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    Showing off my new Welsummer rooster

    He came from Whitmore Farm http://whitmorefarm.com/ originally, bought as a day-old last April. I traded a hen for him, since the family who had him had too many roosters. He's named Jonah; I told my mom I like naming roosters Biblical names, she went through a bunch of names, and according to...
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    Crazy over-achievers

    Today is day 20. A perfectly respectable time for chicks to start to hatch. But, why are there two chicks and two empty eggs? Oh that's right, those little buggers hatched day 19, something I've never had happen. Right after lockdown, those two loony birds were quietly peeping to each other...
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    Terrible hatching dream

    Gah sometimes I really hate my sub-conscious! Today is Day 19, and I woke up almost sweating from my dream: The chicks were hatching and all of the ones hatched had HUGE combs! Also, for some reason one of the eggs hatched a snake, which started eating the chicks!!! Then to top it off, I...
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    The strangest red sex-link ever

    We got this pullet recently with 2 Pro Reds, 1 hatchery RIR, 1 BSL, and 1 hatchery New Hampshire. I think she is a red sex-link, but I've never seen one quite like this. I'd just like for some verification/opinions...And to show her off She's my favorite - her name is Lucy. Thanks for looking.
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    Go to bed, Russell!!!

    I know chickens are generally quirky birds, but some of mine....goodness, they are WIERD. My dear sweet Russell is a black sex-link, a pullet (originally named Raven by me, my brother said more like a crow, he likes Russell Crowe... ). Her sire was a GLW, mother of course BR. She is pure black...
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    Mama C's first brood

    This is the first time for both the hen and us having naturally hatched chicks - and I'm thrilled. I never separated her from the main flock, so she got extra eggs every day that I removed (I marked the incubating ones) She did go into the wrong nest twice - the second time back into her...
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    Opinions on new hen

    Didn't know where to put this, hope y'all can give your opinions. This is our newest hen, in 'quarintine' (Did I spell that wrong?). A friend of a friend found her in their yard and grabbed her. Apparently, she laid an egg in their garage. We've had her for 4 days, and haven't seen an egg from...
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    Meet Autumn

    Hey everybody - This is Autumn, by far the most beautiful bird to grace our barnyard. She just started laying two weeks ago, and is 22 weeks old. Her dam is a partridge Plymouth Rock, and her sire was a golden laced Wyandotte. She is a little wary of people, but is very smart. That is her on...
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    Argh! First day of lockdown, but humidity @ 50%

    Oh, I am so frustrated. This incubation has been crazy. (Well, more crazy than normal) First, the temp swings because the weather in Maryland dosen't feel like conforming to a season, then the humidity troubles - I like to keep it about 40-45 percent throughout incubation, but was havig such...
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    Recessive white?

    If I have a white cock services coloured birds, and they throw coloured birds, that means the white cock has recessive white, correct? Please and thank you.
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    Trimming spurs?

    I've read quite a bit that folks here are trimming their boys' spurs......how, exactly, does one do such a thing? I would love to know, as one of our roos has THE SHARPEST spurs ever! I actually cut myself on them, and the poor hens! Please and thank you.
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    THIS is a happy rooster

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    Black poo?!

    I've been noticing my EEs have been pooing nasty, solid-coloured black that smells NASTY for about a week or two. The bedding they have is straw, they've been eating 18% protein layer/breeder/broiler feed from Southern States, they're a year old. It dosen't happen EVERY poo, but there is quite a...
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    My chicken pictures!

    Hey all, I just got out today and took some pics of my 8wk olds. The barred is Domino, future king of the flock (GLW/BR), and buff Straight Arrow (GLW/buff Rock), future dinner This is Nigel. She (yes it is a she) is a white Rock/EE, hatched from a blue egg and has a pea comb but hardly any...
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    What was I thinking?!?

    Urgh, could I kick myself please!?! Only three days ago had I thought to take out the vent plugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today is day 17, morrow lockdown... Please reassure me, I didn't just kill 37 baby biddies, did I?? ............(will candle tonight)
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    When to introduce chicks to adults and adult feed?

    Well, that says it all, really...I've heard one should introduce the chicks into an adult flock when they stop making baby noises, but when exactly is that? (I'm so embarressed, just last year we had a brood and I've forgotten already!) Also, the feed? Our adult feed is pellets, while chick is...
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    What is your opinion?

    I know what is the recommended (many, actually) percentages of humidity for an incubator. I would like to know what you all usually shoot for, and what you raise up to for lockdown. This is my first incubation with a hygrometer, and am interested in trying to raise and lower the humidity. Thanks!
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    Ok you enablers!!!

    All right. So, after my first hatch (and SOOO much anxious worrying) with an LG still air, I've just ordered a 2362N Hova-Bator from some reptile site and a (non-automatic) turner from Double R Supply (because of y'all crazy chick people:weee) . I will (hopefully!) be setting a rather large...
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    Dirty white birds-can't have that

    Hi all, I have a very nice white Plymouth Rock roo that I plan on showing in the county fair later this year. BUT, he is very fond of 'mud'-bathing:gig, instead of dust bathing. SO, he is not quite as white as I would like him to be. I was wondering how one attempts to clean a bird? And if it...
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    Upside down hatchers?

    Hey all. My first tim hatching, so there are many questions (this is about my third, I beleive ) Two (thank God) have hatched, gorgeuos and feisty...About 4 or 5 more have pipped, but about 3 of those have pipped the wrong end!!!! This wouldn't be a problem if I hadn't put them in a carton on...
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