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  1. Sparklee

    C+/c and I/i+

    If I have figured out that my chickens have some recessive white, how do I get remove it while still keeping dominant white (homo or hetero) in the chickens? I can figure out how to test them for C+c when I only want I/i+ or I/I. I don't want to have any chickens with recessive white in them...
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    Is there anything fun I can do with ...

    I got a couple of Austra White (Australorp X White Leghorn) pullets this last spring. Down was white/yellow with maybe 5-8 randomly-placed little black dots. Adult plumage is a white bird with a few black feathers where the dots were on the down, with black legs also. The white feathers are...
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    Black Jersey Giants VS Black Australorps

    If I were to get a few Black Jersey Giants hens next spring, how would I be able to tell them from my Australorp hens? I'm thinking it would be impossible. I'm hoping there's some easy way to do this that I just not aware of like eye color or something.
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    Sunflower seed price hike. Worldwide or local?

    Sunflower seeds have gone up for a 50 pound bag from $22 in May to $32 the other day. What gives? This sort of price increase can't possibly be attributed to inflation alone. So what's up? Anyone know? And yes, these are necessary for our feed as it's the chickens' "fat" source since we...
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    Fencing Choice? Farmtek's Electro-Web or Premier's

    Has any one tried Electro-Web Electric Net in the Farmtek catalog. I guess it's probably online, too. It's for chickens (poultry) and goats. What has been your experience with it? What makes Farmtek's product different from Premier (as far as i can tell) is that its bottom strand on the...
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    Dutch pronunciation of d'Uccle as in Mille Fleur d'Uccle

    If you go to the Wikipedia entry for "Uccle" (the town in Belgium), click on the speaker symbol, and listen, is the pronunciation Ick-ul or Uck-ul? I can't tell for sure with my computer's speakers. And then do we actually say, "duckles" or "dickles" if we want to say d'Uccle in Dutch? Where...
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    Turning Hatchery Chickens into Heritage Breeds (New Hampshires)

    Is it ever possible to buy hatchery chickens and then work with them until they are good examples of a heritage breed? Or possibly they have to be from certain lines to be called "heritage?" Example: New Hampshire (currently heritage hatching eggs or chicks are extremely expensive) Cackle...
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    Easter Eggers - can I get them with slate legs?

    Am wondering how to get slate legs on my Easter Eggers. Not sure I want that, but I'm thinking about it. If all my Easter Eggers have green legs, how do I get slate legs? Do Easter Eggers have slate genetics in their makeup or do I need to outcross, so to speak? I'm guessing that I need to...
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    Anyone have an Easter Egger rooster with a crazy or strange crow?

    Looking at this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=4880169#p4880169 It states that "the voice" should be refined if we want to maintain Easter Egger (Utility Quechua) traits. Further down the thread it's stated...
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    Splash

    Which breeds have a splash variety? Wht's it called? BBS? Blue/Black/Splash? Or is there a page somewhere that I'm missing and should have already seen? Marans Blue Andalusians That's all I can think of.
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    Incubating yolky eggs

    Will eggs hatch if fresh egg yolk has been smeared all over them? I've seen plenty of very poopy eggs hatch under a broody hen, but not yolky eggs. What about in an incubator?
  12. Sparklee

    Shipping dirty hatching eggs

    Egg yolk. Is it okay to ship eggs with egg yolk specks left on them after being wiped? Is that pretty standard among breeders here?
  13. Sparklee

    NPIP folks, Pullorum, Salmonella

    What are the stats on Salmonella or Pullorum in regular backyard laying flocks? Do they tell you that in NPIP classes? How many people who take the NPIP test on their flocks end up having Salmonella or Pullorum? 10% or 75%? Maybe Pullorum and Salmonella are the same thing. Just one...
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    Naked Neck Cross with fully feathered necks.

    I have read and searched and read about Naked Neck genetics and crosses, but I would love a definitive answer since I can't for sure find one here though I've been searching for about an hour and a half. The closest I got was this...
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    Stripe on a Buckeye chick. Down question.

    What E Locus are Buckeyes? Do they carry Co? They don't, right? Anyone know the genotype? That would cover the two questions above. I have searched high and low, obviously in the wrong places, for at least 3 hours (2 of them during the middle of a sleep deprived night), looking at photos...
  16. Sparklee

    American Game Fowl, Kraienkoppe

    edited to say: I feel so embarrassed when no one answers my questions.
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    APA to certify Heritage flocks for marketing purposes?

    Has this been discussed? "The APA has a committee working toward certifying flocks as 'heritage' breeds for marketing purposes." Source: March 2011 Exhibition Poultry magazine Sounds exciting! Anyone know any more about it? When will it go into effect?
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    Cubalayas?

    **Assuming free-ranging on an acre or two and staying in a coop at night.** Could I keep more than one male Cubalaya in a flock if they grew up together from chicks? Do the females fight each other? What would tempt them to fight? Do these birds fight with each other to the death of one of...
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    d'Uccles with pea combs at farming store? Is this possible?

    Nevermind
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    foundational Dutch and Belgian breeds?

    Someone said this: "Old English Games, Mediterranean breeds, foundational Dutch and Belgian breeds, these birds long predate the feeding methodologies upon which we rely today." I asked the original poster about "foundational Dutch and Belgian breeds," but got no reply. Anyone care to give...
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