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    What color is this rooster?

    It seems such a funny question to ask what color this is, but he has so much going on, I don't know how to classify him. Supposedly he's an Ice Cream Bar (isbar/ cream Legbar cross) but he is way smaller than all my other birds, and think the breeder I got the eggs from must have had an accident...
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    Black Copper Marans - Which Roosters to keep?

    Hello from Nebraska! I have 7 Black Copper Marans and 1 Splash Marans Rooster that I hatched out in December and February. I'm trying to figure out which ones I should keep for breeding purposes. All of them came from "good lines" but we all know there are plenty cull birds from show lines... I...
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    Raising broilers with livestock

    Hello! I just wanted to bounce some ideas off of you all. I know chickens LOVE cattle and pig poop, and though it seems disgusting, it's actually pretty good for them, and creates less feed waste, and helps break up the actual livestock waste as they're scratching it around. Seems like a win...
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    Hatchery vs breeder araucanas

    Hello! I had a really unfortunate hatch this weekend and had only 1 Bielefelder chick make it (with cross beak and one eye). "Gloria" needs a little guidance on what to do as a chicken, and all my others are way older, and I won't be hatching again till June, so I've been contemplating going...
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    Cream Egg x Reddish Brown Egg Layer

    Has anyone on here done a cross between a cream egg laying breed and a dark laying breed with red tones? (For example: Marans, Penedesenca, Welsummer, Croad Langshan, etc) I know there are many variations in the colors of the dark layers, so I'm specifically asking regarding the red toned eggs...
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    Pink Egg Project Interest?

    I would love to selectively breed to acquire a hen who's offspring would reliably produce pink hued eggs, however realize this is a near impossible task for one person, as to do it right I'd have to hatch 1000s of eggs, then raise them till laying age, culling 98% of the birds. It could...
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    Planting Moss around Duck Pond

    Hello! I've been googling for a long time, but can't seem to find the right answer. We will be installing a small duck pond soon and I want something around it to help keep the ducks from tracking in a lot of dirt. Has anyone ever put pavers or flagstones around their duck pond and planted a low...
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    Need advice! No chicks day 24!

    I'm on day 23-24 with a batch of Marans eggs I had shipped and I'm at a loss. I currently have about 12 eggs in a large gqf sportsman incubator of my father's. (I've recently ordered an incubator of my own but it hasn't arrived yet. :( I've hatched several small batches of eggs over the last 3...
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    Autosexing Olive Eggers

    I'm new to genetics, can anyone tell me if you can get autosexing chicks from Silver Crested Cream Legbars and Cuckoo Marans? I know if you put a black rooster with the Cuckoo's, they'll be autosexing, and Cream Legbars are autosexing by themselves, or you can put Bielefelders and CLs together...
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    New to BYC - Nebraska

    Hello from Nebraska! I'm not necessarily new to chickens, I grew up on a farm, and live on one now, but I am new to breeding and genetics. I've been a lurker here at BYC for years, but now that I have some really specific questions, I've created an account. I currently have a mixed production...
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