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    #!@!^% Turkeys!

    Turkeys like to roost outside where it is cooler, they can overheat quick inside a coop
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    "Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

    She hasn't beeb on for a long time, there are no animals where she used to live, don't know if she moved or else
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    Meet my Muscovy Ducklings-any guesses on sex?

    the legs and beaks can help to a degree, the ones with thick legs and larger beaks are nearly always males, plus the males usually run ahead of the hens when they are running around.I have chocolates, blacks, grey's and blondes, all came from grey drake over chocolate and black hens, 4 hens are...
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    March 2018 Hatch-a-long

    I have 42 eggs going to lock down today, have 84 more going the 3rd of march
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    cuckoo maran egg color

    I breed straight line SOP in all my birds, i cull and sell all non standard as layers or barn yard mix, all my flocks are bred as close to standard as possible, i do use some culls in other projects if they have good egg size and color quality's, i rarely ever see a straight comb. in my Doms...
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    EE + Leghorn = ?

    Here is a more defined breeding chart
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    cuckoo maran egg color

    Here is a good read on both breeds https://countrysidenetwork.com/daily/poultry/chickens-101/plymouth-barred-rock-chickens-the-original-heirloom-chicken-breed/
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    cuckoo maran egg color

    True, i studied the dom and barred rock extensively to determine sex at 1 day old, my studies resulted in the difference of comb. which is the first factor i look for even though some pure dom chicks can have a single comb but i don't call them Dom. i put them in my common pen with my layers, i...
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    Goose Incubation & Hatching Guide - Completed!!!!

    I have an African Grey sitting on several eggs, she took over a Muscovy nest with 6 eggs and her and her sister added 9 of their own, they are in my turkey habitat for security reasons, last week my wife went to gather the turkey egg for incubation, it was gone, she looked under the goose and...
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    EE + Leghorn = ?

    Thanks for getting my facts straight, us old people don't remember so good
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    "Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

    I live just down the road from you in Jena, i have too many birds to list
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    EE + Leghorn = ?

    Olive ee, (ie) olive egger could be a cross of several different combinations, very common is Black Copper Marans over blue layer of any type, Such as BCM X CCL should give you approx. 50/50 roos/pullets and 50% brown layers and 50% olive egg layers, once you make the cross everything becomes a...
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    EE + Leghorn = ?

    Yes, i have both breeds and many more and have crossed them in various pairings, i find in is much better to cross 2 docile breeds where possible to achieve docile offspring, such as orpington x or RIR x and wyandottes are very docile
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    cuckoo maran egg color

    According to 2 different shades of egg color, i believe he has 1 marans and one barred rock, 90% of people cant see the difference between the 2
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    EE + Leghorn = ?

    Leghorns are flighty birds, in my experience, most EEs are also aggressive, so you get a flighty / aggressive result, aggressive X flighty makes for a bad mix in any breeds Most EEs are aggressive to some extent, what you need is a pure Ameraucana, they can usually be trained to be docile, but...
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    EE + Leghorn = ?

    From my experience, the hens will be mostly white with reddish in breast and wings/ tail feathers, cocks will be mostly red with with reverse white from hens, 50/50 egg color %, my avatar is a CCL/WL pullet, she has salmon breast, the roos came out distinctly barred cream, dark grey with crest...
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    "Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

    I am in Central LA. the region that handles us is from northwest LA, go to google and type in NPIP certification, LA and it will give you the region and the contact #s You dont have to be NPIP to sell eggs locally, only out of state, same with chicks
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    "Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

    I have been absent also, been fighting RA but getting a grip on it, glad to see you are back
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    "Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

    Hello from Jena, i have too many to count
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    "Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

    either a possum or coon, maybe feral cat
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