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    Interaction between splash & mottled genes?

    I'm playing around with some breeding charts and a few test combos lead me to chx with both splash & mottled coloring. How would that work? Would it even be noticeable or just look like a splash? I have some nice blue birchen marans and a few Silverudd's with the mottling gene so I thought it...
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    ISO BBS Ameraucana eggs

    Hi All, I'm looking to upgrade my flock with some better-than-hatchery birds. Anyone have winter-laying Ameraucanas? Thanks!
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    Shipped eggs question

    The eggs I bought arrived last night instead of this coming Friday like I expected. The problem is that my main incubator is full, and going into lockdown tonight, probably won't be empty until Sunday evening. The shipped eggs were probably gathered Fri/Sat Jan 13th/14th, and are now sitting in...
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    Wanted - BBS Ameraucana eggs

    Looking for large fowl BBS Ameraucana eggs to refresh my Oliver flock. Project lines ok, looking for blue egg color and stout birds with no wheaten genetics. I'm in NW Wa.
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    Moving eggs from cabinet incubator to styrofoam for lockdown?

    I can't find the threads on here I've read before about using a foam bator for hatching, so hopefully someone can share their experience again. I have been using a homebuilt wine cooler cabinet incubator for a while now, adding hatch baskets at lockdown. This time I'm doing a much bigger hatch...
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    Chicks on the loose!

    So today we spotted one of our hens coming out of a brush patch with a trail of chicks behind her. We normally close the flock out of that area at bedtime, then open it around 1pm, hoping it's late enough to keep them from laying out in the brush. Judging by the drop in eggs in the nest boxes...
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    Started with sulmet, bought some corid, now what?

    I have a chick with coccidiosis (showing all the signs anyway) so I started the whole batch on Sulmet last night, which is what I had on hand. Now I have some Corid, and am wondering if I should finish the run of Sulmet (2 days of full dose, then 4 of lower dose) or switch them over to Corid, or...
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    Hatch percentages with eggs stored 2 weeks?

    Just curious if anyone has kept track of hatching rates with eggs kept up to 14 days. I set up a breeding pen last month and was planning to start the incubator this Saturday, but a run of bad weather seems to have put the gals off laying. I'm not getting eggs from 2 hens I really want babies...
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    Pullet "wasting disease"?

    Once a year maybe we'll have a young chicken, around 6-9 weeks old, just start wasting away. It starts out happy & healthy like the rest of its flock, but then looks droopy. When we examine it, we'll find almost no breast muscle, no real muscle tone anywhere. We're tried hospital cages, hand...
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    Thoughts on this feed combo?

    I'm thinking about supplementing my flock's pelleted feed with a cooked mash of beans (yes, cooked enough to neutralize the bad enzyme), whole wheat and corn, and dried nettles. I grow all of these things so I know they are fresh and organic. I am looking to boost nutrition in my breeding...
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    French cuckoo marans this time of year??

    I found a cute little cockerel, just right for my breeding project, but he went missing tonight. I'd love to find some day old chicks shipping this time of year. Or possibly hatching eggs... Any ideas?
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    Making a wine cooler incubator

    I was lucky enough to score a under counter size wine cooler, and I bought the 225w incukit http://incubatorwarehouse.com/225-watt-cabinet-incukit.html My egg turner fits perfectly in the upper shelves, and I am thinking to use the lower front part for hatching baskets, with humidity...
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    Not much copper on this marans roo

    This is BIg Boy, our 6 month old roo. He hatch from a batch of eggs from a blue/black/splash pen of marans from a BYCer. We sold the other cockerels from this hatch before they had much color, and the two pullets we got look normal. Will he get more copper as he ages, or do some copper...
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    How long for Marans to feather in?

    I hatched a roo on April 1st from eggs that came from a BYCer's blue/black/splash Marans pen. He enormous already, and still filling in feathers. But so far I only see colored feathers on his neck. His saddle feathers are coming in nice and shiny, but solid black. His underparts look really dark...
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    Need input for breeding set up

    I've been surfing around for info, but am hoping a fresh thread will shake out some fresh ideas. I want to work on Olivers and New Hampshires and currently have a Marans roo, Ameraucana roo, Olive-egger roo, and some little New Hamp cockerels too young to choose from yet. Hens: assorted...
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    Crummy hatch with spendy eggs

    Just wanted to gripe about the poor hatch I bought 2 dozen New Hampshire eggs from a great breeder and was so excited to start working with this breed. My last shipped egg hatch did really well for all the travel and air cell damage, so I figured it was worth the risk to pay more for these...
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    Air cell percentage by weight at 7 days?

    Can anyone point me to a chart or link for air cell percentages at 7 days? I thought I had a link saved, but now I can't find it, and I just weighed all my eggs 28 New Hampshire eggs, and 3 Olivers.
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    Looking for good laying Barred Rock lines

    I need to buy some Barred Rock hatching eggs from good laying lines. Any available?
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    Shipped eggs did great!

    We're about done with this hatch, only one more peeper trying to pop out. I had 16 Ameraucana eggs shipped from Alabama, 3 were broken by the pst office, and 10 made it to lockdown, 8 hatched and are doing great. i had 11 blue/black/splash copper marans eggs shipped from Georgia, and 9 made...
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    Chicks hatching, humidity too high??

    So we have peeps and pips, and it's time to leave for work. The temp is staying around 99, but the humidity is up to 75-85% and hasn't been below 69% since lockdown. Is this too high? It will have to be left alone for the next 8 hours.
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