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  1. legojenn

    I’m thinking boy but I’d love extra opinions

    I appreciate that. Thank you. My lavender Orpington is very much a boy and the three mixes and probably pullets. If it’s true then the young man is not biologically related to his sisters. It also means that if they stay together, his rooster behaviour will be a little less cringeworthy (from a...
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    I’m thinking boy but I’d love extra opinions

    Recently I posted an image of a Lavender Orpington that I thought was a cockerel. This is one of its siblings that I bought as a day old. It is supposed to be a Brahma/Orpington mix. I don’t know the colours of its parents of whether the Brahma is a bantam. It has a similar body shape to the...
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    Boy or girl? - Lavender Orpington at six weeks

    I'm convinced that this handsome young chick is indeed a boy. Am I correct? He is the only lavender Orpington chick that hatched from fertilised eggs that I bought for my broody hen. I then added three day-olds that were Brahma/Orpington mixes. I don't know what colour the Brahma or Orpington...
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    What Are You Listening To Right Now?

    Sometimes I find dad rock soothing. My neighbours have been hearing a lot of REO Speedwagon whether they want to or not.
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    April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

    My guys are approaching two weeks. On the weekend, I made them an outdoor run. Esther has been teaching them to forage and dirt bathe.
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    What Are You Listening To Right Now?

    I take it back. There is one turn of the century Euro doompf doompf dance style tune that I can't get though of.
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    What Are You Listening To Right Now?

    Thanks for making me feel old. I don't recognise any of that music. I think that I'm stuck in the 70s, 80s and 90s. I do love singing along with the Verve's Urban Hymns CD when I'm having a bad day. David Bowie, Queen and Peter Gabriel are good for shaking bad moods too. Under Pressure and...
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    April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

    As I mentioned earlier, my broody hen Esther got one out of four from her clutch of lavender Orpingtons. I couldn't leave her with one. Yesterday she was pecking at unhatched eggs, so I got her three more babies. I was a little worried about them being too cold in the house, they were huddled...
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    April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

    We just had a hatch. So far just the one.
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    Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

    The rationale for leaving liquor stores open up here is that addicts can die if they don't get their fix. I assume that it's a small number of alcoholics that have an addiction that bad. Those who are less addicted might try to obtain their fixes by theft from home or businesses or other risky...
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    Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

    and of course, don't forget George Soros, Obama, Hillary, old Europe, chemtrails, 5G cell signals, the UN, Illuminati, a pizza shop and fluoridation etc. :rolleyes:
  12. legojenn

    Egg temps under hen

    I have broody hen and put four fertilised eggs under her. I don't really want chicks, but we're still getting below zero (32f) temps at night and don't want to try to break her broodiness in these temps. When I pull the unfertilised eggs out, sometimes the eggs are cool. Is that a problem...
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    April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

    My broody hen day 1. I shot this in the dark with a phone using the front camera. Better shots will come. There are no exposed eggs. :fl Can I eat ones that she has incubated for up to 12 hours? I check for eggs in the morning and evening.
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    April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

    She could be anything. Her eggs are almost yellow. The colour of these eggs are distorted a little. The two bottm-right eggs are Esther's. The four surrounding are from my hybrids Lohmanns and Red Stars. The colour on the four to my eyes are almost the same and the green one is from a barnyard...
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    April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

    I'm reluctantly on this ride. I love chicks, and I Iove watching a broody become a mother, then be a mother. When mothers teach foraging, I grin from ear to ear. I'm just not best prepared to deal with the consequences of going over my municipal limit and risking having a cockerel. Last fall, a...
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    Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

    I don't know if the situation is different in the US than in Canada, but there are more people here in jail awaiting trial than in sentenced custody. I would assume that it's similar in other places.
  17. legojenn

    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    I got 7 eggs from 7 birds. The hybrids laid consistently all winter. My strays were less consistent, but they are also older. My previous record was 6, but one of the bullied strays is getting more relaxed time now that my bully hybirds are going outside.
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    First Negative Day with my Flock.

    ¡Aye Caramba! What a difference a 45 minute drive makes. I'm on the western edge of Aylmer and we are down to maybe a foot with grass exposed where it's sunny. I was thinking of moving up your way or near Portage-du-Fort after my working days end. I need to keep in mind the heavier snowfalls and...
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    What's your "Dream Flock"? How many chickens is the perfect amount for you? What breeds do you adore?

    I assume that this is the case. I love the birds that I have. None are true anything. I have four hybrids and three barnyard mixes. They make a great little family and they are friendly. The flock will change over time due to mortality and losing my exemption to be two over the municipal limit.
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    Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

    Considering that this is happening in the US, UK, Canada and Australia and probably other non-anglo countries as well, I would assume that there is social media or mass media hype going on. This hoarding doesn't make sense since what media I've read have urged caution and advised people not to...
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