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    Humidity too High, How Drastically Can I Adjust Before Hatch?

    I have realized recently that my humidity has been WAYYYY too high throughout incubation (equipment issues). Hatch day is in 5 days. What should I do? Can I very drastically reduce humidity by opening the thing a billion times today (there's still water in the troughs and it's not feasible to...
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    What is your favorite way to keep multiple roosters?

    I know that this is an often discussed topic and I have read the pertinent threads but I'd love some advice specific to my situation, or sounding boards to bounce off of people. I have a 'main' chicken coop *without* a run and free range my chickens from that. I have room in it for about 30...
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    Sudden Death in New Chickens? Contageous?

    I recently had the opportunity to procure 25 hens and 2 roosters as a bulk type of deal. The person I got them from did not keep track of individual ages but said they range from 1-2.5 years old. There are some specific breeds and a few mixes. I brought them all home with the intention of...
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    Will Clipped Wings Grow Back? How Soon?

    I inherited a few chickens yesterday, including two red sex links. The woman I got them from said they came with the house, she doesn't know how old they are but they started laying 10 months ago (January), which would put them at right about 16 months old/born summer of 2020. That's also right...
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    Genetics Gurus Please Help! Working Towards True Breeding Olive Eggers

    Alright I think I understand most of the genetics of Olive Eggers, but I think it's very simplified in most of the charts which indicate essentially *either* the parent of any given bird will pass on a blue (base blue) or a brown (base white, with brown overlay) gene in such a way that the brown...
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    Another Crested Cream Legbar Sexing Thread..

    Most of my CCL are easy to sex due to roos being lighter with obvious head spots, and females having an obvious chipmunk striping. But these two are less obvious. One has both a dot (but small!) and striping. The other one has no dot but blurred coloring/no striping. Thoughts from experienced...
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    Favorite True Breeding Meat Birds or First Generation Crosses

    Hi there, I raise Cornish cross meat birds regularly for home consumption and sell a few to offset costs. I'm interested to know others' experiences with raising either true-breeding meat birds or first generation crosses, as I'm interested in potentially experimenting with hatching and raising...
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    Black Copper Marans Egg Color From Rural King?

    So I have a hand-me-down BCM roo from an unknown egg shade that I got from someone who got him from rural king. I also have the opportunity for a BCM young roo from a known egg color (see pic) but it's not particularly dark. This one is from a breeder originally who registers her birds (she sold...
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    How to Tell Which Ducks are Laying?

    I have a jumble of adult ducks of various ages including some young Khacki Campbells who I do not think have started laying but they're close to the age they should be starting, so maybe one of them has... as well as some 'rescue' ducks including a Buff Orpington, a Magpie, a Pekin and a Golden...
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    Rouen without eye streak???

    I got those ducks from someone who got them from a feed store so not a backyard mix. They look like rouens with dark brown heads with no stripes. What on earth are they? Just getting adult feathers.
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    Pekin, Buff, and Magpie Color Genetics

    I have my choice of some duckings that are pretty different looking. Two drakes (pekin and magpie) and three hens (pekin, magpie and buff orpington) contributed to the nest. Is there any way to predict which if any of the ducklings are pure pekin, pure magpie, or any of the three possible mixes...
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    Breed id help please

    Got some mystery hens. I think maybe Australorpe, Cuckoo Marans, lavender Orpington? Black one apparently lays chocolate eggs though.. should be standard hatchery breeds/mixes but she doesn't know what.
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    Saddle Feathers?

    Are these saddle feathers? Is my favorite 9/10 week old pullet a boy?
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    Quack Test Help?

    Hello! Can someone please tell me if I'm doing/have done this quack test right??? These guys are about 7ish weeks old as far as my best guess goes. I think they're Khaki Campbells and Jumbo Pekins (does that seem right?). Can someone confirm what I've got? I think I got this EXACTLY backwards...
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    Letting Duck Raise Her Cluch of Ducklings

    My duck went broody for the first time and should hatch a clutch of ducklings this weekend. She is currently housed with one drake, but I will have about 7 mixed-sex ducks coming today as well as three turkey poults. They are all about two months old. I am able to house the new birds together...
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    Integrating FOUR Age Groups Questions

    I have read some of the articles on flock integration but I have a situation that's a little different I could use some advice on. I have several different ages of chicks/chickens. a) three days old (hopefully will be able to sell/give away all but may end up keeping a few) b) six weeks old...
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    Integration Questions for FOUR Age Groups

    I have read some of the articles on flock integration but I have a situation that's a little different I could use some advice on. I have several different ages of chicks/chickens. a) three days old (hopefully will be able to sell/give away all but may end up keeping a few) b) six weeks old...
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    Black Sex Link Buff Mutts?

    I have 5 black sex link (RI Red x Barred Rock) pullets and a Buff Orpingron pullet and cockrel. Does anyone have experience breeding this combo? I have seen some threads on Buff/RIR and Buff/Barred Rocks and big look like good combos. I'm hoping for some good dual purpose offspring, meaty and...
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