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    Crossing Blue Cochin to Red Cochin

    I have seen charts in comments before that specify what feathering will look like by crossing such-n-such colors, but I can't find it anywhere now. Can someone direct me to that chart, or just tell me what I would expect by crossing [bantam Cochins]: Blue Roo over Red Pullet Red Roo over Blue...
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    Tractor Supply Bantam Frizzle

    Any ideas? The buff looks maybe like a Cochin? The lighter one I can’t tell. Guy at TSC said they were doing 3 hatcheries this year, but guessing still Hoover. 5 pics of each.
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    Show Quality Crele OE Game Bantams

    Anyone know where I can find show quality Old English bantam, Crele? I saw Cackle has a show quality deal, but appears to be mystery pack as far as which variety is sent? My daughter wants to show this breed.
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    ISO young Ameraucana pullet in North TX

    As title says, I am looking for a young Ameraucana (not Americana/Easter Egger)pullet (8 wks - 20-ish weeks) to add to a backyard small flock of Buff Orps (8 wks old as of 1/5/26). I'm in south Fort Worth area (Burleson) and willing to drive an hour.
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    Looking for Ameraucana or Blue Egg Layer in North Texas

    I have six Buff Orps that are 4 weeks old (hatched 11/17) and my daughter really wants a pullet that will lay blue eggs. Prefer something more docile (Ameraucana, or if you bred a blue-egg Easter Egger to a white-eared Roo), and it must be a pullet. Prefer something in the 3-8 weeks old...
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    Light Brahma slower feathering than Orpington?

    I bought Buff Orp females from Meyer (hatch date Nov 17). At 1 week, the Orps had started to get some good wing feathers, and tail feathers started to come in. Light Brahma was behind on the wings, and no real tail tips at that time. Now at 3 weeks old, there is still a big difference. Are...
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    Meyer Hatchery Mystery Bird

    On day1 I pegged this one as a RIR. But the white wing tips don’t make sense. It’s the smallest of the chicks I ordered (this one came as the “homestead helper” in my Buff Orp order). Back and head look RIR, but the rest doesn’t. Chick is 3 days old (hatched Nov 17).
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    Day-Old Chick ID - Legbar or Marans?

    I ordered day-old chicks from Meyer Hatchery (Buff Orps and a Light Brahma), and they gave me an extra girl and roo (their "meal maker" and "homestead helper" freebies). The closest I could get to ID on the pullet was a White Legbar, BUT, then I noticed tiny and sparse feathering on the feet...
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    A bit about natural humidity and air cells

    Today is Day 21, and not a single pip (internal or otherwise), but all is NOT lost, and I'll tell you why. But first, a rant on natural humidity. I live in SE Texas where water is apparently born. It is SO HUMID here, even in the winter, that even a "Dry Incubation" method is difficult to...
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    One Heck of a Bird!

    I have a flock of 15 hens (and had some cockerels) on a 1/2 acre field. As I culled out the boys, I selected the quiestest one to remain as the Roo because, well, he was quiter than the others. I figured he be good enough as a Roo to warn the girls of predators and such but never expected him...
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    SE Texas Local Pick-up Only - BYC Members Only

    I have 4 cockerels that we will otherwise eat, but for a limited time, and to BYC members only, I will offer any one of them for re-homing to someone needing a good Rooster. You may take your pick...first come, first serve, 1 per flock-in-need. Local pick-up only, and I am in SE Texas (Liberty...
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    Do certain breeds have smaller wings?

    I don't mean like a bantam whose wings will obviously be smaller because they are smaller birds. I mean smaller wings compared to body size. I've hatched a few dozen chicks of my own mutts (standard breeds crossed over each other) and am used to seeing wings-to-body ratios like this 3 week...
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    Not all Broodies will adopt chicks. GRRRRR.

    Okay, so it's pretty much my own fault. She's only been broody for 4 days, and the chicks were already 4 days old. But I figured hens can't tell time, right? Anyway, I tucked 4-day-olds under her last night thinking she would adopt them. Something told me to get up EARLY this morning and...
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    Mix breed chicks, Straight-Run, Local P/U in SE Texas

    I hatched out mix breed chicks that were bred specifically for decent egg-laying potential, and disease/pest tolerance in the humid/muggy/mosquito-infested SE Texas Coast. Hatched 3/20/2014 Price of $2.50 each is good through the 27th, and then will go up 50 cents per week. Straight run...
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    87% hatch rate* in a styrofoam bator!

    I'm very excited! This is my 4th hatch, and only second using an incubator. My first incubator hatch rate was 60%, so I am super thrilled right now. The 87% does not count 3 infertile eggs that I tossed on Day 7...I am only counting the 15 that were fertile. Of those 15, 1 died around Day...
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    Broody with duds at Day 6 - Can she restart?

    I had a hen go broody, but a young cockerel who had only just started to fertilize eggs. I gave her 7 eggs from hens that he had mounted just to make her happy, but 4 of them turned out to be duds (candled this evening at Day 6). At this stage in the game, can I start her out with a fresh...
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    Silver Duckwing OEGBs - What to Expect?

    My wife and I decided we had room in our yard for a few more hens. We went scrolling through craigslist just for fun, and someone was selling OEGB's (Silver Duckwings (SD) and Black Breasted Reds (BBR)). They were too cute to pass up, so this evening we went for a visit. We fell in love with...
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    Mosquito War Poll: Fight it, or Deal with it?

    The more I research about mosquitos and the "controls" for them, the more I find there isn't much I can do about them that doesn't cost alot or potentially harm other animals or beneficial insects. Then I got to thinking..."folks back in the "old days" probably didn't bother fighting the...
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    Can small chicks be selcted out for future "psuedo" bantams later?

    Will a small chicken (a "runt" of the litter, so to speak) be genetically inclined to make smaller chicks? Or will its offspring be inclined to be normal size?
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    Potential Marek's-related Death, Dissection: *GRAPHIC PHOTOS WARNING*

    First and foremost, the reason for this post is to get some clues about what killed my Roo. He died "naturally" (meaning, we didn't kill him and no predator got to him). He was about 45 weeks old or so (born Dec 26...died 2 days ago, so whatever that makes him). So my brother lost a few...
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