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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Thanks for the advice on rooster to hen ratio. Point well taken. I guess my philosophy at the moment is that if I keep too many I can always do something with the extras. If I keep too few (if i lose one, or one turns out to be a jerk) that's a tougher adjustment to make. My coop does have 2...
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Thanks for the responses! A consensus so far. :) Joe - I'll be keeping 2 EE AND 2 Barred Rocks males.
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    Hi from Nova Scotia!

    I'm pretty much new to chickens.. I had 4 "Ameraucanas" last year that I bought as adolescents (one was chased away by a neighborhood dog) but I got rid of them before the worst of winter arrived. This spring I got day olds: 10 Barred Rocks and 10 Americaunas from the same old farmer as my...
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Hi! I've got these 10 birds sold to me as Ameraucanas (of course) although after further reading I suspect they are EEs (they don't seem to match any of the standard colors http://ameraucana.org/scrapbook.html). They hatched on or about May 13, 2012 and I took the pictures today putting them...
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