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    Silkie duck egg adventure

    OK so I ordered and paid for half a dozen silkie duck eggs last night. Hopefully they will ship Thursday otherwise I'll have to wait til Monday for them to ship. I'm trying to decide if I should use my still air Little Giant incubator that thus far has proven to hold Temps rock steady wherever I...
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    The Adventures of Grits, Salt, and Pepper

    Hello everyone I would like to introduce you to Grits, Salt, and Pepper my three house geese. Grits is a Sebastopol. Salt I believe is an Embden and Pepper I think is a Toulouse. Grits will be three weeks old on Thursday and Salt and Pepper will be a week old on Wednesday. Grits Salt is...
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    How close to laying?

    I have 2 13 week old BA's that are starting to get red in the face. How much longer till I get eggs do you think? This is the best picture I have of one for now.
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    Breed, color, and gender

    I want to my local feed store and this little one jumped in my truck. The bin said Aracuna pullet. I think it is a she. I think her legs are to light for a Aracuna. And any idea of what color she'll be.
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    A sharp learning curve

    So I've now set almost 100 eggs and have learned a lot in a very little amount of time since I set my first egg less then 2 months ago. I decided I would share my adventure and everything that I've learned. Key things I've learned: Set shipped eggs after 24 hours. Do not add water until 5...
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    When should i switch to layer pellets?

    I have 10 12 week old pullets and was wondering when I should switch them to layer pellets and add oyster shells. My biggest issue tho is the fact I also have 10 week olds in there as well as 8 and 6 week olds.
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    My new hatcher, a step by step

    So after I created a horrible situation for myself many weeks ago by setting eggs of different types and at different times I realized that I would need a hatcher because I wasn't going to risk the still developing eggs while the hatching ones hatched. So at first I used a cardboard box and a 40...
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    Brahma not feathering...

    I have a 4 week old buff Brahma that isn't changing from baby fluff to feathers. All of the others it's age are almost fully feathered. So I have no idea what's going on. It's also lost most of it's leg feathers. Any ideas? I want to move them outside but can't with her like this.
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    What's the best way?

    So I have an idea for a project. I want to cross Polish, Brahma's, and EE's to get a bearded, crested, feather legged, colored egg laying chicken. And yes I know CCL's are all that but I want to try to get there on my own. Right now my birds are still chicks and eggs but would it be best to put...
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    Swollen comb... please help...

    I was just feeding my chicks in the brooder and saw that one of my EE's had what looks like a swollen comb. Any ideas?
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    What are these?

    So here are a few of the members of my flock. I an wondering what they are. This is Cupid. Who I thought was a buff Brahma. Now meet Bertha. I think she's s Cuckoo Maran Now for two babies a got at TSC that were marked straight run Buff Brahma. Her feet are feathered. I have others...
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    Can they all go out?

    Hey everyone. So I have a quick question. I have 12 5 week olds, 20ish 3 week olds, and 6 1 week olds. I have a coop outside and have moved the heat lamp out there and hung it about 18 inches from the floor. Right now I have 11 of the 5 week olds and 9 of the 3 week olds(meaties) out there full...
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    Natural Nest incubation(my attempt)

    So by now everyone has seen Beekissed's version of a natural nest incubation. Well I was insprired to try this myself. So I'm starting my own thread so I don't take up her's. Materials: Cardboard box Newspaper Trash bag Dirt with pearlie mixed in Moist leaf litter Hay Rocks Feathers Sunbeam...
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    What all do I have?

    Hey everyone. So I got Murray McMurray's rainbow layers and now need help identifying them. I also have the one remaining mystery chick to id. And then I have 10 cornish xs and 3 buff laced polish. I'm sorry for the crappy pic, I'm. Going to try and get a better pic later. And they are in their...
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    Hi from NC

    Hey all, so I'm pretty new here. I posted yesterday, but have been browsing this thread for about 2 months. I just got my chicks, but my grandparents had chickens while I was growing up. As for what I have I got 25 of Murray Hatchery's rainbow layers(I have no idea what breeds I have, but once I...
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