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  1. Chicky Mama

    Cochins or Brahma bantams?

    I'm wondering if these 3 peeps are Banty Brahmas or Cochins? I have a Lrg lite Brahma chick but she's all white. Im not sure if the one is also a lite just banty in size or blue Cochin.
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    BEI pairing

    I have an order of 5 Black east Indies coming this week & I'm wondering if 2 drakes & 3 ducks will be a problem later? They're gonna be backyard birds and didn't want more than 4 but with past chicks I've lost a roo or 2 before they grew up, so i ordered the extra drake. Should I add another...
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    Lost 3 hens in the last week

    I live in old station, I've been raising chickens for almost 2 years, and I've never had a problem until last week. I have lost 3 chickens due to some kind of predator attack, I need some help figuring out whats doing this, seeings the attacks have been different, two of them were crushed and...
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    Chicks eye trying to close up.

    Happy almost Friday to all, I have a 2week old S.Faverolle chick with an eye that's trying to seal it's self or infected. It started a couple days or so after it hatched and I've been cleaning it daily with water. At first I thought maybe it was shaving particles or cheek fluff since their...
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    Chicken or Incubator ths time?

    Happy Saturday All, I recently had 4 Mandarin Eggs to hatch E.H.D. for 5\\05. So I put in the 3 eggs (1 came cracked)with a group of chicken eggs to incubate and 1 duck died about 1.5 weeks in, the other 2 were great. I stopped the turner for the chicken eggs and was hand turning the ducks for...
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    Hatching eggs please share ur wisdom

    Hi and "Happy Easter", I wanted to ask for some hatching advice since I've never hatched duck eggs & these are a very speacial breed I'm doing.I'M putting them in my Brinsea and my chick eggs in a new LG. Is it best to use a turner or by hand? What should the temp & humidity be at? Can I put...
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    Yea we got 4 Mandarin eggs,but

    Hi all, We won 4 Mandi eggs from an auction but, after reading some old posts I'm afraid now I won't end up with a hatch. It's so hard to find available pairs and as I said we ended up winning in the end. We've been wanting a few for a while so I really hope they'll hatch. I've hatched a few...
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    Show question

    Hi all, We went to my DD's second 4H show yesterday,lots of fun. I noticed alot of OEG and MGB there the most,like 50% of all the entries. I'm sure it's mostly because their smaller for the lil kids hands. We had the only MF D'Uccle out of 4 D'Uccles there. Next year we're hoping to bring lrg...
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    Just curious

    I was wondering since colors are sort of similar & just for fun to see. What do you think a Porcelin D'Uccle and a self blue Cochin might produce,would the spots come thru??Again just curious. My WCB Polish roo got to my MF D'Uccle hen and the result looks exactly like a Crevecour.
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    Lookin 4 S.Faverolle eggs

    I'm hoping someone can help me get some Salmon Faverolles hatching eggs? I ordered 4 sexed SF from MM last spring ordered as 3 hens & 1 roo, turned out to be 4 hens!:^( So now I'm looking to get some eggs so I can get my rooster and a few more girls. I'd like the lighter salmon,blue, or both...
  11. Chicky Mama

    Curious

    Hi, just wondered if there's any breeders on here in the Redding,Burney or Susanville Cal. areas?
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    Crazy Polish?

    Hey all, I have a good idea about this bird but wanted more expert opinons. I have a GL Polish Roo and hen that I had to put in a smaller pen cuz they were picked at like crazy. His tail was totally gone (thanx bi***es) and the hens tail and head poof got it. Now the Roo twists his head upside...
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    help for those wondering chick breeds

    Hi all I just wanted to try and help the "what do I havers" and mention feathersite.com. They have a ton of breed pages and a chick pic pages,I've used it quite abit. Some feed people are quite clueless unless they know chickens and even then there can be mixups. Though it doesn't help that...
  14. Chicky Mama

    Boys for sale NorEast Cal.

    Please use the new auction format. Thank you. ~Lisa~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=251304
  15. Chicky Mama

    possible colors

    I have a few eggs in the bator that are blr wyandotte cockrel X s.blue cochin bantams and mf d'uccle pullet X wcb polish or mixed d'uccle (not 100% on which guy).Does anyone have these crosses or a good guess of what we might get? Thanks
  16. Chicky Mama

    Very eggcited

    Well my girls have finally started laying and we put 5 into the bator. Out of the 5,3 are a go.I candled them this evening and saw lil' chickie eyes dancing around! My guess is that 2 are self blue cochin pullet X blr wyandotte guy and mf d'uccle pullet X wcb polish(oopsy). I just pray they...
  17. Chicky Mama

    Curious about chicks

    I have some eggs in the bator and here's the pairs. 1. Is a Wt.CBlack Polish roo X to a MF D'Uccle hen. 2. Is a BLRed Wyandotte roo X to a Self Blue Cochin hen. Any ideas of what their chickies mite look like,if they hatch?:)
  18. Chicky Mama

    BLR Wyandott X w/ Self blu Cochin

    Saw that my bantam BLR Wyandotte boy got hold of a bantam self blue Cochin girl and wondered what the chicks mite look like?
  19. Chicky Mama

    Looking for Blue or Red Merle Pom Male

    Hi I'm looking for a red or blue merle purebred only Pom for our black girl. She's got blue merle genes from her dad and her mom is black like her. She'll be a year in October and I wanted to let her growup first.I'd like to find someone for when she's ready.We live in Shasta cnty.CA near...
  20. Chicky Mama

    Chomped tails (pics are a bit bloody)

    Hi to all,and Help!! My poor birds are losing tails,they look chewed on.I don't know what's doing this is it a rodent,another bird or what. I thought it was 2 Rhody x's cuz they had a taste forsure, but they're gone now and it's happened twice since they left! First it was my 2 GL Polish (in 1...
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