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    What useful crosses can I make?

    Sorry for the delay,I was working a lot outside because the rain let up and storms had knocked down lots of green leaves and branches. Thanks for all the very useful info you've all added. I'm going to have to read through it again to absorb it all, but I really appreciate it. The dark gray...
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    What useful crosses can I make?

    What traits make him less desirable or what makes him look like a hatchery bird?
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    What useful crosses can I make?

    Sorry for the delay. Bubba is about 27 weeks old. He is supposedly from a Tennessee line, though he was rejected for breeding stock. I got him from Rhode Island at about 8 weeks. The honeymoon suite is a prefab coop and three cattle panels arched to make a run with hardware cloth around the...
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    What useful crosses can I make?

    I have one smaller coop and run totally enclosed with cattle panels, and one big coop 12'*10'+5'*5' attached to a 200' perimeter electric poultry netting run. All the chickens are currently in the large coop and run. I would assume it takes a few weeks to clear any residual semen from the...
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    What useful crosses can I make?

    Do you think four males would be too many for 30 females? Right now I have 30 females and 3 males. Also what book do you recommend to learn this?
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    What useful crosses can I make?

    Cackle says they have straight combed rhode island whites.
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    What useful crosses can I make?

    All three males plus some females.
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    What useful crosses can I make?

    Thanks ! I was wondering if what I assumed were white rocks were actually rhode island white and if they are would that make a difference in white vs silver? I got the white male and females all in a mixed heavy females box from cackle (who sells rhode island white). The red females came in...
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    What useful crosses can I make?

    I have a croad Langshan female, Dominique females, red females uncertain lineage(came in a mixed heavy breed box from cackle) , white rock females, welsummer females, Easter egger females(light green eggs) , a French black copper Marans rooster, a white rock rooster, an Easter egger rooster...
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    Black Copper Marans Roo Integration

    I thought he would hold his own better, I put him in the run with them while I was there and they were a little catty, but in about 45 minutes he had a patch missing and in the time it took to get the blue lotion(hen healer they did not have blue kote lotion only spray) at the feed store down...
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    Black Copper Marans Roo Integration

    So only intervene if there is an open wound?
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    Black Copper Marans Roo Integration

    I have a new addition to my flock of 6 pullets age 11-13 weeks. I got a Black Copper Marans Cockerel about 8-9 weeks old and it seems the pullets are really picking on him. How much is too much? There is a tiny bit of blood. In 1 hour the 6 pullets did the damage over his rear end (actually...
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    Problems with neighbours - good suggestions?

    This should be in "predators and PESTS" as it has nothing to do with managing your flock. ;)
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    Don't know what breed or gender you have? Click here!

    Thanks. I'll post more photos in a month once they have feathers. I'll try to get their legs and a head shot and full profile.
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    2 Week Old Mixed Heavy Females from Cackle Hatchery(Photo Heavy)

    I ordered 15 assorted heavy female chicks from Cackle Hatchery on 6/12 and I am looking to identify breeds. I can take more pictures later if it is too early to tell, but there are 6 of the White with gray and light yellow, 3 of the light yellow/white, and 9 of the brown mottled ones. The...
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