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    Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

    Happy New Year! Looks like this thread has been very quiet. Anyone planning on hatching some Wheatens this spring? I'm looking forward to having eggs in the incubator soon
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    Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

    Hi everyone! It's been a while since I posted, but now I'm in a bind so I'm hoping someone here can help. A raccoon killed my Wheaten Marans cock so I'm looking for a replacement. I'm in the vicinity of Richmond, VA. If anyone has hatching eggs, what might you charge for them? That's my...
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    Cream Legbar Hybrid Thread

    Second from the left is a pullet I hatched this spring out of a crested legbar hen and gold duckwing EE. What I find really interesting about the cross is that a male from the same breeding looks nothing like her. She looks like a mossy Silver Ameraucana (my favorite of the Am colors) whereas...
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    The EE braggers thread!!!

    Here's a fun picture: my favorite EE beside my last remaining Jersey Giant. They're both almost 3 years old. No matter what I do the file won't stay oriented correctly so apologies in advance for any neck kinks trying to see it! Here are our spring 2015 EE gals. The leftmost pullet is from the...
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    The "What Color Is My Chicken?" thread! Calling all color experts!

    I have an EE with coloration similar to your final hen. It's no official term, but I call it "smoky."
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    Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

    Hey folks! My wheatens have all battened down for the winter and I'm getting no eggs. I didn't hatch any this past summer as planned so this spring I've got to. I've only get a few to work with and will be looking for some to add. If anyone is in or near Virginia, send me a PM.
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    I am outside of Richmond and may have something. Send me a PM if you'd like.
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    Chicken w/swollen face

    How many other chickens do you have? With this sort of respiratory illness, your other chickens are likely to become infected as well. In treating any chicken for respiratory disease you have the think of the future repercussions: 1. Do I ever want to sell chicks or chickens to someone else...
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    Bright red runny poop - berries or Coccidiosis

    I second the suggestion of coccidiosis treatment. It's been a bad year for it and the protozoa responsible for it can cause significant damage to GI linings and result in decreased productivity and poor growth if untreated. Corid is easy to use for poultry and as a drench for goats, so it's a...
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    Wounded rooster

    The other roosters are probably chasing him and grabbing onto his comb to flog him. You could move him, but it's likely they'll take up the fighting again when reintroduced.
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    Looks like a pullet to me. I had another SFH hatch some eggs. I hadn't seen two of my hens in a while and found out they'd been camping out on nests inside of some crate-boxes. I tried moving them to the broody hutches but to no avail! They wouldn't settle back down so I returned them to their...
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    I put my replies after your questions as broken out above.
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    I added SFH to an order of Cream Legbars from Greenfire Farms back in 2012 because I was worried about so few chicks being shipped in a box. My purchased "packing peanuts" turned out to be more appealing than my intended order! They have been calm and easygoing for me which is great because at...
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    The EE braggers thread!!!

    Okay, major picture entry here. I hatched 15 EEs earlier this spring and it looks like I've got loads of cockerels. 3 chicks were a BLR Wyandotte & EE cross and there are a couple of EE & Legbar crosses as well. There is one chick not pictured here, another blue-based cockerel. I couldn't get...
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    The EE braggers thread!!!

    I've got to get some pictures of my current crop of EEs. Looks like mostly boys- sigh. I will have some very attractive ones to choose from for next year's hatches, though, so there's a silver lining. Jerry, I love the fanned tail on that pullet.
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    She has always been very flighty, unlike all of my other EEs and any pure Ameraucanas I've had. She squawks like crazy when touched and is just not generally very personable. Probably not the best choice to let her rear these chicks, but I'm hoping that if I take them away in a couple of weeks...
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    This is the best shot I could get because Momma Hen was not too thrilled with my presence. They are fierce moms, these Swedes! The "speckledy" look I was trying to describe is how there are blotches of yellow on the heads of two of the chicks you can see here, the leftmost one and the one in the...
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    Well, I got mixed results with having my SFH go broody. One did a pretty good job and has 4 chicks out of 6 eggs, but the other smashed hers, I'm afraid. I don't know if she raked them around in the nest but I found 3 dead chicks under her this morning. I'm going to pull three of my hens into a...
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    The standardized EE

    Any updates to these breeding plans? Jerry, those EEs look great. I've got a few creme legbars I'm using as part of an EE breeding scheme. It's fun being able to mix things together to one's own liking without a breed standard hanging overhead. My goal, which has been ongoing for a while, is to...
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    My flighty black Easter Egger has earned her keep- she hatched some SFH for me! I've only seen two chicks popping about so I'm not sure how she did with the other three eggs. She is wickedly defensive, though, so it might be a few days before I can get a proper head count. I've got two broody...
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