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  1. LukeandAli

    Question about the difference between Barred Rocks and Dominiques

    We received three chickens a few months ago that we were told were dominiques. We've referred to them as "the barred rocks" this whole time because we don't know/can't tell the difference. Now we've hatched some chicks that are at least half dominique/barred rock and I'm really curious as to...
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    Question about egg colors/breeding (probably a stupid question)

    Let me start of by saying that I have no experience whatsoever with breeding chickens (I have my first eggs from my flock in the incubator right now ), but, I've been wondering about a possible breeding pair and what color eggs I would get from their offspring. If one were to breed a leghorn...
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    Help me write my "need" (a.k.a. "want") list for my coop....

    DH has promised to make me my dream coop (Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!) now that he has deemed the coop we were going to remodel "unfit." So, in order to decide everything that my chicken palace will need, I'd love to hear what things you couldn't (or would prefer not to) live without. So far, I'm...
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    Starting a hatch September 21....hatch along?

    I received 12 leghorn eggs from a friend (the rooster is a brown egger, though) and I'm going to toss a few of my girls' eggs in with them. I'm going to start them as soon as I get a thermometer/hygrometer. Last time, my chicks got fried around day 14 or so when the weather got super hot (no...
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    My girls are laying!!!!

    My hubby went out to work on the chicken coop today (we're remodeling an oooooooold coop) and he found 3 light brown eggs in the box we'd put out for the older birds (an ameracauna and an ameracauna-marans mix). I'm pretty sure that two of the eggs were from the same bird (we hadn't checked the...
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    Help! Sick chick!

    I have a little guy born on July 9th that has been having problems with what I call "poopy buns." I've been cleaning it off with warm water once a day, but, after I cleaned it off tonight, he(or she) seemed very agitated (loud peeps). DH came in from the garage a few minutes ago and said the...
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    TMI........Poopy Buns on a 3 day old chick?

    I have a little guy who has poop stuck to his butt (kinda yellowish....I know....TMI). The chick seems to be okay, but, I've heard that the "poopy buns" can mean the chick is sick (as opposed to my original thought that maybe the chick just had poop on its butt....huh....go figure). Anyone...
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    Chick taking too long? When do they need help?

    I've got a dozen babies in the incubator (three that are pipped and/or zipped). One of them has been pipped for at least 13.5 hours (possibly longer) and peeping for about 24 hours. The little guy hasn't made any progress on its own since about 10 hours ago. There is still definite movement...
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    Pips and Peeps!

    I set eggs late the night of Fathers' Day. Last night I heard peeping and right now I have at least two pips!!!! I have 12 in the bator. Anyone else "due" today?
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    Late Lockdown :( Will they be ok?

    We went into lockdown 8 hours late (we ended up taking an unexpected day trip yesterday and we were so tired when we got home that I forgot to lock it down). Will they be ok? I put a tampon in there in addition to the amount of water I put in for our last hatch to get the humidity up.
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    When should I introduce the little guys to the coop?

    I have 18 in the incubator (I'm thinking I'll get 10-12) and 2 that are 7 weeks old that are not in the coop yet. In the coop, I have 1 that is 16 weeks old and 7 that are somewhere around 13 weeks (we're guessing by comparing them to the 16 weeker because their previous owner did not know...
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    Float Test Question(s)

    I just float tested my 18 eggs (they are about 12 days along) and I'm a bit confused. How accurate is float testing? I had 10 "pass" the float test, 7 "fail" the float test, and 1 that sunk a tiny bit and just floated right under the surface of the water (What's that all about?). Some of...
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    Fertile Egg Supplier in Oregon/Washington?

    I tried posting this on the Buy/Sell/Trade/Wanted area, but, the website won't let me, for some reason. Oh, well. I guess I'll just give it a shot here. I've got 18 babies in the incubator right now, but, DH said he was thinking about letting me do another hatch right after this one (). I...
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    Not-so-deep-dark Secret....

    I think I'm pregnant!!!! We aren't sure yet (trying not to test until the Fourth of July), but, there's a pretty good chance we could be expecting. We aren't the type to tell people right away, but, I felt like I was going to burst if I didn't tell someone. So, there it is. I think I'm...
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    New....er....really old....coop remodel!

    When we moved into our new house and got permission to have chickens, our landlords jokingly mentioned that they had an old chicken coop on the property that needed a new roof. We never figured out what they were talking about....until recently. They have a big 3-room coop...
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    Just candled for the first time *Question for pros at the bottom of OP*

    GAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is sooooo exciting!!!!!!!!!!! I'm definitely addicted! Out of the 18 eggs, there are only 3 I'm not sure about. One was because it was a chocolate brown egg with a really thick shell, so, I couldn't see through it; one was because the chick looks a...
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    DH just bought me more chicks! :D What do you have?

    We hatched 5 chicks this week (Monday) and today we went to the farm store and DH bought me 5 more chicks to keep our original 5 company. Well, our farm store 5 ended up being 6 because the girl helping us out wasn't sure one of our "pullets" was really a pullet (I'm thinking it may be a boy...
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    Anyone know what breeds/genders my chicks are?

    I bought some "mutt" eggs from a woman on craigslist.org and I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what breeds they'd guess my chickies are. I know one of the two possible dads is something weird sounding (Mille D'Fleur? Maybe?). The other possible father is the first roo's son (he was hatched...
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    Hatch Rate Question and CHICK PIX!

    I just finished my first hatch early this week (so happy to have "home grown" chicks). I had started with 12 eggs that I bought from a lady on craigslist.org. Well, we weren't sure what the fertility would be like and, with us being newbies, we really weren't expecting much from our first...
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    Help! Hatching/Chick Question!

    I have three little guys running around the incubator (first one hatched about 13 hours ago) and one with its beak sticking out of the shell. Is it bad to do a "snatch and grab" and take the chicks out if I still have other eggs in there? I want to add some more water, too; but, that isn't...
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