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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    Egg production is down a bit and most of the older birds are in various stages of molt. Smokey’s chicks are now 7 weeks old and getting more independent every day. They still all roost together at night. The grow outs in the breeding pin are all doing well. They took right to the automatic...
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    Wing It Ranch

    For what it’s worth I don’t believe you traumatized her. My Momma hens are always pretty stressed the first few days. It’s a lot of change for her and she’s trying to figure things out. They always teach the chicks to keep their distance from me. The good part is that momma will show them who to...
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    Smoky took the chicks up to the high roost tonight for the first time. I got a good picture of my new favorite pullet Misty. I really like the way she looks. Something about the bearded ladies that strikes my fancy LOL. Here is her egg from today
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    Wing It Ranch

    I’m sorry to hear about your chick. I have been fortunate enough that I don’t have any first hand experience with this situation. If you have the ability move the hen and chicks easily then that’s probably what I would do. I have a grow out pin that shares a run with my main coop. Sometimes I...
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    I haven’t posted an egg picture in a while. Today was a real slow egg day. Most of the hens are starting to molt and have slowed way down on laying. Some of the spring pullets are coming into lay. So far 2 of the three pullets did get the green egg gene and lay really nice olive eggs. Still...
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    Last night when I got home from work I moved Smoky and her chicks into the main coop. They have been sharing a run and had access to either coop for a couple weeks and I have been waiting for smoky to move them in but she doesn’t seem motivated enough to do it herself. The issue is that all of...
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    Wing It Ranch

    Awesome news enjoy your chicks. Good mother hens a really fun to watch. She’ll break every rule you have read about caring for chicks but somehow they always see to do better than me.
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    Wing It Ranch

    without being there it’s impossible to say for sure but a lot of times momma hens will clean the slime off the chicks. They do it with their beaks so it could look like pecking. If the chick is chirping not screaming like it’s in distress I wouldn’t get too worried yet. Good luck with your hatch
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    Wing It Ranch

    It wouldn’t scare me to feed that to broody raised chicks. Momma will crush it if they need it. I would add chick grit to get their gizzards full. Momma will feed them all kinds of bugs and whatever plants she can get to.
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    I would definitely like to get some from you sometime.
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    Thanks, I attempted to start a Marans line 2 years ago with 2 pairs I never got a single full Marans chick. Every time I incubated eggs I put Marans eggs in but none hatched.
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    Just a couple pictures of the Bresse chicks. They are 5 weeks old and growing quickly. 2 cockerels and 3 pullets it seems like a low number to start a breeding program but I have read of plenty of people that have success starting with just a trio or even just a pair. They look pretty good to my...
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    When I went into town today I had a coyote run across the road in front of me, less than 1/4 mile from my house. It came out of the corn field that comes right up to my property. So I’m putting my chickens into lockdown no free range. Everyone needs to stay within their coop/run. I put my...
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    Wrath's Marans

    I predict white leghorn in your future for a Zombie project. I don’t know how you do it. I have way less birds here and I’m trying to thin things out for winter. I do love the looks of an Ayam Cemani it’s on my wish list but I gotta focus on the birds already in the yard.
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    All 13 put themselves to bed tonight at sunset and I closed the automatic door manually. I’ll leave the automatic door in manual mode for the next couple of days then turn it on light sensor mode once I’m comfortable letting them do it without me watching.
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