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    Getting no peck purple off humans?

    So I've just used that purple no-peck goop. Apparently it had been long enough since the last use that I forgot how much I hate it. Rooster with the bleeding comb and picked neck decided he also hates it, shook his head vigorously during application. My son and I are covered in purple...
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    selecting splash Marans to keep

    I have a hatch of 10 Splash Marans chicks from shipped eggs. Can anyone tell me what things I should be looking for as I select which birds to keep/breed? I also have Black Copper Marans and I'm assuming I'm looking for all the same body shape and temperament things. But I'm not sure about...
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    8 week old chick going solo to big flock

    I could use some advice on moving an 8 week old rooster into a new flock. I had a hatch of 3 Svart Honas (2 roos and 1 hen) and 1 Black Copper Marans roo. The Svart Honas are meant to integrate with my Cream Legbar roo's flock. I will deal with whether to keep both or neither of those roos as...
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    Brinsea Maxi 24 external room temp alarm

    I'm on my second hatch with a new incubator (Brinsea Maxi 24). Loved it the first time we used it. But this time I'm having issues with the external room temp alarm going off the past three nights. It's gotten down to about 62F in the house overnight. We heat with fireplaces that I'm not...
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    Moveable fence maintenance

    I have four different groups of moveable fencing with moveable coops in our field. And this summer for a variety of reasons, we didn't get them moved. This weekend the plan is to get them moved to a new location, but the field grass has tangled badly into the lower portion of the fencing...
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    rooster choked to death

    Having a bad morning here. While I was feeding I turned around and my black copper marans roo in the bachelor flock is reaching his neck up and gaping his mouth. He didn't seem to be getting any air. Moments later he was dead after thrashing around. I felt so helpless, and now am super...
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    F1 v F2 olive eggers roo or hen

    I have four 7.5 week old chicks that a broody has hatched and raised. Two of them are F1 OE with black copper marans roo and snowy easter egger mom. The other two, same BCM dad but the mom is F1 OE from snowy easter egger mom with silver cuckoo marans roo. So the 3/4 marans two have cuckoo...
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    chicken field holes management ideas?

    We use mobile coops and moveable fencing for our 30 chickens in a field on our property. They have also had access to our orchard at different times of year. I'm noticing that we have waaaay too many holes now from their digging and dust bathing activities. It's making mowing and walking...
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    Cream legbar and mosaic cross question

    I have chicks in the incubator, some full cream legbar and also CL crossed with mosaics. I was assuming the crosses will not auto sex, but I’m a little worried that most of the crosses are currently mostly black with faint white head dots. Would that indicate roo in this cross?
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    dividers in Brinsea Maxi 24?

    Does anyone have suggestions on dividers for hatch in a Brinsea Maxi 24? I have 14 eggs and want to be able to separate them so we don't mix up the cream legbars with the crosses. The rounded dome shape would make the plastic cross-stitch type divider impractical. I've thought about trying to...
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    Olive Egger help choosing

    I have an olive egger hen we bred last year (silver cuckoo marans roo x snowy easter egger hen). Her eggs are a lighter shade of olive, but they are enormous and plentiful. She has a great disposition and is a favorite. I sold all her hatchmates last year. So this year I gave a broody hen...
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    Rooster re-grouping

    Just when I think I have my roosters figured out, they come up with a new way to be problems. A week ago I moved my main flock rooster into retirement with two young roosters, and left a third young rooster in with the flock. I have been focusing all my attention on that group dynamic. Well...
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    washed eggs storage oops

    We had a mishap last night... eggs washed and put in the cooler yesterday for a customer weren't picked up. When I asked my kiddo to bring them in for the night, I forgot to say "put them in the fridge" and her default is eggs store on the counter. So, I have washed eggs that sat out overnight...
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    hatching after lice/mite treatment?

    Is it okay to hatch eggs 10 days after treating for lice/mites with permethrin spray (Martin's Pen and Poultry)? I wasn't planning to do any hatches this month, but a customer is asking for hatching eggs and I'm not sure if these eggs are good for hatching or not. Thanks for any ideas!
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    Will my Silver Laced Barnevelder's ever lay?

    I'm starting to lose patience with my silver laced barnevelder group. We hatched them last spring on April 29th (from shipped eggs). I ended up with a nice group of three roosters, three hens. One rooster was lost to an aerial predator in the summer. We picked the nicest of the two roos to...
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    Royal Rooster tube feeder cleaning tool suggestions?

    I use Royal Rooster tube feeders for my flock, and I mostly love them. But they do clog partially sometimes, and I need a suggestion for a good tool to unclog/clean them out. The rain or general moisture will create a plug in the two outside channels. So far I've been using the metal sticks...
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    Cream Legbar hen with no tail?

    I have three cream legbar chicks that I hatched from shipped eggs. One roo and two hens, 13 weeks old. I'm wondering if more experienced breeders could tell me if they are normal for the breed? I apologize for the photos, I can't ever get a good shot at this age, and in a run.. but here are a...
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    which silver laced barnevelder roo to keep?

    I have five silver laced barnevelders that we hatched from shipped eggs this spring. Sadly we lost the blue rooster to a flying predator, but that's another story. I have two roosters in this group now. One of them has a few saddle feathers with slight brown coloration, the other does not...
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    Olive Egger egg color

    I have a young olive egger hen that we bred in the spring (Silver Cuckoo Marans rooster, Snowy Easter Egger hen). This week she laid her first egg, and it was a lovely pale olive color. Day two, she laid another egg (saw her in the box shortly before), same size, but very blue. A beautiful...
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    What to do with the Blues (barnevelder, marans, wyandotte)

    We hatched shipped eggs this spring and got five lovely double silver laced barnevelders. But in that group we also ended up with a blue barnevelder rooster. They are about 9 weeks old now, and I'm thinking about how to group and house them going forward. We also ended up this spring with two...
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