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    New to hatching, a few questions

    Hi, I just received some fertile Modern Game eggs in the mail and put them under our broody MG hen yesterday. She's very broody and growls at everyone approaching, puffs up her feathers and pecks. She's sitting on 6 eggs in her favorite place, which is under my son's bed. (don't ask...) We've...
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    Our Modern Game Hen laid her first egg!!

    She is 8 months old and teeny tiny. I haven't expected much from her in terms of eggs, I've heard that Modern Games are not big layers. She was circling around the garden all day, hopping from flower pot to another,rustling in the bushes, then checked out the nesting boxes in the coop, not...
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    Free brahma, EE, mille fleur and modern game cockerels in CA

    Hello, I have 7 bantam cockerels that I need to give away because I can't keep roosters in my backyard. I'm located in Santa Barbara, CA. The cockerels are 6 weeks old and in good health. They've been fed organic chick starter. Let me know if you are interested in any of these: 2 buff brahmas...
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    Just so bummed about having too many cockerels and too few pullets

    Hear me out, I'm just so bummed. I ordered 10 chicks from Ideal. To my horror, I received 22 chicks -- they had put in 12 extra standard sized males as packing peanuts. After a while, I finally found a new owner for these 12 males on craigslist. I can't have roosters, I have just a regular city...
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    What are the genders of these three blue mille fleurs?

    I have three blue mille fleur d'uccle bantam chicks that are 6 weeks old. So far most of the 10 chicks I ordered from Ideal have turned out to be male. So I'm still curious about these three. Let me know what you think. The comb of chick 2 is not very visible in the pic but it is pale and...
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    A handsome EE, boy or girl?

    Ok, here's another one of my 6-week old chicks. S/he is from Ideal and was sold as an Ameurcana, that is, an Easter Egger. A really handsome bird. I have a feeling that it is a "he" because of the size and some bossy male posturing type behavior in the brooder. He is bigger than most of the...
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    Three modern games. Boys or girls?

    Hi, I have three silver blue modern games that are 6 weeks old. I have a feeling that the two gray ones are boys and the black one is a girl. What do you think? They are all very sweet and curious chicks. Blackie and first gray chick Second gray chick
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    Two buff Brahmas. Pullets or cockerels?

    I have two buff Brahma bantams that are now almost 6 weeks old. I can't figure out what their gender is. They are both rather large compared to my other bantam chicks and behave very similarly. One, however, likes to try to rip off my skin and the other one is more friendly. So what gender...
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    Hen has little white worms in her poop. What is it?

    I just looked at my hen's poop and noticed hundreds of little tiny white worms wiggling in it. Gross! They first look like little bits of grain but when you wait a moment they kind of start opening up, the little worm folds out and raise their heads. What are they? My bantam cochin seems...
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    Do Modern Game roosters crow?

    I have three Modern Game baby chicks, now 3 weeks old. They are the coolest little chicks, very tame and friendly. One of them already has a pretty prominent comb and is developing what looks like wattles? It might be a cockerel and we can't keep roosters in our city backyard. But I've heard the...
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    12 packing peanuts chicks for free in Santa Barbara

    Hi, I ordered 10 banties from Ideal and received 12 "packing peanuts" with my order. They are most likely males as the invoice said "males included for warmth". I don't even know what they are but based on a little internet research I would guess barred rocks, black sex links, australorps or...
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