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    ISO Welsummer Rooster -- Maine

    Hello, I live in Greater Portland and have a small backyard laying flock on one year-old hens. I am just a hobbyist, not attempting to show or breed for high production. I would like to hatch some eggs this spring for enjoyment; I will add to my layers and harvest the roosters. My flock is...
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    Ducks and drinking water

    I recently added a pair of ducks to my flock of chickens. Everyone seems to be getting along fine, except for one small matter. The ducks play with the water, emptied a 3 gallon poultry waterer last night. I thought moving from a watering bowl (that I used when the ducks were by themselves)...
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    Chick with closed eyes

    Hi, I have a day old chick whose eyes apparently have never opened. I don't recall ever seeing this before. Is it something that might correct itself within a day or two, or do I have a real problem? Otherwise, the chick appears healthy. Thanks, Tim
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    Adopted Chicks

    What kind of success have you had with placing chicks with a broody hen? I have a hen who has been broody for at least 4 weeks. I have some day old chicks. I placed three next to her, but she didn't want anything to do with them. I placed one under her from behind and again, she didn't want...
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    Cushion Comb Genetics

    I have a pullet that is the offspring of two Partridge Chanteclers, she does not have a cushion comb and she has wattles. It has been a while since I looked into cushion comb genetics, but I seem to recall that it is not completely understood and what is understood indicates that...
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    forum reorganization

    Hi, I have some interest in Wyandottes, Welsummers and Delawares, but I long ago stopped paying attention to the official threads for those breeds because there's too much traffic and lots of it is purely social. I'm sure, though, that there are some posts in each of those threads that I'd be...
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    New stickied post proposal

    I'd like to propose a new stickied topic, just a single post. It should follow this basic outline: I Meat birds II Dual purpose birds raised for meat III Crosses for meat production Section I would have a brief summary of the Cornish Crosses and Freedom Rangers (and red broilers, black...
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    Egg temperatures

    I have a homemade incubator. The heat and fan come on when the air temperature drops to about 99.5 and turn off when the air is heated to 101.5 or so. I'm using a cheap reptile tank heating regulator with no digital readout, so I get these temperatures with a separate thermometer -- I'm...
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    Your guess?

    This chick is about 3 months old. I got it as a day old chick at the fair to put under a broody in hopes of breaking her. It worked. Now I am left wondering what I've got. I'm guessing female because of the comb -- a Barrred Rock that I got at the same time (and the same way) has a very...
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    Rainbow Coop

    One wall of the chicken coop had some water damage. I found three French doors at the dump (and had another waiting for a use). For the 5th section, I used an old storm window sash. My daughter (doing her best Vanna White) was responsible for the color scheme and picked out most of the...
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    Unusual (to me) rooster behavior

    These evening when I closed my chickens in, I noticed that one rooster was taking particular interest in one of the hens and the hen was obviously disturbed. The rooster would make a half-hearted attempt at mounted the hen, the hen crouched, the rooster got off, went in front of the hen and bit...
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    Couple of brooding questions

    I have a broody chicken who is in the coop with all my laying hens. Sometimes when she goes on her daily eating, drinking, dusting and pooping walk another hen will hop on her clutch. This doesn't seem to bother her, she gets in another laying box and finds her way back to her clutch when the...
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    How long between laying and incubating

    Hi, I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I can't seem to find the answer with the search engine. My apologies for a repeat question. How long is it safe to wait between the time an egg is laid and before incubation is started? Thanks, Tim
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    Rangers and flip

    I just found my 3rd feet-in-the-air, lying-on-its-back, dead Ranger. I think this is called "flip" and is a heart related cause of death, right? I haven't read of other people experiencing the same, but I'm thinking these Rangers might not be quite as sustainable as hoped for. I'm not really...
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    screeching pullet

    Hi, I have a 20 week old Freedom Ranger pullet that is screeching tonight, the noise is more screechy and high pitched than normal chicken noises, in fact I was doubtful that the noise was coming from the coop when my daughter asked me about it. I went out to take a look and one of my pullets...
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    vacuum sealing chickens with an 11" roll

    I saw a FOODSAVER BagVac Kit on Craigslist last night. The largest roll it uses is an 11" roll. Does anyone have experience with bagging chickens with an 11" roll? I know there have been recent threads about vacuum sealing chickens and apologize in advance if this specific question was...
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    Growth on keel bone

    At least two of the three Rangers I processed this week had a growth of some sort on the keel bone. It was about the size of a quarter and maybe 1/4 inch at the thickest. I wrote the first one off as an oddity, but the second has me more curious. I did not take a picture...any ideas?
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    Bull's eye?

    Is this the notorious bull's eye that indicates a fertile egg?
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    Ranger Grow-Out Journals

    I have 24 Freedom Rangers from JM Hatchery. I'm going to post their average, hi and lo weights each week (just by editing a single post, not by adding another post every time). I might also include some information about how much feed I have used and maybe some other costs. Sort of a...
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    Brooder questions

    I built one of those upside-down boxes on stilts brooders. It's a 30"x48"x12" box lifted off the ground 4". I cut two holes in the top for lights and used a 100 watt bulb in one and a 200 watt flood light in the other. The room this was in was in the 50s, and the temperature on the floor...
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