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    Egg issues

    Help Having some issues with my eggs. Eggs after a few days get a mottled look on the yolk and watery whites also the yolk is quite fragile. Shells are fine, some have extra calcium deposits. They look great within the first day but if they sit a few days the yolks get like spots on them, and...
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    Any of these look fertile?

    Do any of these look fertile? Pretty sure maybe one is, just want some more opinions. Pretty sure roosters infertile, been with 4 hens for about a month, havent seen a fertile egg the whole time. He did ok last year, but has had a bit of something, gunky ears and watery eyes. Seems to have come...
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    Fertility

    Would 12 hens to one rooster cause fertility issues? I'm getting about 37% fertility Blue orpington rooster probably around a year old, didn't hatch from him last season as was too young. Hens mixed ages from about 3 years to around a year. I've trimmed their bums They're penned up and feed a...
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    How many are fertile

    How many of these eggs look fertile to you??
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    Necropcy, warning! photos of internal organs!

    I posted on here about some rhode islands drinking alot and doing very watery poops. I decided to cull the worst one to take a look inside (I've processed many roosters for eating and have a rough idea what should be 'normal') I took a couple photos, should've taken more oops. Hen was literally...
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    Watery poops

    I have 5 breeding pens with various breeds all mostly managed the same way, no issues. A year ago I got some rhode island eggs brought eggs from 2 sources hatched raised etc to start a breeding group. The pen they're in used to be araucanas and they had no issues. They also have contact through...
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    White Orpington Genetics

    Cant seem to find much info I have a group of orpingtons and last year i had a blue rooster with blue and black hens, somehow from that I got a hen that is pretty much white? I know blue is dilute and can get various shades but she has no splashes of darker, like others that i hatched last year...
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    Drinking lots

    I have a group of rhode islands that are going through a lot of water like 20litres in 2 to 3 days there's 8 of them 7 hens 1 roo. 20l usually last my other pens nearly a week with more hens. They all seem fine I get about 5 or 6 eggs a day. I thought it was the waterer leaking but I've...
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    Can roosters not like there own breed

    I have an araucana rooster in with maybe around 10 hens 3 are araucanas. The araucanas used to be separate but I'm focusing less on them and using the pen they were in for rhode islands. So they're in with a mixed flock. Now all the araucans eggs I've checked are all Unfertile! But other eggs...
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    Fertility issue

    Ok, I have a group of orpingtons, a black roo (carries lav gene) with 6 lavender hens (2 are 1 year old and rest 3 or 4 years). Rooster produced many babies last year and had very high fertility with a group of maybe 8 hens black and lavender but this year I want more lavender so pulled the...
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    What breed am i?

    What breed would you say this guy is?
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    Which rooster

    Hello, I have 4 barred rock cockerels, I'm wanting to keep one for breeding. I've picked 2 out of the 4 but still unsure One has a comb defect, has the nicest biggest comb but has a cut through the back he's also a bit short and stumpy hes in backgroundof a pic. Other has funny tail and is...
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    Araucana fertility?

    No idea where to put this, i'm in nz and have a group of 5 araucanas nz type (not rumpless). one lavender roo and 4 black and lavender hens. They're in a pen with maybe max 10 other mix breed hens and are almost a year old. (haven't checked fertility of other hens, maybe i should?) I've just...
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    Orpingtons and bumble foot

    I have a small group of orpingtons and I'm struggling with bumble foot. Like all of them have it and the 2 young ones I put in a month or so ago are starting to develop it. I suspect it is from them landing off the roosts I put a lil ladder in and 're arranged the roosts, (they were both same as...
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    Leg bands

    Ok i want to mark some new hens. I've found a few different types/ways. Let me know your opinions, pros/cons, what sizes you use? Don't want to know about zipties -Spiral -Plastic clip type -Flat coil (haven't seen much on these on here) I like the fact these are reusable. The hens are penned...
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    Araucana colours/genetics

    New to araucanas (note: nz breed think they're different ?). I have black and lavender hens and a lavender roo. Are there any other colours in nz? Is the colour genetics the same with orpingtons. Lavender is rececive gene? Lav x lav gives %100 lavender chicks? If the black hens carry the...
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    Araucana sexing

    Correct me if I'm wrong? 3 month old araucanas. hen rooster rooster hen
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    Orpington breeding/genetic questions

    Hi all, I have a lil breeding group of 5 orpingtons. A black roo, 2 black hens, a blue hen and a lavender hen. The lav, blue and roo are from the same batch of eggs I brought from another breeder. The 2 black hens I was given so unsure breeding etc. So far I've been getting black and lavender...
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    When can mummy chicken leave?

    I had a hen sit and hatch 7 ducklings theyre almost 2 months old now and getting more adult like. When can mum chicken go back with the others? She still talks to them and hangs round them and they follow her. I put her back for abit with others and she just paced trying to get back to them so...
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    My low maintance mite free coop

    I needed a new coop/house and after suffering with mites and hard to clean coops I designed this to be mite free and easy clean! Thought I'd share it as it's so good and no mites so far. I mostly used battons (approx 5x5cm) ripped down from ex framing timber so is all smooth, and minimal...
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