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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Kind of a cool color too.
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    Chicken Breed Focus - Brakel

    I have heard the Hambergs called the every day layer but never heard of the Brakel.Interesting
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    Cornish Thread

    Yes check out Edwin Smith ,He has a FB also. He has dark cornish LF and bantams,great show birds and he ships. Hes out of Oregon .good luck
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    Comment by 'theoldguy' in item 'Brinsea Mini Advance Incubator'

    Buy the Hovabator Genesis ,about 200 dollars very reliable hatches 40 eggs. I even bought a 12 volt adapter for use with a battery(adpater for less then 20 dollars. I have had mine you 3 yrs and have hatched out several groups of chicks.Last time I had an 85% hatch on Cornish bantams extremely...
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    Stromberg's or Cackle Hatchery?

    P.S. I was the old guy that posted the thread on the dark Cornish bantams. Don't buy from any hatcheries .buy from a breeder,I did and everything is great now. .Hatcheries are ok for pet chickens or eggs or meat,not for showing. if you want a breed that looks like it is supposed to buy from a...
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    Stromberg's or Cackle Hatchery?

    If you want show quality birds don't buy hatchery bird.They are chickens but don't meet the standards.And strombergs sell crappy birds if your wanting to show.I know I have ordered from them 3 years ago and have 0 of there birds now.if you want good birds buy from a breeder who raises show birds...
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    Cornish Thread

    Actually the Barred Plymouth rock was one of the breeds used in the original Cornish cross for commercial use.
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    Bantam egg cartons?

    Thanks,Juju :)
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    Bantam egg cartons?

    What was the total cost and how many boxes did you get? thanks
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    Cornish Thread

    Well said,I'm old school and that's the way I do things . :)
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    Chicken Breed Focus - Blue Andalusian

    Hello,Yes Andalusians are a flighty bird as most Mediterranean breed .They are very talkative also. I no longer have them but instead I have light brown leghorn bantams and White Faced Black Spanish Bantams.Both breeds are of the Mediterranean class very similar in temperament .They can be...
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    Cornish Thread

    Hello, She is new to the Cornish breed.My Bantams lay a small to medium egg (never a large or jumbo).Wait a few months the eggs will get larger as they get older.Your Buckeyes can lay the big ones for you ,there you go CanadianBuckeye.Mine lay mostly medium.
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    Bantam egg cartons?

    Here in America Eggcartons.com sell a vintage style Bantam egg cartonThey are relatively good quality.Cost is a little over a dollar per carton.
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    Cornish Thread

    Try to use that best rooster If he has more right things with him and remember the hen will have her genetics there too.(even with the not so good comb). its always a crap shoot with Cornish. :)
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    Cornish Thread

    Yes combs wide at the base.
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