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    Splash and White Varieties with Lighter Eyes

    Have you bred any birds with the lighter eyes? If so, did the offspring have dark or light colored eyes? I would imagine if bred to a dark bird the eyes would be dark. But would be afraid that it might start popping up later. This would suggest that it is recessive. Maybe like an albino trait...
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    Splash and White Varieties with Lighter Eyes

    This is another photo of him. I don't have a black langshan to cross with him to know for sure if he is actually recessive yet.
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    Splash and White Varieties with Lighter Eyes

    I believe this is a good question I have asked myself. Trying to post a photo here to show what I think is what's going on with this langshan. He is a splash or possibly recessive white from a blue x blue pairing. Hard to see the eye color but definitely lighter brown than my other langshan. I...
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    Help! whatever is eating my chicken eggs took 5 wooden ones!

    My guess would be snake. I had one eat a ceramic egg that was dirty and had an x marked on it. A few days later I found it in the shed where no large animal could go. The egg was clean. I always thought it would kill them. But I guess it just coughed it up. It was still kinda wet. It did stop...
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    Langshan Thread!!!

    Sort of like a flop. But the comb is not large enough at this stage to flop like a leghorn. Just slightly curved in the middle. Will try and post a photo when not posting from my phone.
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    Langshan Thread!!!

    I am new to the Langshan breed and was wondering about combs as they are growing out. Some of my pullets have a curved comb and I wonder if they will straighten out with time as I have heard they are slow maturing. They are about 4 months old now. Also is this a heredity issue?
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    Buckeye Breed Thread

    Why would anyone want to make a 'laying line' out of a dual purpose breed? Isn't that what the hatcheries do to sell more chicks? But hey, if he can get $10 a chick at least he makes them sound 'special'
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    Buckeye Breed Thread

    The wattles and comb of this cockerel seem excessively large and the feathering seems somewhat mottled for a buckeye. Although some of the pullets in the following posts look like decent birds. Ma y have just been one chick that was a cross breed.
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    blue tarps for roofing on tractors

    This is what I ended up doing to the tractor. The panels are hinged and it worked out pretty well. Although It did get quite hot. I added some 50% shade cloth to one side and that helped. Its an 8'x8' tractor. There are a few more photos in my profile photos under tractor.
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    Buckeye Breed Thread

    Looks like a cockerel to me...
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    Buckeye Breed Thread

    I would not judge a buckeye by eye color at an early age. The orange eyes that the breed is known for is not noticeable at a young age. Also feather color changes A LOT during the first year. I've had young birds with white flight feathers that grew out of them by 6 months. Size is what I would...
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    blue tarps for roofing on tractors

    I couldn't find the reflective tarps at lowes. But I have a relatively new regular blue one I cut and nailed to panels tightly around the borders with those plastic washer type nails. Im thinking it may get hot and I have some tar paper I might add under the tarps. Im going to finish up on the...
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    blue tarps for roofing on tractors

    Has anyone used tarps for roofing on tractors? I know they do not last forever but are lightweight and relatively cheap compared to other roofing materials. My real question is will they be too hot in direct sun on a 90 degree day to use? What about predators? Do you use hardware cloth...
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    Killer Coon HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Trap and dispose. Then trap again and again. They are fixated on your birds and will have to be dealt with. Then consider electric fencing/netting.
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    Chicken Tractor

    Thanks for the response! Kinda what I was thinking. I have 8 LF that I want to make a tractor for. I like your tractor. But I was thinking of making one 8'x6' or a Salatin style 8x8. Im going to rip some 2x4's in half and hopefully be able to use skids instead of wheels to move it around. Im...
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