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    Breeding buff laced birds

    When breeding buff laced or chamois colour, how and why do breeders use gold laced birds in the process?
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    Rooster attack

    HELP There was a gang up on one cockerel in my rooster pen. They were stomping on him. Now he can't walk. I have him in a box with bedding to prop him up. He has water and food at head height. He seems happy to eat and drink. He even had some greens and grass seed when I offered him. Seems...
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    Fertilizing eggs

    If a hen has been spelled from mating,how long till she lays fertile eggs when put with a rooster?
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    Difficulty breathing with squawk

    I have a 12 week old chick that gasps for air. Though the strange thing is the apparently involuntary but intermittent squawk that goes with it. Any advice?
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    Mareks or something else???

    I brought home 8 week old Plymouth Rock chicks. Was supposed to be a roo and 3 pullets. Of course we ended up with 2 roos. One I named Patrick. Patrick got a tick near his eye and went slightly lame. Coincidence???? Not sure. He has gotten progressively better, and only looks a little ungainly...
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    Coccidiosis and other symptoms

    I have a group of chicks with Araucanas and Orpingtons that I suspect have coccidiosis. Some just gasp and others have a cough/sneeze, runny eyes, and there are some with blood in their faeces. I have them quarantined. All other groups of chicks and adult birds are so far ok. I sent my husband...
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    Professional chicken breeders that don't know chickens

    I was recently on a hatchery site, where the breeder was saying chickens don't make as good a pet as a cat or dog. He hasn't met Fancy. My silver coronation Sussex follows me and begs to be picked up. Which is a better idea anyway, because if I stand still she is often on my foot. :D
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    Striped faverolles

    I have salmon and blue faverolles hatching out. 3 are yellow, but one is striped??? I bought the eggs from a reputable and registered breeder. Any ideas???:hu He is the one still wet. At first I thought he was a blue. Now I'm not sure...
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    Rooster Coop?

    When I went to pick up my chicks from the breeder, she had 2 or 3 roosters of all her breeds. These she housed together and swapped them over to enhance the gene pool she said. Does anyone have experience here??? If I started off young roos together, would they be ok. Then I can let all the hens...
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    Help incubator temp?????

    Seems like I was in ignorant bliss. Have been hatching with my incubator janoel 24 and have temp set to factory setting of 37.8 C I bought a CHEAP hygrometer that has a thermometer too. The humidity says 49%, and temp 34 C now I am worried. What should I believe? Incubator or thermometer? HELP...
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    First time broody

    How long should a first time broody sit before you give her real eggs to sit on? Henrietta is a white Wyandotte and was sitting on six plastic eggs, plus one of hers. I swapped plastic eggs for a selection of everyone else in the flock. She has eight real eggs now, and is still on them today...
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    Are Plymouth Rocks mean?

    I have read the BPR roos are mean and that in general the breed is standoffish. I have four chicks from a breeder, and I must say they are all so cheeky and self confident. They fly up and perch on or near me as I stand at my juvenile cage. As soon as I open up the lid of their suspended cage...
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