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    Easter Egger Bantams (hopefully)

    Okay so I recently ordered 15 Easter Egger Bantams from Cackle Hatchery. I got 18 but had 5 mysterious deaths so now I am down to 13, and I am starting to suspect that they are not bantams. When I ordered them I also ordered 5 Saipan Jungle Fowl for my chicken friendly neighbor. Those are gonna...
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    Cackle Hatchery Misorder?

    Okay guys I'd love your help on this one! So I ordered 15 Easter Egger Bantams from Cackle Hatchery and got 18 but I had 5 die in the first 4 days. Every body is good now but they are getting big -- and fast. I'm worried that I might have gotten full size Easter Eggers instead of Bantams. Please...
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    Easter Egger Bantam Chicks - Cackle Hatchery

    Okay so this is the second time we've ordered chicks from Cackle Hatchery. We ordered 15, and received 18, just like last time when we ordered the Assorted Bantam Special. The chicks arrived on March 23rd. Within 4 days we lost 5 chicks from unknown causes. Now they are 9 days old and everybody...
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    Fart Egg with a Mini Suprise ^_^

    So my Rhode Island Red Bantam hen has layed a few standard fart eggs since she started laying, but today she layed this cute thing = (I've dropped a dime in there so you have a size reference)
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    Anybody have Easter Egger Bantams from Cackle Hatchery?

    So I have gotten chicks from Cackle Hatchery before and everyting was great. We had a 100% survival rate, and they sent us 3 additional chicks because it was the end of chick season. I was thinking about ordering some easter eggers to add to my bantam flock, but I was curious if anybody had...
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    Could use a little advice!

    So out of the original 13 I have two left that passed the float candling test. One is just rolling I can see little claws when I touch the candling light to it. The other one passed the float test but... When I candle the egg it seems like there's not a ton in there. There is definitely...
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    My Chickens eggs are a little weird... She's okay right?

    So sorry for the morbid photos but I got a few elongated eggs and I was wondering if my hen was 100% okay. They've only been laying for a few weeks and they are Bantams but he eggs just look like 2 almost fused together :)
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    Incubating my Assorted Bantam's Eggs

    So the ladies have been laying pretty heavily the last couple of days so we've collected some eggs and I started them late last night. Here are a few pics of the 13 eggs I put in the incubator. This is mostly just to see whose breeding, but also we would love to have a few more hens.
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    Assorted Bantam Update

    So I've widdled down my flock of 18 to 10. I have 3 cockerels and 7 hens and they just started laying. I am so excited. We had to move them into the shed because we hda heavy rain for 10 days and I felt bad because they were all wet. Heres my remaining flock: In this picture (of them enjoying...
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    5 Silkies Sexing Help

    Alright guys I have my 5 Silkies I got from Cackle Hatchery and they are 9 weeks old now. I have a few pictures of each of them and was hoping I could get some help from you guys. I know what all my other bantams are, and so this has been making me crazy for awhile. So I would appreciate the...
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    Assorted Purebred Bantam Mix - Cackle Hactchery

    Alright guys! Here is a 7 week old update for my bantams I got from Cackle Hatchery. I'm pretty sure I know what sex they all are (except for the Silkies), and I'm like 95% of all the breeds. Let me know if there are any disputes as far as either of those things go. ^_^ White Silkies 1,2, and...
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    Chick Fighting Behaviors?

    So I've read on BackyardChickens that all chicks fights whether pullet or cockerel, but then I've also read that biting is a sign of a male chick. So I was wondering if it is true that they all fight, and if they do, what age do the females sort of mellow out. I have heard of people having mean...
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    Golden Laced Cochin Sexing Help?

    I'm back with my assorted bantams, still trying to determine the sex of all 18. Next is the pair of golden laced cochins I got. I have no idea if they are male or female, so please do help! I will be referring to them as Lite and Dark because one has was more gold, and they other has was more...
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    Jap. Mottled Pair Confirmation Please?

    Okay so I got the bantam mix, and they are 1 day short of a month old now so I thought I'd post some more pics, and we might be able to find out how many pullets/cockerels we've got! Alright so firstly I'm pretty sure we got one pair of japanese mottled bantams Male: Isn't he just...
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    What Breed are these?

    I recently ordered a mix of 18 and out of all of them I have only really had confusion with these two. I most recently thought they might be Phoenix chicks, but they had really weak markings as chicks so it was really hard to say definitely either way. So first off is the chick I thought was a...
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    Assorted Purebred Bantams Special - Cackle Hatchery

    Okay so we ordered an Assorted Purebred Bantam Special from Cackle Hatchery online. Here's the mix we got at 3 days old, labeled with what I believe they are (feel free to dispute ^_^) We originally ordered 15 but we got 18. So we're thinking we got a few extras since it was the end of the...
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    Breed help?

    I wa thinking BB Red OEGB?
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    New to Chickens - Chick with weird comb

    Okay so we recently ordered a mix of bantams from Cackly Hatchery. They showed up fine with no casualties. So after 3 weeks we have one chick with a strange comb and we are not sure if it is a genetic mutation or if he got scratched or something. Here are some pictures of him- I think it's a...
  19. cranzenbach

    Hello!

    My online name is NovemeberWhiskey so I will go by Whiskey or November, either way. I've joined this site today because 3 weeks ago I ordered a mix of bantams from Cackle Hatchery. They arrived nicely and are all doing quite well. I look forward to watching them grow and lay and breed. So I...
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