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    Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

    New to the BLRW thread but since I'm getting my first 25 chicks come May I wanted to get into the know. Since my chicks are coming from Strombergs hatchery I feel good about the quality. What different colors does anyone think I'll be getting?
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    Week old chick wont use one leg. Keeps leg up next to body and feet are curled and limp.

    I believe it's hip displacement. Not good :(
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    Brooder temp?

    Sounds perfect to me but I always do the following: Check the location of the chicks when they rest. If they are under the center of the heat source and up against each other then it is to high above them. ( they are needing more heat) so lower it. If they are 12 inches or more from the...
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    Comment by 'treefarmer42' in item 'Bielefelder'

    I have owned 2 flocks of Beils and neither have produced the amount of eggs as I have read to expect. Other then that they are great birds but taking into consider how much they eat in relationship to the amount of eggs I would have to rate them as fair-poor egg layers. Believe me they are fed...
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    Rhoade island girl meets Bielefelder boy

    Hello again and still looking for feedback from anyone that tried the same as I did. To date this is what has taken place. Today I have my 2nd hatch taking place and I'm taking a more detailed approach. I have 9 chicks to date and once again they are only 2 colors. a light sand color and a...
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    Rhoade island girl meets Bielefelder boy

    Monday I'll take a closer looker and see if I can tell the different by color. If so I'll mark them and post my findings.
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    Rhoade island girl meets Bielefelder boy

    That is the sad part. I never marked them and now the all look similar. I have a hatch beginning to peep today so I'll mark them at birth and keep track.
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    Rhoade island girl meets Bielefelder boy

    The noticeable difference is 1/2 are dark with stripes and the other 1/2 are light colored no stripes. Photograph attached.
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    Rhoade island girl meets Bielefelder boy

    Happy Easter to all, I have a question that I must ask and there is no better place then here. I have had Biels for a few years now and RR in a second coop. The egg production from my biels have been very disappointing since birth so before I chose to get rid of them I figured I would try...
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    Ducks are eating everything!

    Don't want to upset you but ducks are the most destructive dirty fowl on the planet. Only way to truly enjoy them and not become annoyed is to have a very large farm with a very large pond. If not then except the fact that they need daily cleaning etc.
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    Chicken Garden

    :yesss:
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    Chicken Garden

    Any person that deep fries for their chickens, when they die they will go to heaven.
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    Why do they knock feed out of the feeder?

    Switching to pellets and do not add any other types of food with the pellets. All other foods/treats give in moderation at a different location from the pellets. Years back I mixed scratch feed with mash and found 1/2 of all the food was scattered on the coop floor. I learned quick. Even to...
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    Chicken Garden

    Zucchini... Easy to grow from seeds. Let them grow big and slice them long ways. My chickens will eat all but some of the skin. Great treat and gives them something to do for awhile.
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    New waterer

    Tap their beak against the trigger every time you visit them. They will figure it out but it is difficult for the young to learn then the adults. That's what I do, once 1 figures it out the rest pick it up quick.
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