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    Very unusual chick, Guinea / chicken hybrid!!

    @natyvidal you're making a wise decision. I am sure any hybrid enterprise would end in heartache. You only have to look at the story of Miracle on this forum. Especially as you clearly care for your animals and want them to have happy healthy lives. @redranger209, thank you for the compliment...
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    Miracle- Hello! guinea/chicken crossbreed

    What a touching story! How sad that you lost Miracle! I would love to include her story on an article I am writing about hybrid poultry. Mena, @OurLittleChickenFarm, could I use your photos to illustrate my article?
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    Very unusual chick, Guinea / chicken hybrid!!

    Hi @natyvidal. It's a cross between two different species that is unviable in nature. It rarely occurs due to the fact that natural selection will act against it and the offspring will die. For that reason, fertile eggs are rare, as are those that hatch and grow. Incapacities between the bodies...
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    Urgent help what do you think!?

    Wow! What a wonderful story! Top chick raising skills! So glad that Doris accepted them. Thanks for sharing :-)
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    Keeping Older Hens

    My flock in the Avatar have lived for 6--8 years. The remaining three hens are not laying, but I am keeping them until they pass away naturally (unless they are suffering and I have to euthanize them) and I have recently brought in five new girls and one male. They accepted the hens quite...
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    Hello!!

    Welcome and good luck with the new chicken family :-)!
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    cockerels?

    I agree. Big wattles and spiky hackle feathers make me think so.
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    Peeps in Europe!

    Local smallholders have been great for supplying wonderfully healthy "traditional farmyard" chickens - no particular breed but not commercial strains. I generally find them on local Facebook groups. I see signs of what might be Faverolles, Orpington, Sussex and Araucana in those hens (not the...
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    Guin-hen egg

    Did you get any hatchlings @LemurFox ? @leolseven?
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    Hen hasn't layed in a week, why?

    For red mite, check the house after the chickens have gone out in the morning. Red mites don't live on the birds; they just suck their blood overnight. Then they retire to a crack in the chicken house during the day. If you check the perch in the morning, you may see tiny little red bugs under...
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    Hen hasn't layed in a week, why?

    Chickens don't like to reveal their weaknesses. It's a predator defense. So she may have a sickness that she's not letting show. Chickens only look sick when it is really quite severe and getting them down. Perhaps think about parasites - such as worms or red mites - that might be slowly working...
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    Peeps in Europe!

    Good luck with your hatchings!
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    Peeps in Europe!

    I was looking for La Gournay chicks. Our local co-op was only advertising commercial hybrids, but I found a breeder online, advertising on Le Bon Coin. I was thinking of hatching some under a broody when our old cock passed away. But as life is, there are always chickens looking for homes, so I...
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    Very unusual chick, Guinea / chicken hybrid!!

    This is very interesting! How long did the guin-hen hybrids live? Did they suffer health issues? How about behavior - were they more like guinea fowl? Did they get confused about how to behave sometimes? Would love to hear from @bemba or anyone else who has tried.
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    Peeps in Europe!

    We have so much rain in Normandy most of the time! Great for lush green grass and for some plants. The chickens cope, but the goats need extra care to keep dry and healthy. A typical day is windy with rainy and sunny spells. The strange thing is how mild it has been this winter. February was...
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