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  1. SunnySideUpGUAM

    Orpington type

    Hey BYC, I have bbs orpingtons and buff as well. Im curious about crossing strains. Is there a gender that produces type most consistently? Im thinking its best to breed both hens and roosters that exhibit good type, but what if i had one exemplary hen or rooster. Would it be best to breed back...
  2. SunnySideUpGUAM

    Rhode Island Red Strains

    I have two strains of RIR in seperate pens. One is a hatchery stock backcrossed 2 generations. The other is hatchery stock. This far they both are very productive as far as egg laying goes. What do I get out of crossing the two strains and then selecting for breeders? would i be better off...
  3. SunnySideUpGUAM

    Columbian Genes

    Hey BYC, What is the relation between columbian gene and silver gene? Are all columbian birds silver?
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    GCM autosexing?

    Hows it BYC? Just wondering if Golden Cuckoo Marans are an autosexing breed?
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    ***PASTY BUTT***

    Hey BYC, I just wanted to share some success I had with the pasty butt issue. Well I have 12 Delaware chicks in the brooder and most of them had pasty butt. I decided not to clean em off or do anything about it this time since it never really helped previously for me. For 2 1/2 weeks they had...
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    Missing feathers behind the waddles

    Hey BYC, I have a Buff Orpington rooster who is bald behind his waddles. Im thinking its from always being wet from when he drinks and saggy waddles just rubbing em off. Has anyone else experienced this? What are some remedies? I kinda wanna trim his waddles off like how they do gamebirds.
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    Incubating chicks WITHOUT shells!

    Has anyone seen the videos or heard of incubating chicks without their shells? I saw a video on FB from a Japanese class where the students incubated chicks in a lil cup without eggshells and they were able to see the development every step of the way. It was really cool. I was thinking that...
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    SEX & GENDER

    What determines a baby chicks gender?
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    Candling Question

    How should I go about candling eggs in a way that doesn't affect the temp/humidity settings of the incubator?
  10. SunnySideUpGUAM

    Happy Mothers Day!

    Hey BYC, Just wanted to take time to wish all the mothers and mother hens a HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!
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    What do you get when you cross a White Plymouth Rock rooster and a Rhode Island Red hen?

    How's it going BYC? I'm wondering if I cross my White Rock rooster with some Rhode Island Red hens, will I get any silvers? Or Colombians?
  12. SunnySideUpGUAM

    Delaware breeding question

    When you breed a Delaware male to a New Hampshire or Rhode Island Red female you get chicks with the Delaware color pattern. My question is are these Delaware rooster x NH or RIR hens offspring still silver? Like the original Delaware?
  13. SunnySideUpGUAM

    Sports

    I just ordered 40 BPRs with the intention of maintaining a purebred flock, as well as crossing them to produce BSLs from time to time. After I placed the order I found that breeding BPRs requires breeding sports, a few different color varieties in the breed, to maintain good barring and so on...
  14. SunnySideUpGUAM

    SPORTS

    I just ordered 40 BPRs with the intention of maintaining a purebred flock, as well as crossing them to produce BSLs from time to time. After I placed the order I found that breeding BPRs requires breeding sports, a few different color varieties in the breed, to maintain good barring and so on...
  15. SunnySideUpGUAM

    Parent Stock For Red Sex links

    Hey BYC, I wanna produce my own Red Sex links! I'm targeting Columbian Rocks, Columbian Wyandottes, and Delawares for the hens side. And for the roosters my choices are Buff Orpingtons, Rhode Island Reds, and Production Reds. I would like to my Red sex link hens to be PROLIFIC brown egg...
  16. SunnySideUpGUAM

    Nest Box Question

    Hey BYC, has anyone ever placed their nest boxes in a separate area from the roosting perches, or wherever they are sleeping? I was just thinking it might be a good preventive way to keep the girls outta the nest boxes at night. If anyone has done this please let me know what your results...
  17. SunnySideUpGUAM

    When to breed?

    At what age should i breed my hens? And why? When do you get the best results?
  18. SunnySideUpGUAM

    ????Buff Orpington x Rhode Island Red combos????

    Hey guys i gotta 3 part question for the board! 1) What do you get when you cross a BO roo x RIR hen? 2) What do you get when you cross a RIR roo x BO hen? 3) What do you get when you cross their offspring? (BOxRIR)x(RIRxBO) OR (RIRxBO)X(BOxRIR)? Im just wondering if I would get a...
  19. SunnySideUpGUAM

    Feed vs Genetic Potential

    Hey everyone, this one always bugs me, how much influence does feed really have on the birds development? Can it make a bird mature faster than its own genetic potential? Can it make a bird lay earlier than its genetics say its ready to lay?
  20. SunnySideUpGUAM

    Has anyone ever heard of big brands MASKING their feed with different brand names?????

    Hafa adai! I'm here on Guam and we only have a few brands of feed distributed here. One of the popular brands of feed is Land O Lakes Feed Hawaiian Grain. Has anyone ever heard of or used this brand? A lot of poultry owners use it here, the thing is i can't find anything on the internet about...
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