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    Silkie or Sultan? or both?

    I picked these two sweet chicks up at a swap over the weekend. The little Asian lady told me the dark one was a Silkie and the other was an "Angel Bird" - which I think she may have mistaken for a cockatoo. They are 3 and for months old, respectively and have feathered feet. I'm thinking the...
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    Mixing Silkies in with other chickens

    I just went to a swap this morning and purchased 6 Buff Orpingtons - 4/10 week olds, 2/6 week olds. that was my intention for going. then a nice Asian lady came up to me with two Silkies - one partridge, one white (that she said was an Angel Bird). They are feather footed and 3 and 4 mos. old...
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    Eggs arriving today - now what?? Rest or incubate?

    I've seen folks do this different ways, or at least not mention the specifics, so I'm asking some of you "eggsperts" out there. My last two hatches from purchased eggs haven't gone so well, and I want all the help I can get. My Buff embryos have arrived at the post office and I will be going...
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    hatching delays

    Has anyone ever had some chicks to hatch one day and some the next? I have two out of the thirteen Ameraucanas I placed in the bator - both started pipping last night and zipped out this morning. So far, nothing else happening in there. although these two flailing around doesn't help in...
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    Purchased eggs - days to hatch -

    is it 21 days from start of incubation or when the eggs were laid? I've heard it both ways. I bought some French Maran eggs at a poultry swap on April 6th and started incubation that afternoon. They were laid on April 3rd. Someone told me it would be 21 days from April 3rd, then I heard 21 days...
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    my chicken laid a golf ball!

    I went to gather eggs yesterday and found a golf ball in a shell! We have put golf balls in the nesting boxes to encourage egg laying, but this is the first I've ever seen anything like this!! does anyone have an explanation? I did take a picture!
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