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    Orpington Color & Gender Confusion!

    So I hatched out some Orpingtons July 4th weekend. I gave some away and sold some as chicks. Now I have these five left. Does anyone know what Gender they are? and what color they are??? I think I have one Blue, but when the sun shines on another. It looks Blue too? any guess is welcome. Thanks...
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    New Babies!!!

    So I got some Pigeons a month ago and they been pairing up. Two of them hatched out two little ones, this morning. Im just wondering if I should Double the feed or do anything different. i don't know anything about pigeons. so any advice would be great. And will anyone know the color of the...
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    Does anyone have a clue when they should start laying?

    My Rhode Island Reds began laying earlier than the rest of my flock. Rosey laid at 18 weeks and Red laid at 21 weeks. I had a really skittish white leghorn hen, she laid at 16 weeks and 4 days. I remember that exactly cuz that was the first egg laid in our coops. Hopefully you'll get a yummy...
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    Sexing Pigeons?

    So i went to feed them today and while the all of them were eating Pigeon #2 was puffy and chasing Pigeon #1 around. Is this a courtship thing. Im guessing #2 is a boy and #1 is a girl??? Or is this just something they do?
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    Sexing Pigeons?

    Quote: ill try it if all else fails.
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    Sexing Pigeons?

    I hatched out a bunch of new Orpington chicks this weekend. and i ran out of chick starter. So i went to the feed store to get more. When I hot there 6 poor pigeons were loocked up in a small cage in their own poo!!! so i decided to buy them. I got them home and i let them loose in my chicken...
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    First Time Incubator Hatch, Help!

    So here is Tappy, I decided to call her, (I hope its a her) Tappy!!! she pipped right next to the tape, so i took the tape off and left her alone for 8hrs. And when i came back to check on her. she was dried and fluffy. I dont know what color she is? The parents Lavender Roo and Blue Roos and...
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    First Time Incubator Hatch, Help!

    YAY They are here!!! 6 chicks have hatched, so far and two are pipping right now. I have 3 blacks, 1 blue, 1 splash and 1 Lavender There are still a few left, but they seem to be going good. Ill give them a few more days. The tape egg has pipped, so im very happy. but i have six chicks in...
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    First Time Incubator Hatch, Help!

    Wished I knew about the glue, I just used tape cuz that was the closes thing to me at the time. Im hoping it will hatch. Ill keep an update on it and its fellow sisters and brothers. i put the eggs into lockdown 10mins ago. So Lets hope for a good hatch. Cant wait for my chicks.
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    First Time Incubator Hatch, Help!

    This is my first time using an incubator to hatch chicks. My neighbor was throwing out an old still air incubator and i asked if i could have it. So I ordered shipped eggs from Ebay and now i have 30+ eggs ready to hatch. I am on day 18 and Im going into lockdown tonight. The eggs should be...
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    Where can I order Muscovies from?

    Im in California and this is where i get my muscovys and other ducks. although each duckling is almost $10! http://www.californiahatchery.com/Ducks_c_7.html
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    Blue Genetics???

    So I just recieved a pair of Black Old English Game Bantams. I have two Self Blue hens that I already own. If i breed them to the Black Rooster? will the chicks come out all black or will they split between blue, black and splash? Since the two hens are self blue will they produce blue and...
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    Quail with Backward Legs??? Help!!!

    So I just hatched a couple of Jumbo Brown Coturnix Eggs. The seventh egg that hatched, Comes out really different from the others. Its not brown like the others; its white/yellow with a little bit of black. I thinks it looks cute. But then i realized it couldnt get up or walk around like the...
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    New Babies!!!

    Quote: Oh wow, lol... My grass actually looks a little yellow. The weather is starting to warm up in Southern California. We are in the mid to high 70's right now. But Spring is just around the corner. Warm weather will be amazing for the chicks. It's summer in Australia, and it is actually...
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    New Babies!!!

    Quote: I'm right there with ya! If I had chicks now, they'd be in MUD. I can tell two barred rocks, the little black ones. Other than that, then two reddish ones would be your New Hamps or RIRs, I don't know the difference with babies. I also don't know if the light ones are whites or buffs...
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    New Babies!!!

    Yay!!! My Broody Buff Orpington has been sitting on 13 eggs since January 10th. Last night 10 of the eggs hatched! I got the eggs off Ebay as I only have hens and No Roosters. The listing said it would be purebred eggs; of Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, White Rocks, New Hamshires and Rhode...
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    AHHH... They Are Hatching!!!

    2 chicks are half way there at this moment... four more have started to pipp...
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    AHHH... They Are Hatching!!!

    Quote: Yay!!!! Northern and Southern California will get Button Quails this Fall!!!
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    AHHH... They Are Hatching!!!

    Quote: Its a Three Egg Full Auto Incubator... i got off McMurray Hatchery... its a small size good for suburbia living. I bought to hatch the quail eggs. I have chickens, and most if them go broody, but i was afraid of putting quail eggs under them... so i got this little thing! Here is the...
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    AHHH... They Are Hatching!!!

    My first attempt to hatch button quail eggs... today is the 16th day and 3 eggs has already pipped... I hope all 14 of them hatch.... Cant wait to see what they look like... i got them off Ebay!!! Wish me Luck!!!
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