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    Ended Contest #11 - Dustbathing Contest 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong

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    Ended Contest #1 Guess How Many Eggs Will Be Set? - 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong

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    Cochin or Marans?

    is this a blue cochin or a blue copper marans? We ordered one of each from meyer hatchery and only one of the two survived unfortunately, and we arent sure which one
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    Breeding Blue

    Excellent.. Thank you for the information
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    Breeding Blue

    Ok.. Is black a dominant? Like my black "blue andelusion" x black "blue americuana" guarenteed to be black?
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    Moving a Broody

    We have a broody "olive egger".. We mixed an easter egger with buff brahma. now it wants to sit on eggs. The problem is it doesnt want to be in a nest box, it wants to be behind the coop, inside of a barn. Obviously with raccoons this is not good. We dont care if she wants to sit on some eggs...
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    Breeding Blue

    Often "blue" chickens hatch out either black or splash.. My question is if i breed 2 black chickens that are a "blue" breed, do they still have the potential to produce actual blue offspring or has the blue gene left the building? For instance, if i mix my blue andelusion and my blue...
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    BFCM

    Its not a good age to tell, if i was guessing i would say martha is a fine name.
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    Buff Brahma

    This is Duke and a couple of his girls.. Well, formerly.. He was take by a predator last fall. He is survived by 2 chicks hatched from him. An olive egger and a roo that looks identicle, with the addition of a beard. Also has a grandchick, as we have a chick hatched from said olive egger. Hope...
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    First time ever to own a chickens, what do I need to know?

    At 4 weeks they should have a good amount of feathers and if they are still getting a heat lamp i would wean them off of it.. I would do it over about 3 days .. At that age they arent fragile, they will be fine especially in frisco. We lost a rooster this fall and on a whim we put 5 of his eggs...
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    Breeding Blue

    Awesome.. Thanks you guys, answered my question
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    Breeding Blue

    As i understand it, when breeding blue chickens there is a high probability that the chicks will hatch and be black.. If you breed with the resulting black chicken, can she still produce blue chickens or would all her chicks just be black as well?
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    Free range safety

    Im not interested in how you raise your birds, lady. I was giving my perspective to the person who inquired about keeping their chickens safe.. If you sleep better at night with electrified netting so be it.. Maybe not everybody wants electrified netting in their yard/field .. Maybe i like to...
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    Free range safety

    Im sorry if my roosters are expected to self sacrifice bothers you.. But its their job.. Its their instinct.. A good rooster has 3 jobs 1. Find food for his girls 2. Mate 3. Protect his girls until his dying breath I dont desire my roosters get killed, but if one of my chickens is going to, id...
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    Free range safety

    Sounds to me like your rooster did his job.. He may be gone, but your layers are all still there.. Now ya just need a new backup rooster
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    Lockdown

    We have had them take hours and hours after first pip.. And we have had some that were just in a hurry.. Once they start to unzip, they will be fast.. Hope you have a good hatch
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    cutest chicken names!

    Duke - buff Brahma Big Ben - Seabright Gus - Welsummer Mom, pearl, white *** - Sexlink Cookie, peggy, puggy - EE Betty - New Hampshire Red Rouge - RIR Saddle Bags, Barbara - Barred Rock Pimple, Cookie - Black Sexlinks Lavern - Leghorn Those are the names of ours i remember off hand
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    How cold is too cold for 9 week old baby chicks?

    We hatched chicks november 11th .. Little over a month old.. They have been in a divided area of the coop outside for 8 days now and the temp hasnt gotten to 30 degrees at all yet.. They are fine.. Today had a high of 19.. My point is, people will tell you what you NEED to do.. What you need...
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    ordering silkies

    Around easter is usually a safe bet here, but michigan spring and texas spring is way different.. You can order from an online hatchery anytime of year, but usually until around march they have 15 chick minimums.. After march they generally only have 3 chick minimum orders
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    I need Brooder Ideas!!

    I saw an excellent brooder made from a repurposed dresser.. Ive seen them made from various cabinets and i intend to make one the next time we have a dresser being thrown out or replaced.. What i like to do for coop ideas and thing is do an image search at google.. Http://images.google.com...
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