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    Hatchery sexlinks versus heritage bred sexlinks?

    I was wondering if Heritage bred (using 2 Heritage breeds) sexlinks were superior to hatchery sexlinks. I have 2 hatchery black sexlinks that produce nice extra large eggs...could the egg laying quality be improved? Thanks.. Mike
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    Are they boys?

    I had a poor hatch, only these 2 from 14 eggs (shipped). I think they are boys...what do you experts think? BCMarans 8 weeks old. Thank you.
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    Moving house...transporting chickens

    Has anyone moved house and taken their chickens with them? My daughter and her husband live in So Cal, as I do, and will be moving to Michigan sometime next year. She has asked me if I would like to move up there when they settle in. I told her I would think about it and then wondered how I...
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    Re-organizing my flocks

    I have built a new chicken run and want to shuffle my chickens around. My main flock consists of 14 twenty two weeks old (run #1), of which I am transferring 5 to the new run and coop. My second flock of 7 eighteen weeks old (run #2) I am transferring 4 chickens to run #1. I now have 2 eleven...
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    RIR hen or roo?

    A little history...I got this as a free egg when I ordered Polish eggs from Dick Horstman. The chick soon outgrew the others but was really slow at feathering out, at least 3-4 weeks behind. Wattles and comb became quite large for he(r) age...has never attempted to crow, but seems to be the...
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    Feeding Layer pellets

    Does the bucket feeder allow the flow of layer pellets, or would they tend to bunch up, being so much bigger than crumbles? Thanks
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    Cockerel and pullet...what are they?

    Is the cockerel a Brown Leghorn ? Is the pullet an EE or Golden Campine? They are 8 weeks old. Thank you
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    WCPolish cockerel free to good home (California)

    I have an eight week old WCP that has just started to crow, hatched from Dick Horstman eggs. I live in California City between Lancaster and Ridgecrest. Will drive 20 miles. PM me if interested.
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    Does egg fertility depend on time of year?

    In the last month I have only hatched 4 chicks out of 24 eggs...2 breeders and 4 different breeds of chicken. All eggs were shipped USPS., 8 Silver Spangled Spitzhauben = 0 4 Lakenvelders = 1 4 Silver Laced Polish = 2 8 Sumatra = 1 (5 were clear at 10 days). My previous hatch was 8 out of...
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    Spraying new perches to prevent mites etc.

    I am making some perches out of old weathered 2x4 and was wondering if there was some chemical I can spray on to prevent the possibility of mites taking hold. The wood is old and full of small cracks, and is going into a new 'plastic' coop I am assembling. I am tossing the small, puny, perches...
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    My other EE...roo or pullet?

    Here are some pics of my other EE...he/she is larger than the EE you said was a cockerel. Head of the cockerel is just in the pic at the bottom. Thank you. Cockerel also in the pic.
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    Pullet or cockerel

    I purchased these as pullets from 2 different breeders...they are just over 10 weeks old. Thanks Easter Egger Plymouth Rock White Leghorn Black Australorp
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    Finally got my young birds outside

    I cut out the pop door and opened up for the pullets to go out into the world...2 days later not one ventured out into their new chicky playground. I checked the forums on BYC and read that it is not unusual for this to happen, and that by putting the food outside and putting the birds outside...
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    Coop run nearly finished

    About all I've got to do is cut the pop door!... and put up a few perches, and put in feeders and drinkers. My 8 week old pullets should be in chookie heaven. Temps are high here, 106 today, so the sprinkler system will help to cool things down. Hopefully I'll be renting a 'jig saw' tomorrow and...
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    Should be 7 pullets

    Here we have 2 Australorps 2 EE (purchased as Ameraucanas) White leghorn Plymouth rock RiR They are all 8 weeks old...the 2 EE's are feisty and will have a 3 second sparring match. I would like your expert opinion... Thanks
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    WeIl I finally got my coop finished

    I have a 12ft x 8ft shed that I used to raise canaries, but stopped doing that 15 years ago. I made a work bench and stored all my tools in there, and then realized I could make it into a chicken coop by just partitioning my work area off. Got the cooler back working (it was 118 deg in there the...
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    Incubator for hatching only

    I am contemplating purchasing an incubator just for final hatching, so egg turning is not required. I don't want to spend a lot of money (up to $75), and would want one at least 40 egg capacity. What are your recommendations?...I don't mind if it's styrofoam or plastic. Thanks
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    My two Ameraucanas and Black Australorps

    Hello... I got these babies 9 days ago as 1 week olds from a local breeder (50 miles away lol), but I think the lorps are a couple days older judging by their size. I ordered 3 more chicks from Dare to Dream Farms, a White Leghorn, RIR and a Barred Rock...they will be 3 weeks old on arrival...
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    Hatching eggs in the house with swamp cooler

    Hello... Has anyone hatched eggs in the house with a swamp cooler running? I live in the So Cal high desert, with very low humidity, and have just started running my swamp cooler, as temps are creeping up to 100 deg (by August they could be 110 deg). I want to start hatching eggs, but am worried...
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