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    Sexing the Brahma breed, (standard size, Light Brahma)

    So, been doing alot of incubating of Light Brahma and Cochins, standard sized. Certain differences definitely between the feathers. But, here is the quandry. At the age of 21 days and younger, I have noticed a huge difference in the tail feathers of the Brahmas. Some have quite clearly...
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    Feather sexing

    Gonna try again. Hatched 4 of 12 eggs in my incubator that my broody Cochin gave up on. Been dabbling with some feather sexing and I think I got it, unless Mother Nature decides to tell me I am wrong. 2 Cochins (splash in colour) 1 Australorpe 1 Light Brahma All standard size. These chicks...
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    Why such variance

    So, does anyone really know how long chicken eggs can be held before incubation to be viable. I have read so many different things like maximum of 7, 10 and somewhere I read 14 days. Anyone know for POSITIVE how long? Elaborate please.
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    Two once-overweight Buff Orpington hens

    About 2 months ago I traded a couple of roosters for two Buff Orpington hens. They were 2 years old and 1 year old. They were massively huge and overweight, I could tell when I picked them up. The fellow that I got the hens from said that they were not laying anymore. And they haven't yet...
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    Curled rooster toes

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    Oysol 62.5 (oxytetracycline) -- egg eating

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    Breeding -- ratio of roosters to hens

    Tried to find the correct forum for this question, but came up lost. I am going to be breeding these breeds, all standard size: GLW SLW Barred Rock Blue Cochin White brahma Buff Orpington Easter Egger White crested black Polish In a catalogue put out by a popular hatchery, it indicated that...
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    Clean faced ameracaunas

    I got hatching eggs from a friend. She originally purchased the chicks (they up and eggs were received from them for hatching) from the local co-op that the co-op got from a hatchery in the states, they called these chicks Aracaunas. All the eggs that I received were blue. After reading...
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    7 or 10 days

    I have been reading, over and over, that there is such varying opinions on the length of time to collect eggs for incubation before the viability decreases. Some say 7 days, some say 10. Does anyone know for sure what the LONGEST amount of time for saving is? Or direct me to discussions that...
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    Golen laced wyandotte cockerals

    Seven GLW chicks, two months old. Four pullets, three cockerals. The choice will soon be made as to which cockeral to keep. I've noticed with this breed of chicken that the cockerals take way, way longer to mature than the pullets. The pullets look like miniature chickens, totally and...
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    Feather sexing

    Curious about feather sexing day olds. What breeds can be feather sexed successfully. I have heard about late feathering and early feathering genes (is this right?). But does that refer to the breeds that are crossed, pure, please elaborate. I am particularly wondering about buff orpingtons...
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    Which came first, eggs or chick abandonment

    I discovered something so interesting the night before last that this will knock off your socks. I spend an incredible amount of time just sitting around the chickenyard, listening watching, learning so many antics of the chickens. Micky, the white hen that loves to mother, always raises two...
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    Want an interesting read?

    Read this: interesting stuff, published in 2003 http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/11_03/chickens.shtml
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    Golden laced and silver laced wyandotte

    I seem to be having a mountain of questions these days. I have golden laced wyandotte pullets and cockerals and one silver laced wyandotte. Love both colours. Some questions follow: 1) What colour would the offspring of golden laced rooster with silver laced hen be, is it a recognized colour...
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    For purebreed chicks, how many days with alone with rooster

    I have a friend that will be giving me hatching eggs of a particular pure breed. The rooster and hens are in with other breeds. I need to know exactly how many days the hens require isolation with the same breed rooster before the eggs will not be mixed breed eggs. I have heard varying days...
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    Pea comb dominance

    Americauna rooster breeding with a brown hen. Resulting cockerals that are 7 weeks old with single combs. Thought the pea comb was dominant, what has happened?
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    Light brahma and age of laying

    I know the brahma breed is slow to mature. My cockeral didn't start mating until 8 months old or so. At what age do the pullets begin to lay? Are they much later than the average of about 22 weeks for other heritage breeds?
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    Easter egger crosses

    Hatched eggs from a friend. An Easter egger rooster was the dad. He was in with Easter Egger hens and a brown egg layer. The chicks are interesting. Some have the pea comb, others have the single comb. Some of the single comb ones have ear tufts and beards, some of the pea comb ones have...
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    Light Brahma breeding RIR, and bred back to offspring

    Kind of a followup to a previous post. It appears in some incubated eggs that are chicks now one month old, that my light brahma rooster was quite active. Three of the clutch have the leg feathering and colour of the brahma. He was breeding with a half blind RIR hen and we put some of her...
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    The araucana roo and the brown hen

    I have an araucana rooster with brown hens and araucana hens. Some have grey shanks, some have pinkish shanks. Do araucanas have grey shank genes? Is the comb of the offspring always going to be a pea comb, as is the fathers, regardless if the hen is a brown or an araucana. Getting a little...
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