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    Does Anyone Know if Rockin G Ranch Breeds for Fast/Slow Feather Gene?

    I have 11 adorable, one week old lavender orpington chicks from Rockin G Ranch and immediately started trying to guess the sexes. :P Well, they all appear to be feathering the same way, at the same rate. Ack! So does anyone know? Does Nellie breed for fast/slow feathering to sex the chicks?
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    Symptoms appear and chicken dies within 24-48 hours. What am I facing?

    It started with a silkie hen. I went out a couple mornings ago and found all the other chickens awake and waiting for breakfast. She remained sleeping. I pet her, but she didn't move away. I thought it odd, but chocked it up to the storm over night. Maybe she hadn't gotten enough sleep because...
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    Is it o.k. for them to breed??

    I am getting chicks from a family hatchery, and I have been daydreaming about those chicks giving me more chicks! It struck me suddenly though, that I may not be able to allow them to breed! I am aware that an offspring can be bred back to its parent but siblings should not breed. Is it most...
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    WTB: Lavender Orpingtons- chicks OR adults

    Hello all. :) I am searching for the lovely lavender orpington. Straight run chicks are just fine or adult hens only, but I would prefer the chicks. I am looking for chicks at no more than $10 each, and am thinking I would like ten chicks. Thank you from SE Missouri.
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    What has gone wrong?

    I had a white rock go broody, and I have been so excited. I blocked her off from the other chickens...or so I thought...but I finally got her to stand up and discovered she had more than ten eggs under her. I was only expecting there to be 4 or 5. She fouled the nest. I know now I made one...
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    Are cochin bantams supposed to be so mean?

    I have three cochin bantam chicks, and they are the most aggressive little snots! They pick on all the other chicks, they've actually cowed a much older chick (probably about two months old and they are four weeks) and they even pick on each other though not nearly as harshly. Its mostly chest...
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    There is nothing that annoys or ticks me off more!!!

    I am going to speak my mind here, and after this, I will never say it again nor will I ever reply to anyone who criticizes or attacks any post made by me or anyone else regarding what peoiple choose to eat and have chosen to eat for thousands of years. I don't care if it is because someone...
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    What to do with a frazzle or curly chick

    I ended up with a frazzle and a frizzle chick. I wasn't too thrilled about the frazzle, but decided I was ok with it. I know people like frizzles, and all frizzle chicks might be a way to take something off feed cost now and then. BUT I just watched this little frazzle jump and its feathers...
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    How many to a silver phoenix clutch?

    I posted elsewhere, but someone suggested I try here. I know the likelihood is low, but I am wanting to see if I can encourage a silver phoenix to go broody. She is laying separately from my other hens so I thought maybe....JUST maybe.... so today, I left her egg where she laid it. Can anyone...
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    How many to a silver phoenix clutch?

    I have a little silver phoenix that, although I know is highly unlikely, I would like to go broody. I think she would be cute as a little mommy. She is laying her eggs separately from the other hens who all lay in the same nest box so I thought, "What the hay! I will encourage her a little and...
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    Breeding for non-broodiness scares me

    I read a lot about people buying breeds for non-broodiness. I know people want eggs- I do too- but there's something scary to me about breeding the drive to continue one's own species OUT of an animal, any animal, but especially one we rely on as a food source. I know broodiness means LESS eggs...
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    Maybe you can tell me what this rooster isnt?

    It let me post the pic as wall paper, but not in the forum. I have a lovely rooster that someone brought to me. He is every color under the sun I would say! He has a gold mane and gold saddle that is mixed with blue and greenish blue. His black feathers shine purple, blue, green. He also has...
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    Is it supposed to look like this?? Chicken and dumplings

    I am making chicken and dumplings for the first time. The water is cloudy, the bottom of the pot has some sort of film (?) on it. Should it look like that? Do I use this water in the finished product or change the water? To me, its funky looking, but I am used to everything coming out of a can...
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    hello from missouri :)

    I've come across this site over and over in my reading and research and finally decided to join. I'm a first time chicken owner and just reading various threads has been helpful. I just culled my first chicken this morning. It didn't go well. If anyone has had any bad first time experiences...
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    Genetics of Broodiness?

    I am wanting to breed broodiness into my flock. I have adult non broodies that will be culled.I have bantam cochins, buff orpingtons, and easter eggers. All are chicks. I also have a few unknowns that were just given to me. Today, my brother-in-law brought me a rooster. I have no idea what kind...
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