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    English or American lavender orpingtons?

    Hi, I bought some lavender Orpingtons in February. They were around 5 months old. The gal told me they were english lavenders. I have some black english orpingtons and a white english orpington, but my lavenders don't seem to have the same body type. Their tails are more pointy than my English...
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    Favorite incubator leahy 1200 value?

    Not sure if this is the right section to post, but I am looking at a leahy 1200. The guy said it worked last year and he hatched eggs from it but hasn't used it this year. I've been scouring the Internet for the last couple days to find a value. The values are all over the place. Can anyone...
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    Chicks seem perfectly healthy and then die suddenly

    Hi, I've been having a little issue with some of the chicks I hatch dying. They will live for about 3ish weeks and then all of a sudden I find them dead. About 30 min ago I gave the chicks fresh water. Everyone was fine. Just now I walked in and noticed two were dead. Everything seemed normal...
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    Is this possible?

    I have what looks like a crele orpington hen in with my lavender orpington rooster. I hatched one of her eggs and its a black chick. What's going on there? Could the crele have been split for black? Now what would the chick be split for?
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    looking for advice on chicken coop size for run and fencing height question

    Hi, I am going to be building a coop for approximately 20 english orpingtons. They will have a 25'x25' run (625 sq ft = 30 sq ft per bird) that will be available to them at all times. Right now, I have 13 orpingtons in a 4'x4' coop with an attached run, and they all seem to do fine in it...
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    What does it take to get lavender mottled?

    I've been searching but haven't really found much info. What does it take to get lavender mottled orpingtons? I have english lavender Orpingtons. Do you have to breed the lavenders to black mottled and breed the offspring back to lavender to get some mottled chicks?
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    Blue swedish isbars

    So I ordered some eggs on eBay that said blue swedish isbars. 5 out of 8 hatched, which I think is pretty good. 4 of the chicks are just gray/blue colored, and then there's this one. I don't know much about isbars. Shes blue and yellow. Is this normal? Just curious, as I like her either way
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    Question regarding detached air sac on shipped eggs

    Hi, I have had several eggs shipped to me recently. The first ones I let settle for 24ish hours and put in the incubator (older 1502). At day 10 I candled 3 different sets of eggs I had shipped. One set all had detached air sacs and no embryo growing inside. I decided the next eggs I got I...
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    What's going on with this chick?

    What is going on here? Is this normal? It looks like guts. Pretty new to hatching, but I haven't seen this with the other chicks I've hatched. It just hatched within minutes of that picture.
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    How do you hatch multiple batches?

    Hi. I decided to try my hand at hatching eggs from my welsummers recently and went with knowledge a friend had with incubating eggs. I collected eggs for 5 days and turned them several times a day until I put them in the incubator. I used a little giant forced air with an egg turner. Set the...
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    Is this right?

    I bought some english lavender orpingtons and also an Isabel orpington hen. I Had never heard of them (fairly new to chickens in general) and didn't have time to do any research them. Once I had a chance to look them up a little more, mine looks way darker than the ones I've seen. Not a subtle...
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    Hello from Iowa

    Hi I've lurked around for awhile but have just recently joined. I raise Nigerian dwarf goats but am pretty new to birds. I have welsummers and just got some English lavender orpingtons and an Isabel Orpington hen. I hatched out some of my welsummer eggs recently and really liked it. I got a deal...
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