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    Broody hen question

    A question a friend gave me and I don't know the answer... Help please from the wise byc people!:) If you break a broody hen, will it ever go broody again? I told my friend my guess is on the breed for example Cochins and Silkies will most likely go again but i don't know... If you do know...
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    Buff Orpingtons pullet or cockerel

    My money is on cockerel... What do you guys think... Also will he get along with a LF Cochin cockerel... Originallyl I planned on one male but looks like I might get two... I will have 11 hens (new and old) .. I know roosters can fight and is expected that they will but I heard both these...
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    Buff Orpingtons! :D

    Hello again.... Well we have ordered 8 chicks 2 of them being a buff Orpington pullets now I'm starting to second guess my self here... I have raised chicks a few years so I kinda know what I'm looking for but a second pair of eyes is always good:).. So any way the buff Orpingtons in question...
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    What is the breed? :)

    I'm assuming it's a rsl but I may be wrong who knows :) Thoughts?
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    Making chick feed

    As we all know baby chicks need high protein supplement feed... I was wondering if you could make it from scratch... I've made a little list... Hard boiled egg yolks mixed with fine crushed corn mixed with sugar.. Also as my final ingredient I would put in fine crushed oyster shells or egg...
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    Cross breeds!!

    hello!! I am on what u could call a mission for developing a "super bird" :) I am planing to take all the positive traits of what I want.. which includes: Fair egg laying, moderately quick growth, broody average-frequent, and finally (kinda goes along with fast growth) size My flock consists...
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    Large roosters

    them biggies! Out of this list who is the most docile bird. Story's and first hand knowledge would be great! Buff orp roo Brahma roo Jersey giant roo Dark Cornish roo Cochin roo
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    Adding a rooster

    I have six hens all about 6months old and full time layers (Rsl's) I am planning on adopting a cockerel about 3months of age.. My main question is will the hens reject him because they were raised with out a too since birth. Also what is the typical noise you get from a roo. We longer on 32...
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    Hen or rooster

    16 weeks old looks like a hen but also has cock feathers Pls help :)
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    Pullet or cockerel

    [/IMG] I posted a pic earlier of this he/she most people said hen.. Now I'm getting a little more confused. Because he/she tried to crow and seems to have cock feathers.. He/she is 16 weeks old. Any ideas?
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    small flock 2 roosters

    This is not for me but for a friend. he asked me If his mixed flock (with his 2 roosters) would peacefully. Both were raised together this spring and recently both have gotten more hormonal. 1 cockerel is a jersey giant and the other cockeral is a wyandotte. Both are roughly the same size and...
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    2 rooster living together

    This is not for me but for a friend. he asked me If his mixed flock (with his 2 roosters) would peacefully. Both were raised together this spring and recently both have gotten more hormonal. 1 cockerel is a jersey giant and the other cockeral is a wyandotte. Both are roughly the same size and...
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    large broody hens

    OK, I have red sexlinks and EE's but I think its time for a rooster and a broody hen. I do not like small breeds like game birds and would try to stay away from silkies (but i will get some if i have to). IS there any large breeds larger that 6 lbs that go broody often. thanks- alec also...
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    ⠀ 14 week old hen laid a egg!

    one of our comet hens laid a egg she is 14 weeks old! Should this concern me, is it bad that she laid this early. I have never had a chicken that has laid at 14 weeks!
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    kahki campbell ducks

    I currently have 6 kahkis currently and next year I'm going to pick up six more flying mallards. I was wondering if there is any possibility they would cross bread? another question is I have 2 male kahkis and 4 females, is that a good male to female ratio or should i separate one of the males...
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    COMET ROOSTER OR HEN!

    Hello This spring i got six pullets but I'm thinking i got a rooster. MY birds are 11-12 weeks old. I'm going to upload the picture of the rostrer. pls help (10 weeks) (10 weeks) (10 weeks) (11 weeks) In case any you wanted to know the ducks there are kahki campbells the one behind the...
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