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    Is anyone breeding barred Ameraucana?

    I'm working on a project and Im not satisfied with the barred Ameraucana that I have to work with. Anyone else breeding barred Ameraucana and would consider selling/shipping eggs or chicks? Im trying to breed both double barring and double mottling into my Ameraucanas to see if I can recreate...
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    Recreating the 55 flowery chicken coloration

    I'm working towards recreating the 55 flowery autosexing coloration. Last spring I crossed my speckled sussex hens with my single barred EE rooster and my barred splash ameraucana (technically an EE, I know). From those, I hatched 4 single comb and 1 pea comb hens and 1 very large single comb...
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    Help sex this duckling

    Can you help me sex this duckling?
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    Test hatch with unexpected results

    I hatched out a whole bunch of eggs this month and I had collected eggs from one of my groups that has a mixed breed barred rooster that I think carries silver. As a chick (also hatched on site last year) he was black, with silver dorsal stripes, and a big messy head spot. I kept him as a...
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    Crested Cream Legbar boys?

    So this year I ordered speckled Sussex (for a breeding project) and threw in some whiting true blues for fun. Well when they arrived I kept them under a heat lamp while I waited to make sure my fancy new producers pride brooder was working right. Next day it seemed good to go so moved them all...
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    Chewy skin?

    I butcher my extra boys at about 6 months a couple times a year and I've noticed that they all have very rubbery/chewy skin when I cook them. Is that normal for boys of that age? Is there any way to get it crispy?
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    Help me understand the genes at work in my flock?

    I bred my blue ameraucana hen from Cackle with what I was told was a splash ameraucana rooster. He looked right for what they said he was and he was a nice and brave rooster until he died. The resulting chicks have grown into very poorly marked splash ameraucanas (mostly white with a few light...
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    Is this terrible or brilliant??

    I'm needing to come up with a coop solution that does not require me to let out and lock up my chickens every day. It needs to double as their run and coop and be predator proof. I am thinking I want to build a series of garden boxes and an A frame over the top and house the chickens in there...
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    Help! Quail dying and now bald!?

    I bought 15 quail at wilco 2 weeks ago and they've had nothing but trouble. They had been marked down to $1 each and they were 2-3 weeks old when I purchased them. When I brought them home I moved them into an old rabbit cage/hutch outdoors and they seemed okay. Within 2 days one of them died...
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    Help sexing these mixes?

    I have some turkens, welbars, CA Grey, bbs ameraucana, legbar, and black sex linked EE in with a welbar roo, a male sex linked EE, and a black ameraucana rooster. I incubated a big batch of eggs and gave away all the ones I was pretty sure were male (suspected male sex links) but kept the ones I...
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    Male ameraucana?

    Just wanted to confirm before giving this little one away. I'm thinking it's male, what do you guys think?
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    Splash ameraucana chick- leg color question

    I've separated out my splash ameraucanas and done a test hatch. My original ameraucanas came from cackle as blue ameraucana and I happened to be gifted a splash ameraucana rooster but did not think to ask his origins as I was just so glad to be rid of my mean blue am rooster. I have 3 splash am...
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    Is this splash ameraucana "pure"?

    I had to replace my rooster last spring and picked up a "splash ameraucana" from someone who was relocating and couldn't take him with them. He seemed to me to meet all the requirements: pea comb, slate legs, white soles, etc. He also had a great temperament and was instantly beloved. He stayed...
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    Blue egg laying barred EE?

    So I'm wanting to create a blue egg laying barred easter egger. I understand what I produce will not ever be considered an ameraucana because the barring gene makes slate legs impossible. I don't want to buy more birds for this project so I'd like to use the breeds I have on hand. I have black...
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    Anyone have welbars from privett?

    I ordered welbars and CA Grey's from strombergs in April (not realizing they drop ship from privet). I've enjoyed their birds so far and almost all of them survived. We had one early loss (lost a male to shipping stress) and then one late loss (my daughter clipped the lid on the tote and I came...
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    I think this is a girl, what do you think?

    I hatched out some ducklings from my own flock and I know for sure I have at least 3 females (one mix breed, one SA, and one golden cascade) but I was pretty sure my other SA and my little welsh harlequin were male. That is, until this morning when it started making more robust quaking sounds at...
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    Is there a trick to sexing blue ameraucanas

    My blue and black ameraucanas are about 3 months old now and I still can't tell sexes on any of them! Is there a trick? The photos are just a sample as I have like 13 of them running with my others breeds. They don't seem to have discernable hackles or saddle feathers and everyone's comb looks...
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    Can you make a black sex link using a delaware hen?

    My title pretty much says it all. I have barred rocks and a delaware running with my lavendar ameraucana. I've been separating out the delaware eggs for eating and setting the barred rock eggs for sex linked hatching. I know the delaware can be used to make red sex links because of the silver...
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    Do delawares have sex linked barring?

    Just curious if delawares also have sex linked barring like the barred rock. I know that delawares can be used to make red sex links but am curious if they can also be used to make black sex links. Thanks in advance! (My husband is grateful I have this community so I don't have to test it out...
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    Are these ancona or magpies?

    Last month I picked up some discount ducks from TSC. I'm pretty sure I have 2 pekins (one male and one female) but the other 3 have me guessing between ancona or magpie. What do you think? There is a discernable difference in size between the 3 splotchy ones. The ones with the more clear saddle...
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