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    How long will hens remain fertile?

    We had a rooster we culled about two months ago, but my hens are still producing fertile eggs. I have an austrolorp that is about 17 weeks old, and I can't peg the gender of this one. My question is, seeing the still fertile eggs, could they be from my old roo? Or it this a sign my questionable...
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    EE Genetics, egg color

    I have two EE pullets, and two leghorn pullets (one exchequer, and one light brown) coming in to lay. I got what looked like a first timers white egg... But upon closer inspection it appears to be very light cream color. The outside of the shell is not the same color as the inside. Clearly the...
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    EE is this a roo?

    This is my first time owning EE's. He/she is 13 weeks old. Is it a roo?
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    Sexlink wild type chick

    We juat hatched a clutch, and got a little baby who is wild-type (chipmunk), but the stripe down the back and other markings are almost obscured by the the baby's intense mahogany color. If you look closely you can see the markings. Anyone who knows about sexlink genetics, that would make the...
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    Hiding chicks under a broody hen?

    I have a broody hen here, (mid-west USA) and cold winter fast approaches. I have heard of chicken keepers buying chicks and hiding them under a broody, and she accepts them, thinking they came from her eggs. I just saw that my local feed store is selling 2-4 week old chicks. I was wondering, if...
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    Jarred eggs, broody hen

    I let my broody hen out of her dog-kennel-nesting-box daily to dust bathe and eat. My two year old went in today and took all of the eggs out and put them in the regular laying boxes. I wasn't there to see how rough he may have been, but none of them were cracked at all. I put them back in their...
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    Eggs Arrival a Week Apart

    I have a broody, and ordered some eggs online on Tuesday this week. I bought a small number of eggs from one farmer, and a small number of eggs from another. I went ahead and ordered the second group because the ad guaranteed I would recieve the eggs in three days. (Am I naive to believe such...
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