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    How long are red or black sex links going to lay?

    I'm thinking of adding a couple of sexlinks (one red, one black) to my flock. I know that they lay a LOT of eggs, but for how many years? I have a 3.5 year old BCM that is still giving me three or so eggs a week (what a good girl!) but she does slow down every now and again. Could I expect a...
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    Sexing a Splash Marans...

    I'm pretty new to this site so please forgive me if this has been addressed before! I have grown out two BBS Copper Marans of my own breeding (first time, newbie at that!). The blue in the first photo is definitely a cockerel as he has bee quite verbose in his crowing. The splash is the one...
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    Managing aggression in Coturnix quail

    Hi all! I'm new to quail, but not so new to chickens. This might have been discussed before but I thought ask BYC list how to minimize aggression in the Coturnix quail. Background - I hatched Cot eggs shipped to me earlier this year. Had a pretty good hatch rate (8 out of ten), so far so...
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    Chemicals leaching from plastic?

    Does anyone worry about possible contamination from chemicals in plastic totes or garbage cans that are used to store chicken feed? I use a couple of totes I got at Walmart, but I was thinking perhaps "food safe" containers might be a better choice. After all, what the girls eat, we eat...
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