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    Clan Spiral breeding question

    So I am hoping to start spiral breeding for a few breeds and I was wondering; Do you keep the 4 clan coops as the breeding coops but put the breed not currently being bred in a different area so you can keep them together but put them with the rooster when it’s time to actually get fertilized...
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    Eggs in Lockdown - Day 21

    Hey guys, My daughter is hatching her second batch of eggs and we have the incubator in lockdown now. We have 12 eggs, and so far 8 of them have started wiggling. One has pipped externally. We are super excited for our second batch of backyard mutt chicks. So I just wanted to start a...
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    Eggs in Lockdown

    Hey guys, My daughter is hatching her second batch of eggs and we have the incubator in lockdown now. We have 12 eggs, and so far 8 of them have started wiggling. One has pipped externally. We are super excited for our second batch of backyard mutt chicks. So I just wanted to start a...
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    More Subtle Egglaying Signs

    Hi! My chickens are all 18 weeks this weekend. Three of the pullets are very red in the face and their wattles are really dangling so I was wondering if I should expect an egg any day now from either of them. I have 12 total, but these three are the ones that have the reddest faces and largest...
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    Buff Orpington 4 weeks old. Sexing help.

    Here are my two BO chicks. They are 4 weeks old. I know it's still too early to tell but I thought I saw some pinking on one of the combs of Ariel. They were purchases from a farm with a 90% sexing rate for pullets so they are suppose to be female, but you never know. Pics in the next post.
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    Diary of the Binghams First Flock

    HI!! Tomorrow is chick adoption day! We are going to a local farm and picking up 10 or 12 chicks! I will document their life here. I also set up a facebook page where I will occasionally have videos (okay often!!) and update more on pictures and random ramblings. I will use both this post...
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    New from Maine

    Hi Everyone. My name is Ashley. My husband and I live in coastal southern Maine, pretty close to the coast. We have three small children, 5, 2 and 10 months old. My husband said he wanted some chickens YESTERDAY. He hates ticks, with a passion and I suppose he read somewhere recently that...
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