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  1. red rosecomb

    A Reintroduction from South Africa

    Hello all (Again) Just reintroducing myself on the forum after years (5 to be exact) of inactivity. I joined when I was in high school and my love of chickens and all thing chicken related was realised, took a break when I went to varsity as I had to rehome my chooks. Now I'm back and so happy...
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    I want some STANDARDS!!!

    So here's the thing, my first chickens where bantams ( silkie, dutch bantamand pekin) and I got them 2yrs ago and they are now each laying on random days. I like the texture and taste of these chickens' eggs, but they are producing too little now. My solution, GET MY FIRST STANDARD GIRLS TO LAY...
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    My silkie pullet is broody!!!

    I have the most exciting news, my silkie is broody. The puzzling thing is that she only srarted laying eggs 3 weeks ago but now she is broody. i know silkies are the most broody of the chicken world but isnt that a bit too soon. I mean my other hens layed for 3 months and then they got broody...
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    My pekiney poo is egg eating, oh foo!!

    My pekin bantam hen has resently started egg eating, i know its her because i caught her in the act once trying to eat my silkie's newly laid egg. i tried making the nest boxes more dark inside as a friend advised and giving more calcium, but nothing has helped. i'm losing eggs here!!! HELP!!!!!!
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    A few genetic questions

    If i cross bred a solid white roo to a solid black hen will the chicks be sex linked or just randomly colored? And could anyone also please tell me if you cross any rosecombed chicken with any single combed chicken what type of combs will their offspring be more likely to have? And is the body...
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    My little experiment worked!?!!!??

    3 weeks ago I started incubating 5 eggs in a barely made incubator, by barely I mean no thermometer ,no hygrometer and no funny litttle gadgets you find on normal incubators. I was bored (you all know how crazy teenagers get when they are bored ) so I made a little incubator out of a wooden...
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    CCCC= Colour Changing Comb Chicken

    I have a bantam roo who's comb,wattle and face contantly changes. I mean, 1 day he's red parts are bright red and then a pale red the next. then he,s red parts turn normal for a few days then he getssmall,small spots on his comb then they disappear. Then he's redness randomly changes. Is...
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    stoping a my pekin's broody business

    OMG,OMG!What have i done! I got myself a pekin and it imediatly went broody! Well not imediatly but darn that was quick!! Let me explain, we gave up our pair of sebrights 7 weeks back, they were too flighty. so we decided to replace them with another breed and we saw this beautiful pair of...
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    Mixing cochin and silkie

    I have 1 rooster and hen cochin and 1 rooster and hen silkie. My silkies are non-bearded but have less leg feathering than normal non-bearded silkies and are not actually show quality, but i was wondering if i could cross 1 silkie and 1 cochin then maybe their offspring could be silkie like and...
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    Do roosters do that?

    Oh my gosh,what are my roosters doing?My new pekin rooster that i got 3 weeks back and then introduced today is really strange! When he 1st came out all was normal he done that little coutship dance thing to one of my hens and then he done it to that hens child, a young cockeral with all its...
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    My silkie has just started to crow!!

    I have these 2 young silkies that i got from a friend and one of them started making little rooster sounds and it started to crow this morning....at least i think it was crowing What i mean to say is that the sound it made was so funny and unlike anything i've heard before but it did look like...
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    Got a rooster, but are the eggs fertile?

    Hello there, just wondering if the Sebright rooster fertility problem is true or just a myth because at home we had a Sebright rooster(but i gave him to my friend) among a sebright hen and a dutch bantam mix. He mated with both of them and both laid 4 eggs each that the dutch bantam mix is...
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    Two sweet silkies, but eating their own poop.yuck

    i recently saved two white non bearded silkie chicks from a friend of mine who breeds silkies, who was going to cull them for their bad habit of eating thier own poop. i thought that they were just missing something in their diet so i started giving them vitamin supplements,fresh veggies, fresh...
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    What breed is my sweet black banty?

    I have a black bantam hen amongst a flock of other identified chickens. i am fairly new to chicken keeping and i cant easily identify chickens. its not too important that i find out this chicken's breed, but i would just like to now what chicken i'm dealing with, if it needs special care or not...
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