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  1. Selena

    Biggest quail?

    What are the biggest quails?
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    Wheaten Marans Cockrels

    I have 2 Wheaten Marans cocks I hatched from eggs from Gabbard Farms (who got her stock from Bev Davis) and am looking to either sell them or trade them for a pair of hens. Will post pics soon. They hatched Feb. 13. $30 each, or trade for hens. ETA: Local folks, please. No shipping of the...
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    Alpacas / llamas and chickens...

    We're acquiring a pair of alpacas and a small llama soon. We thought they could share a pasture with the chickens, but a woman was talking to my MiL yesterday and said there's some disease or bug they can share and you shouldn't have them together. Does anyone know anything about this? Does...
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    Sexing Wheaten Marans

    Can you sex Wheaten Marans chicks? I've got 3 chicks and two are a buttery yellow, and the third looks more like light caramel. They are 3 days old (Friday the 13th hatching!). The one that's caramel has darker wings too. It was the first hatching and I immediately noticed it's black feathering...
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    Unhatched eggs

    When should one take out unhatched eggs? I'm a newbie at hatching, and I'm sure there's others who wonder. Thanks!
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    Need help with temp. set-up

    Ok so I got my eggs this week instead of next. DH insisted that I get them started tonight. So, I set this up: I had an incubator lined up, but didn't have it here and can't get ahold of the lender. Any advice?
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    Dark egg breeds...

    Hey, I've been curious about the Darkest of the Dark egg layers. I know that the Marans are all the rage (esp. the Black Coppers) but I'm curious as to what breed produces the darkest egg. Also, in the Marans, do the different types (ie Cuckoo, wheaton, BC) differ in egg colors? Are the BC's...
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    Pic of chick embryo

    I found this and thought of y'all. This 6x picture of a chicken embryo was captured by Tomas Pais de Azevedo of Lisbon, Portugal, using stereomicroscopy. It was named an Image of Distinction by the judges @ the annual Nikon Small World photomicrography competition. It won first prize with the...
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    Anyone feeling the financial crunch, or have advice?

    Ok, so, I'm out of work right now and my DH is in construction... and his job is finishing up soon and then HE'LL be out of work. We're battening down the financial hatches. I know more people out of work right now than I have ever known at one time. None of them are in construction, either! Not...
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    I don't think I introduced myself!

    I've been on here for a bit, and never intro'd myself I don't think. My name is Selena. I am a Certified Nursing Assistant (almost 7 years), but am looking into being a Veterinary Assistant. Just as much biting and kicking, but no cussing and screaming. I'm also a homemaker. I married my HS...
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    My big roo and the little mama...

    These are some pics my friend took when she came to visit the other day. I got these birds from my folks. Ol' Red (though my Pa calls him Adolf. He's got a strange walk. Must be the huge spurs.) Little Mama
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    Grains and cover crops

    After we finish building our chicken tractors and dividing my current flock into them, I'm wanting to divide my 30'x22' garden/chicken yard into 3 sections. Planting a mixed cover crop in one section, keeping chickens in another section, and growing my veggies/keeping ducks in the third section...
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    Integration of chicks...

    Here's my situation. I have 11 mixbreed chicks outside. They're about 8 weeks old. They came with a hen and cock that my folks gave me and was hatched and so far raised outside. About 5 or 6 of them are silkie mixes and are smaller than the rest. I got them at about 2 weeks old, and just kept...
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    Pigeon?

    Ok, so I went out to measure my old rabbit hutch to use for quail, and on my doorstep there was a small bird. About the size of a 6 week old standard chicken. Just finishing feathering out. I approached, expecting it to take off. It hopped a bit and fluttered, but let me catch it. Then, it let...
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    Naming the new additions

    Ugh, I'm having trouble naming my new birds. Not just the 8 chicks I got last week, but the rooster and hen I got 2 weeks ago. Any suggestions? Rooster: looks a lot like a Buff Orp now, but was redder when young. Wanted a country name, but already had a rabbit named Bocephus and had a rooster...
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    Cats

    Do domestic cats pose a big threat to adult standard chickens? We have a very small neighbor cat (Max) who spends all day bumming around our chicken pen watching the chickens. It makes DH uncomfortable (though, he's never liked this cat anyway) but this cat is not large, is not bright (DH...
  17. Selena

    Ideal Hatchery

    For those who've ordered: how quickly after ordering have you received your orders? I asked for ASAP delivery, all of my breeds/sexes were available when I ordered 3 weeks ago, and were so for at least the next 2 weeks, and yet now they are not until the 24th. I tried contacting them through...
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    Guinea w/ bum leg

    I have a 3 week old guinea keet who is the runt. Because he's been smaller than the other 2, I've kept a watch on him to make sure he's not picked on. Last week I noticed it was hopping around with it's new feathers ruffled. I caught it and inspected it. The joint (knee) looks a bit whiter...
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    WTB hens in the Kitsap/Tacoma area

    Is anyone downsizing their flock?
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    Kitsap County, Washinton

    My neighbor across the street ( I'll call her "Peggy") is having issues with their backyard neighbors (who we ALL have issues with) and the jerky neighbor decided to complain about Peggy's 6 10-week-old pullets. The Jerks actually screamed at her "YOU CAN'T HAVE CHICKENS IN THE CITY!" First of...
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