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  1. Sylverfly

    Silkie? color?

    Any idea what color these two are? They have the black skin, the vaulted head, the feathered legs, and the 5 toes so I'd assume they're silkie but I've never seen any colored like this before. The 4 are kind of the usual off white color of white silkie but 2 are red with a wide white band down...
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    Some duck photos and questions.

    Here's a few photos I took of my Welsh Harlequins, and Khaki Campbell's this morning. I love watching them in the snow. I'm going to have to get some more since my hen to drake ratio is way off. Anyone recommend a hatchery or breeder that ships? Anyone have both breeds? I'm considering just...
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    Turkey photos

    I'm trying to decide on a turkey breed for this spring I'm leaning towards raising Holland Whites but I'm not convinced. I'd like to see photos of dressed or cooked birds by breed and any comments you had on taste in particular but free range qualities, feed consumption rates, and personality...
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    Chicken molting question

    So my hens are molting...they were sold to me as hens at point of lay but they were underweight and did start laying a few months after I got them, they are small and didn't grow any after I got them, just put on weight. I have 10 they were laying great for a while then 5-6 eggs only, then 3-4...
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    Hen or Drake?

    I have 4 young Muscovy ducks. I think 1 male 2 female and one unsure. one big duck, and 3 smaller ducks, one is the same size as the 2 I think are female but its more aggressive then the big duck, it always raises its head feathers at me and at the bigger duck. I wasn't worried but today it...
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    So Frustrated ...

    I am so frustrated with Welp hatchery right now! I have always had nothing but great luck and good experiences with them until this last shipment. I ordered 2 males and 10 females of the same breed. I ended up with 16 total so four extra. And its been a few months and I ended up with 12 males...
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    NH bantams or RIR bantams from Ideal.

    I am thinking of ordering some New Hampshire (red) bantams from Ideal Poultry and was wondering if anyone has ordered this breed and what did you think? Did you like them? What kind of quality were they. Can someone post pics if possible? I'm also thinking about single comb Rhode Island Red...
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    mixed or something else

    She's just recently gotten the black feathering on her head and it seems to be continuing down her back. She also has an extremely long tail and I don't think she is full grown since she's still getting new feathers without molting and has grown since I've had her and her comb is pale pink not...
  9. Sylverfly

    Barred rock or Californian grey?

    I'm thinking this hen is a Californian grey but she could be a badly marked Plymouth rock or another similarly marked breed what do you guys think? I actually like her feathers its almost like weird lacing or something. Good thing she's a good layer since she's a cranky old biddy.
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    HUGE EGG!

    This is the biggest chicken egg I have ever seen and that my hens have ever laid. Its bigger then some of my goose eggs! And its is 100% a hen egg which is crazy. My egg scale is reading 198-200 grams as its weight. Could this be a record egg and how do I get it in the books if it is?
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    Stumped

    This hen has me stumped. She is from a group of hens I just bought. She looks similar to the leghorns but not exactly. She has no tail I'm not sure if that's natural or if she just lost her tail feathers at some point. She has a blue ear like a Silkie but not quite as dark but she has none of...
  12. Sylverfly

    What breed and how old?

    I just got these hens they are a little rough looking at the moment but I'm not sure on the breed or age. They are either undersized, not fully grown, or bantams. I told the people I bought them from that I didn't want to buy any bantams and paid standard size hen price for them so I won't be...
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    when can a new flock of older hens free range

    I just got a flock of 6+ month old hens and I free range my flock on occasion, these are in a coop with a run but its a rather low fence and there are a lot of light breeds in this flock so they might fly over. When should I let them out into the run I want to make sure if they do fly over the...
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    29 weeks and no eggs?

    I have 2 German New Hampshire hens, they are beautiful and almost 30 weeks old now but have yet to lay an egg, not even a bit of interest in the nest boxes, and zero possibility of laying eggs elsewhere. The 2 splash Marans hens that hatched the same day have been laying for a while now too. So...
  15. Sylverfly

    White leghorn x white phoenix

    Any one have any photos of this mix or is anyone working on a project that has used this cross? What traits came through? Looking for a little help with my project, if someone has some results that could save me a lot of time please share. Thanks. :)
  16. Sylverfly

    Long tail to normal tail

    Is it possible and if so how do I breed a long tail with a short/normal tail breed to end up with all long tailed offspring when its all said and done?
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    Ameraucana question

    I have 4 ameraucana roosters 1 blue wheaten, 2 wheaten, and 1 white ameraucana. I will be breeding for the best blue egg color I can get in future generations and I have read that the blue egg gene is connected to the comb shape in ameraucana roosters so I was wondering if there are physical...
  18. Sylverfly

    Roosters?

    So I'm thinking the 2 wheaten Ameraucana in the front are both roosters one wheaten and one blue wheaten. I was hoping the blue ones a hen so I don't have to re-home anyone but its not looking good to me. I think I have 2 roos here. Someone tell me I'm wrong!
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    German New Hampshire: how many hens does one roo need

    So I managed to hatch out 3 German New Hampshire out of a dozen eggs, I lost power and everything else during incubation so I feel lucky that I hatched any. Buts its been a few months since the hatch and I ended up with 2 pullets and a little roo. They are very pretty already and I have hopes of...
  20. Sylverfly

    Entire coop wiped out last night :(

    This morning was a very bad day. I went out to get all the animals fed and saw a dead hen laying in the garden. When I got to the coop every chicken was gone, no bodies left just buckets and buckets of feathers everywhere. There was one small shallow hole dug that was point of entry and exit...
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