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    Two Breeds of Chickens and Hens?

    Ok, first, I haven't done this and I keep my pens pure for pure breeds. I would like to put another coop in, but we'll see. But I have an honest question about how chicken fertilization works and how two roosters over a set of chickens could work. With rabbits, if you breed a doe of breed a to...
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    Aggressive or simply "mature" rooster with the hens?

    I've been trying to find out more information about roosters who are aggressive to the hens, but most of what I find is simply people saying, "He's just trying to mate with the hens and hasn't learnt yet." I'm not sure myself that's what it is, but since he was the one based on looks I wanted to...
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    First Hatch and Humidity

    OK, so I still have some time. It's only day 14 around here and I'm all anxious to candle and the next week. I know that around day 17-18 I stop turning and start going into lockdown. No opening of the unit at all. But I've also heard that the humidity needs to go up. So my question is how...
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    Crossing Separate Ameraucana Varieties?

    OK, so I am not here to debate Ameraucana/Easter Egger. I understand that crossing varieties that have different genetics (e.g., crossing a blue Ameraucana to a wheaten ameraucana) will not produce a bird to breed standard. My question is if I had a true-to-standard blue Wheaten or a Wheaten...
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    Sexing Blue/Black Ameraucanas?

    I will try to go out and take some pictures later this evening but I was wondering if someone could give me some tips on sexing blue/black Ameraucanas? My birds are still a little young compared to what my breeder told me (sex by feathers at 4-5 months old), but I'm noticing that three of the...
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    Help me choose a meat rabbit!

    OK, so in good fashion, I like to do everything at once :) At some point this year, I would really like to get into raising rabbits for meat, but in order to do that this year, I need to start deciding which rabbit I want and talk to the breeders about getting on their waiting list. I've...
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    Chickens Coughing/Sneezing

    Last Saturday I noticed one Delaware cockerel cough/sneeze and then hold his mouth open for a few minutes. It happened after I picked him up and held him rather forcefully to keep him from flying away as I moved him out of the coop (we had to move it). I had thought maybe I had just handled him...
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    Sexing Anconas and Delawares

    Can someone confirm these as cockerels? I'm 99% positive on the Anconas, but two of the Delawares I am not sure of. I put a picture of all the birds together at the end, with the Delawares and Anconas that I think are cockerels at the top. They're all 8 weeks old. Three of the Delawares had...
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    Buckwheat/Cover Crop and Chickens?

    I'm not sure if this is the place for this so if it's the wrong place--I'm sorry!! Well, our chicks are still young (5 weeks? I can't even remember anymore!) and will hopefully be going outside at the end of next week, and BOY am I ready to put them out. We're building the run to allow them...
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    What's wrong with my pepper seedling?

    I've been starting many (probably too many, but that's no fun!) plants inside my house this year. Too many varieties to name, but more than I've ever done before. I'm only starting the tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and I tried spinach/lettuce/kale/herbs, but they didn't turn out so well. The...
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    Ducks and Chickens?

    I've read a few different posts around here about ducks and chickens interacting, and usually without problems.... But I'm curious to see if I should even think about get a duck (or three) at this point. I blame it on the adorable little Khaki Campbells at the store. We have a batch of...
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    Heirloom Yields?

    I know it's subject to everything from how dry of a year you get, to where you live, to what you decide to plant, but can anyone tell me on average what you get from your heirloom tomatoes and peppers? (And anything else you want to share!) It's my first year doing heirlooms, and my first year...
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    Chick Questions!

    So I got a batch of chicks at the beginning of March. Then I got 5 more last weekend.... But that's a different story (chicken math has already got me a few times). So far it's been relatively "easy" (check on them in the morning, switch out their water, make sure their food is clean, check...
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    Chicks from Different Breeders?

    Hi all! I'm getting so excited about getting my chicks! I'm hoping to get them sometime in early April, just in time to grow up a bit inside before the county gives us formal permission ;) My question is pretty simple. I'm getting four different breeds from the same breeder (all heritage...
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    How to Build the Run

    Hello! I've been lurking around here for a few weeks, ever since the day I looked and realized, "Oh my gosh, I can own CHICKENS." A week and two days later we started building the coop and I had my chickens all picked out. We've hit a few road bumps for things like having to ask permission to...
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