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  1. MainerChick

    Starter flock or cockerels only

    I have three beautiful, but extra Easter egger/Orpington cockerels I'd like to move along. I'm happy to send a few pullets with them, if that would find one of these beauties a home. Local pickup only, Lisbon Maine.
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    Hand raised vs hen raised

    I have a batch of sixteen birds, EEs, Orpington, and silkies that I raised via brooder and heatlamp since November. Even the roos can be picked up and handled easily. The chicks this generation are raising however, are very anti- human. We are the terrifying giants that drop food, apparently...
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    The agony of temp drop

    I just set my very first batch of 21 barnyard mix eggs in a still air hovabator on Sunday. Last night, after the hot day we had, hubby left a window open in the kitchen and it was enough to pull the 101 temp in the incubator down to 98.6 as of this morning. I've bumped the incu back up, but am...
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    Silkie gender test

    Ok so most of my white silkies are exhibiting clear male behavior. They crow, harass the ladies, and have distinct mulberry or at least big combs and/or wattles. This one I'm not so sure about. Any opinions?
  5. MainerChick

    Murray Mcmurray Chef's Choice Broiler

    Does anyone have backyard/small flock experience raising these for their own use? I have seen another thread here on the topic, but it wasn't overly complimentary: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/962515/mcmurray-chefs-choice-broiler That however, was focused on the production level. I...
  6. MainerChick

    First crooked beak chick

    So i have my first crooked beaked chick. It's an Easter Egger, pale feathering, and currently about two weeks old. I have a few questions for those who have seen this before. If the deformity is highly visible now, is it likely to continue to get even more crooked, and if so, how old would you...
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    When did your Amerucana/Easter Eggers start to fly or long-hop?

    We have a mixed bunch in the brooder right now, Buffs, Silkies, and EE's from Ideal. We've got mostly everyone getting along, but some of the EE's are making remarkably credible attempts to jump to the top of the feeder/waterer reservoirs. They stand next to it, little heads angled side to...
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    New-Old chicken chick from Maine

    I've been lurking and reading extensively here of late and figured it was time i signed up. Hello! Later this week I'll have thirty two sweet, peeping, day old chicks arriving from ideal hatchery. I'm getting a mix of silkies, buff orpington, and Easter eggers to start a new home flock after...
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