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    Who knows how old this embryo is? + why?

    A friend of mine is hatching eggs with an incubator. She had 3 eggs with embryos that died in the same stage of incubation and send me this picture wondering if knew more. Unfortunately I don’t. But there must be someone on BYC who knows the answer. How old is this embryo? What could be the...
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    Natural breeding thread

    This thread is meant for newcomers to advice them and for everyone with experience in natural breeding with broodies who like to know more or can do with a little more advice. 2 main reasons: Incubating with a machine and a brooder for the chicks is totally different from hatching with...
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    Is it possible to keep ducks without any fence near a public stream?

    I live very near to a little stream with fresh water. Behind our garden is a municipality area with grasses, blackberries, a few trees and this very small stream. I have been wondering if I can keep ducks truly free ranging without confining them within a fence. Just by building /buying a duck...
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    Do you have (occasionally) chickens or other poultry in your house?

    Most BYC members keep chickens or other poultry in an outside coop + run. But some like their company inside the house too or have occasionally a reason to have them inside. Please make a choice and share how you manage this.
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    Photo’s of mugs, napkins, statues etc. of chickens and other poultry to get inspired! 🐓🦆🦢🦃🐣

    I’d love to see what kind of decorations or goodies related to poultry you have surrounded yourself with. Post photo’s of your chicken statues, duck mugs, peacock t-shirt, turkey socks or other things you keep in your house or garden. Napkins
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    Can 9 month old vaccinated pullets bring Marek into my flock?

    Im considering buying 3 Sussex bantams from an acquaintance who lives nearby. She has 6 big ones and 3 bantams who don’t get along very well. She has these chickens since last summer and they are all healthy. I have room for these 3 bantams and would like to add them to flock. But … She bought...
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    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    This year I like to add a few chicks to my flock again. I have 6 bantams and there are a few good mothers amongst them. First step: I bought some fake eggs a couple of weeks ago. Planned what would be a nice time for baby chicks and decided that the first week of May would be perfect. This is...
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    Did you ever buy a prefab coop? Give a review!

    If you ever bought a prefab coop, please give a review and tell the world what happened with it. https://www.backyardchickens.com/reviews/categories/coops-runs-housing.15/ Purpose: prevent others to make mistakes in choosing a coop.
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    How to make (the factories) improve the flaws in the DIY chicken coops. 🤩

    hi BYC members, readers, posters and lurkers, I wonder. Is it a good idea to ask people to give feed back to the sales department/factories about the flaws in the chicken coops they are selling? This was discussed with @ManueB on the ex-batts thread (by @Shadrach ) about the allotment where...
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    Best way to introduce one new chicken to an established flock?

    Introduction Yesterday I received a new Dutch. A 4 year old beauty. Her name is Kraai and she is from a family that moves to a house with a tiny garden. This hen was alone after the other hen they had died. Especially the daughter was looking for a nice place for her pet. She came over with her...
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    Plastic particles in the food we eat (in Europe) - first research.

    There are plastic particles in the meat and milk we buy in the supermarket. The Netherlands exports a lot of milk and meat all over Europe and even further. So it’s very well possible you eat or drink it too...
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    I wonder, are chickens as smart as parrots?

    Watch this amazing video about the Intelligence of a parrot. It made me wonder. Not being able to talk like parrot, doesn't mean they are dumber, Can chickens be just as smart? What do you think?
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    Can old hens who stopped laying get broody?

    I have 3 old hens (7-8 years old) who don’t lay much eggs anymore. One of them is broody. And it made me wonder. Can old hens who stopped laying get broody?
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    8 week old chicks + broodies bullied when trying to roost and gender thoughts bantam RIR?

    I have 2 broody’s still caring for 3 bantam RIR chicks . Last weeks the broody’s and chicks wanted to roost with the flock. Just 4 bantams now. But two of them (highest in rank) get real bullies when they are settling and after a while they go back to the nest box to sleep. In the compartment...
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    Loosing a thread - no alerts coming in after a while.

    🙋‍♀️ I and other ‘peeps in Europe’ have an issue in the thread ‘peeps in Europe’. We all get some alerts after posting in the thread if someone else is posting. But after a while the alerts stop. The same thing happens with other threads I would like to follow. I use bookmarks for this. But is...
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    Fuss about fertilised eggs with 2 broodies.

    I have two broodies in two nests next to each other. This year I want to keep the broodies (and chicks in 3 weeks) in the flock. The eggs are marked and there 2 extra nests for the other hens. I put fertile eggs under them on Thursday evening. When I gave the flock some scratch one broody went...
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    Showcase: father, mother and offspring , surprises in mixes and colours.

    What do you get if you mix breeds or colors? I love my progeny /offspring and I am curious if you can show us some result of you’re offspring too. pyle Dutch cockerel Lavender Dutch in front The black Dutch on the pic is a daughter of first cockerel (pyle) and the lavender Dutch. The...
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    Prevention parasite and worm infestations

    I have chickens for 6.5 years now and have been thinking: “How come I didn’t have any worm infestations, scale leg mites, feather mites or other parasite problems. “ The only things I can think of are: The healthy and lively soil in the run, the coop floor with sand mixed with a little...
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    What is you’re experience with differences in chicken /flock behaviour after the old boss has gone?

    Let me start to tell what I experienced with my flock of 7 after my bossy lavender Dutch disappeared. At first I didn’t know what happened and I wondered if she would return. But she didn’t. The first 2 weeks the flock was quit timid. They were not so anxious to go outside to free range...
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    Who saw ‘A life on our Planet’ of David Attenborough?

    I just did (on Netflix). And I was really impressed. Gives a wonderful insight on our changing world an hope for the future. There is beatiful film in it, crazy images of amazing birds in tropic rainforest and even chickens.in factory farming to show us what men is doing ... far away from...
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