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    If feed stores closed and you can’t free range...

    I did buy 4 bags of feed on my last trip instead of the normal 2. It doesn’t keep forever. My main reason is that I have a drive to buy (my preferred) feed, and since I’ve been laid off work and Church is closed, I won’t be able to stop on a combined trip. As far as the OP, last year I planted...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Long Have You Been Raising Chickens?

    I was going to say 11-20 years then I read the part about taking a break so I got to choose 21-50 years, thinking of my own flocks as an adult. My flock now is small (usually under 20 in a coop/run) but I have usually had around 100 free-ranging. I got started with chickens when I was given...
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    Wonderings about choosing a rooster.

    (Sorry accidentally replied while not seeing later pages) If you get more hens ... Our coop housed around 100 with at least 5 mature roosters With lots of space to free range, they would take their own girls (or whoever they could entice) and separate into different areas. Also with...
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    Are gray chickens rare?

    Underpants lol ... I think that was autocorrect and I was falling asleep. I meant underparts and my phone does want to make it "underpants". Maybe I should start calling the chicken's lower areas underpants. :D
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    Are gray chickens rare?

    Thanks. This one appears MUCH more brown and darker, but the tail and underpants look like the same colors. I appreciate the example - thanks!
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    Are gray chickens rare?

    Very nice. :)
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    Are gray chickens rare?

    Maybe the chart is wrong? I posted (edit again) at top of second page - I wouldn't know myself. And he's a handsome fellow. :)
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    Are gray chickens rare?

    Sounds like fun. :) We got really good utility hens on the farm by breeding for that. Every once in awhile a real beauty would pop up. I had one with pretty laced feathers - kind of creamy reddish - and green legs ... and my husband got up early one day and accidentally grabbed her when he was...
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    Are gray chickens rare?

    Btw - your avatar is an Andalusia blue? I just saw those for the first time. The hens look really nice to me.
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    Are gray chickens rare?

    I was just looking where it says a splash hen with a black rooster gives 100% blue? But then I have no idea what that (mostly black) rooster really was. That's one reason I switched out for the BO.
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    Are gray chickens rare?

    You're welcome. One chart is for Wyandottes I think. I don't know if breed matters at all or it's just color? I'd guess color but I might be wrong. ;)
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    Are gray chickens rare?

    Though that's kind of strange. Her eggs should have hatched 100% blue with the old rooster. Then again he was - I don't know what he was. The barred rock chicks we got from that lady weren't and I don't have any of them anymore. I don't know. The hen should have slightly better breeding. We...
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    Are gray chickens rare?

    These are what I looked at.
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    Are gray chickens rare?

    And someday, someday ... I might just play with intentionally raising chickens for color. I have some favorite breeds I'd love to try with. But I've always kept most of mine in large communities and just bred for egg production and large bodies. I do love the colors that can happen though. From...
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    Are gray chickens rare?

    Ah I see ... found a chart with some simple info. I see how we got him. I thought that splash silkie was the mother. (We redistribute eggs for hatching and rarely hatch silkie eggs.) And there are some REALLY pretty chickens with a nice blue color I see. I was searching "gray" and finding...
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    Are gray chickens rare?

    I don't know much (actually nothing) about chicken color genetics. Does that mean he's nothing special? I'm kind of worried he may turn more brownish with age since the last roo did.
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    Are gray chickens rare?

    I have too many young roos and an established rooster. One of them was the CUTEST thing hatched out - I so hoped it was a pullet and I was going to keep it. Well, saddle feathers came in and he started to crow - along with several others from the same nest. Mother I'm guessing is the splash...
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    Rooster Keeps Attacking me!

    I'd be watchful in the case of solitary too. But this may be a completely unrelated issue. I had too many Roos at one point and there was one BO that just wasn't working out his territory well and wanted the top position. He was a very nice BO roo and I wanted him for breeding (with free...
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    Coccidiosis poops? Should I treat?

    Just an FYI in case the info ever helps anyone. We've had a little less rain this year but still rains heavily most days. Slightly fewer insects. But compared to last year when we had fowl pox and coccidiosis and lost a high percentage of some sets of young chicks, sickness that dragged on...
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    Rooster Keeps Attacking me!

    Oops sorry - I don't think I ever saw a notification. They aged surprisingly fast. They were about 4 years old when they started slipping in rank (the BR - #2). The RIR (#1) managed to hold his position until he was past 5 but was REALLY slowing down and looking ragged. I'm not sure if that's...
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