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  1. Orpy

    Genetics expert please help

    i've a white rooster and have been wondering if i breed it with a golden spangled coloured hen what would the outcome be? or what would be the best coloured rooster (beside the obvious 'another golden spangle' to replicate - if that's the right word - the pattern on a smaller breed of chicken
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    Colour

    any idea what the colour of this silkie is? still a young pullet and has not yet laid eggs
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    "sexing" my 4 week old chicks

    really have no idea what sex my chicks are is anyone able to help (supposed to have been d'uccles but everyone says the colouring/markings are wrong - the LAST [photo 6] photo is of a WYANDOTTE) PHOTO 1 - sounds like it's trying to crow PHOTO 2 PHOTO 3 likes to play fight with the...
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    is this chick a wyandotte

    In amongst 12 hatching eggs I bought there was 1 white wyandotte egg. I thought I had candled it and found it to be infertile so I tossed that egg out, however out of all the eggs that hatched, this was the only chick to hatch without feathers down its legs and feet (the others are supposedly...
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    Sexing my chicks

    How accurate is feather sexing? - hopefully very high as I'm liking the idea I don't have too many roosters Below - I'm guessing a female Below - Male Below - Male Below - Female Below - Female Below - Female
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    D'Uucle chicks

    Hi everybody and anybody who knows the future colouring of D'Uucle chicks. So I bought a dozen hatching eggs, 6 hatched 3 yellow chicks (which I'm guessing will grow to be white birds) 1 two toned colour and the other 2 are dark in colour (they are the 2 I'd like to know what they may...
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    HELP HELP HELP

    I have eggs that are about to hatch under my broody's in the main coop....i've now blocked them in by themselves as I caught one of my none broody's pecking away at a fertile egg......the egg is on it's 20th day of incubation and is still alive (half of it's shell has been pecked off) ..... i...
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    Pipping

    First time hatching. It's day 19 of the incubation period (all eggs hopefully hatching under my broody hen). I'm expecting to see a little chipped out hole in the egg from the chick, but since I've never had this experience before am I expecting too much? Has anyone got tales of their...
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    Broody Hens Instinct O_o

    My first time hatching - I had broody hens so I bought some 'fertile' eggs, by day 14 some were and are still viable, 4 to 5 more days now and I'm expecting them to hatch. I'm nervous about the last 3 days of hatching, I've also bought an incubator which every article I've read on incubation...
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    Any New Zealanders?

    how many other kiwi's here?
  11. Orpy

    Questions

    What makes a "buff"? Are all Orpington "buff" Orpington's? I do not yet understand - I know there are other breeds with "buff's", so what is it that makes it a "buff" What make a chicken a "bantam"? I have an Ancona and thought he was of a 'standard' size but I've recently seen them being...
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    First time hatching

    Extremely new to hatching eggs... I was informed that my broody hens could co-exist in the coop with my other hens to hatch some eggs - I have since found out this is not a good idea, as from my limited experience, the non-broody hens want to lay their eggs where my broody hens are nesting on...
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    Hello from New Zealand

    Hi everyone I noticed as I was searching the internet that Back Yard Chickens seemed the place to be. I have read many useful tips from members of this site I've had 6 chooks for about 2 years and have slowly increased that number to 18. I am (well 2 of my broody hens are) attempting to...
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