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    Welsummer Roo x Wheaten Blue/Wheaten Ameruacana Hen ????

    I crossed my Welsummer Roo with my Wheaten Blue/Wheaten Ameruacana hen trying to get some Oliver Eggers. Anyone have any idea what I should expect or has anyone done this same cross n can tell me what they experienced pls? Tks
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    Ameraucana X ISA Brown, Olive Eggers??

    I have an Ameraucana rooster that is in the pen with my ISA Brown hens. If I were to hatch some of these eggs would I get Oliver Eggers? Has anyone else done this cross before? If so would u mind sharing ur results with us pls?
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    Mother hen won't lay? HELP!

    I have a Marans hen that is just over 2 years old. She hatched a batch of eggs for me over 6 months ago n hasn't laid an egg since. This is her second time raising chicks. The first time she started laying again between 7-8 weeks after the chicks hatched. It's pretty bad when your chicks have...
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    Need advice on cracked and splintered beaks pls?

    I have 24 ISA Browns that are almost 6 weeks old. I have had major problems with this breed before with egg eating and pecking each other so much that I decided to have their beaks trimmed this time and see if this bad behavior stops. When they arrived I examined their beaks and they all looked...
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    Ned help on choosing breed pls? Wood or Mandarin or ??

    I had posted in the duck section and was told to ask over here. Here is what I am wanting to do is...... I live in The Bahamas on a small island (2 1/2 miles long and 1/2 wide) and our climate is comparable to South Fl. What I want to do is get a pair of ducks preferably Wood or Mandarin and...
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    Wood or Mandarin Duck?

    Good evening, I am pondering getting some ducks but have a few questions. Forgive me if they seem dumb but I am new to ducks. I really like the Wood and Mandarin duck and wonder which one if any would work for what I want to do. Let me say I live in The Bahamas and our climate here is comparable...
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    Wellies won't lay in nest boxes.........

    I have a flock with 8 Wellies, 2 RIRs n 1 mixed breed hen that were all born together in one hatch and have been laying for 2 months.The RIRs n the mixed hen lay in the nest boxes but none of my Wellies will? I have tried everything from blocking themfrom every corner and every new place they...
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    Heritage breed Delaware Roo

    I have a flock of Delawares that I bought as a straight run hoping to get boys n girls so that i could b able to breed n raise my own chicks without having to buy hatching eggs every year. Well what do ya know, I got all girls n no boys out of 12 chicks. I am now looking for a Heritage Del roo...
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    Looking for help with Blood Spots in Egg

    I have had chickens for over 3 years now n occasionally have gotton one with a blood spot in it. That is until about 6-8 weeks ago when all of a sudden I started getting as much as 3-4 out of 12-20 eggs a day with blood spots. Some the entire yolk is full of blood making it 90% red instead of...
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    Chicks to Layers feed question

    Here where I live I am only able to get three grain scratch, chick starter, broiler finisher and egg maker, no grower. In previous hatches I fed starter for 16 weeks then switched to egg maker. My question is should I feed the broiler finisher for a while, or go straight to the egg maker from...
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    Which Would B The Better Egg "Machine"?

    I need to expand my production flock which now consist of ISA Browns which I use for the sole purpose of selling eggs. I have some RIR hens and a roo which I can breed and use to do so with but I am curious if I should put my RIR roo over my ISA Brown hens? Will their off spring give me better...
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    Treating baby chicks for worms/lice/ticks

    A friend of mine brought me some wild native chicks that he caught today. They look like they were just born, all fluff as no feathering as started yet. I am almost sure that they have some kind of "bugs" as he caught them very close to a land fill, aka garbage dump. What I would like to know is...
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    Light for eggs

    I have a flock of ISA Browns that I keep just for selling eggs. I want to add light and think it would be best for me to add it in the evening and not in the morning for the sake of my neighbors. How do I dim the light gradually instead of just turning it off instantly so they can go to their...
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    What's wrong with my W/BW Marans

    I have 1 W/BW Marans that was born in March 2011 and laid her first egg in October. She laid pretty good for about a month then went broody. I tried to break her by shewing her out of the nest box for a few days but it didn't work and I had to put her in a wire bottom coop with no nest box for...
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    Looking for reviews for Privett Hatchery

    Has anyone had any dealings with or heard of these before? I have someone sending me chicks from this hatchery and was wondering what quality of birds I might me getting?
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    Y didn't she return to the nest?

    I have a hen that was sitting on some eggs do to hatch in 3 more days. I saw her running around this morning but thought she was just getting her daily food and water and then going to return to her nest of eggs. Well, when I went out this evening just before dark to feed and gather eggs I...
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    How many chicks for Cochin Bantam?

    I have a R.I.R. sitting on 11 eggs (yes not normal for R.I.R. but she went broody so I gave her a chance and so far so good) that are do to hatch on Saturday the 4th and a Cochin Bantam setting on 6 eggs that are do to hatch on Saturday the 11th. I also have 12 Welsummer chicks do to arrive on...
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    Broody Hen Wants To Set, Is It To Cold?

    I have a broody hen that wants to start her own family. I am will to give her some eggs to hatch but am just concerned on weather or not she can keep them warm enough. Temps average it the low 70s this time of year but with the cold fronts passing through it can get down to the low 40s and up as...
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    Help! White discharge coming out of vent/Update, R.I.P

    Looking for a little helpful info. I am away from my wonderful flock on vacation and my brother is feeding and collecting eggs for me. He called me tonight and says one of my W/BW Ameracu hens was in the corner of the coop and appeared to be dead when he got there this afternoon. He picked her...
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    FBCM laying tiny eggs?

    I have a FBCM hen and a W/Marans hen that both started to lay just over 3 weeks now. The W/M egg as doubled in size and is now as big as my RIR. The FBCM egg as not gotten any bigger and is smaller than my Mille Fluer's eggs. Is this normal? (This is my first time with Marans). With all my other...
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