverolles chicks are in Brooklyn, Michigan.
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    Faverolles, bantams, Blues and Salmons

    Blue bantam faverolles and salmon bantam faverolles chicks. Hatched September 6-8. From 2 different bloodlines...would be great to start your own flock. Some come when called. Pickup only, please. $8. for salmons, $12. for blues. I have 10 chicks in total. 4 are blues. Please email...
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    Quail hatched...what are they?

    Thanks. I decided to just try to sell them for $1. each....put them on Craigslist...still no takers. Do they taste good?
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    Quail hatched...what are they?

    Thank you! I hatched 11. Do people eat these quail?
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    Quail hatched...what are they?

    Hi everyone, I posted a couple weeks ago about some eggs I had bought at a farmer's market. Well, the eggs have hatched. Does anyone know for sure what these babies are?
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    Anyway to tell what kind of quail these eggs are from?

    Thanks!
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    Anyway to tell what kind of quail these eggs are from?

    Ok, here is a pic of the eggs.
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    Anyway to tell what kind of quail these eggs are from?

    Hi, I saw some quail eggs for sale at the local farmer's market and bought some. They were being sold as eating eggs but I took them home and put them in the incubator. I have no idea if they are fertile. Do quail breeders generally keep males with the females throughout the year? I was also...
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    Egglaying in Michigan- start?

    I would say the hens are between 6 - 8 months. One is a polish and the other two are bantam mixes...I think they are faverolle and ? I did notice the other day that their combs and wattles are more red. That is good news. Hopefully soon. And thanks for the advice about the feed.
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    Egglaying in Michigan- start?

    Hi, I raised some chicks last summer and am waiting for them to start laying. I did not use any artificial light over the winter. I have read that they should start laying in February or March when in natural light conditions. None of my 3 hens has laid her first egg yet. I started them on...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Thanks. I actually will be going to the Traverse City area in the spring, so maybe we can pick up some egg then. I will send you a PM.
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Hello Fellow Michiganders, Thanks for your postings during the cold weather...I was reading all of them and was happily reassured. My one polish hen and two mix breed bantams did just fine, even with no heat or insulation in their little backyard coop. We did tarp them off and added extra...
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    I have to talk POLISH!

    Here is my silver laced girl.
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