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    Advice on what questions to ask when selecting a breeder

    As I dive deeper into my desire to breed chickens it dawned on me that I have zero idea of what to ask about when conversing with breeders about their products. What are some of the typical question that you all ask? I like all people would like to make sure, as best as I can, that I don't...
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    Mealworms and chickens

    Since we have started building up a small hobby farm, just rabbits and chickens so far. Our place was all timber so we don't even have garden beds yet. Starting it all with compost, worms, rabbits and chickens. As we started to build a "farm plan" so to speak we wanted to be as self...
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    First Hatch!!!!

    Last year I bought some Old English Standard Games for a brooder flock. I kept 5 hens a 1 rooster. Well I had a hen start settin on 6 eggs. We had four hatch with a 5th breaking through the shell now. Mommas helping out so I won't. So far we 4 little OEG chicks. Hopefully the last 2 will...
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    I a lil excited

    We are hatching some eggs for the first time. I have a total of 9 eggs under 2 hens just to see what happens. I put clean fertile eggs them 5 OEG and 4 RIR. We have had laying hens for 20 years and never bred any chickens so this is exciting. The best part is I just ordered some Rhode...
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    Breeding pens

    So I am really getting into this whole chicken thing a lot more lately and I have plans to get some birds not hatchery production birds. I plan on having a few different type all Large Fowl type non aggressive, except for one pen will be Old English Standard Games. What size pen is ideal for...
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    RIR

    RIR's are my favorite chicken and I decided to go that route instead. I am looking for some "Old Type" Broody RIRs that are still good layers. As I have been looking I see them as advertised as "SC" and "RC" what do these mean? Thanks for the help
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    Dominique and Buckeye

    My wife and have a bit of a hobby farm starting. We currently raise rabbits as food and we are just getting started producing fertile eggs. I have 2 hens brooding now, a Standard size OEG and a Silkie. Right now I am using these breeds to hatch eggs and we have our first clutches due soon. I...
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    Howdy from Western Washington

    We just got back into having poultry after about 10 years without them. We have 8 golden sexlinks that are about 3 months old. We also have ducks. 15 Pekins also 3 months old. so far I have identified 2 hens and 2 drakes. I'm not sure what the rest are yet. We also have 6 Rouens and 4...
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