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    5 week old Partridge Cochin looks off to me

    I am probably paranoid, but I just don't feel like my two Partridge Cochin chicks are developing much of a "Cochin" look...do they look like they are supposed to? The foot feathering is so sparse!
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    Helping Muscovy ducks go broody

    Obviously not right now, but I'm in Florida and a warm Spring will be here in a few short months. What can I do to help my female Muscovy ducks to raise their own offspring? One of the reasons I chose them as my waterfowl to raise is that everyone told me they are total "mother hens". Do they...
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    Vote on chickens I should take to show -it's for experience, they're all "bad" but I would love help

    PLEASE don't send hate my way if I am breaking some purist poultry show-er law:bow. I have no fantasies of grandeur. Just a chicken girl trying to step up her poultry game a little ;) Disclaimer done...here goes: I am entering a few of my chickens in two shows in Florida this January/February. I...
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    Naked Neck egg color project

    Just for my own purposes (because I love the NN look) I am working on breeding chickens with the NN gene that reliable lay white, blue/green, and brown eggs. So obviously the brown is already their typical egg color but... To get white and green/blue egg laying chickens that also carry the naked...
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    Breed and Chick Hardiness

    What is your experience with whether breed affects chick health, vitality, and tendency to thrive/fail to thrive? While i know there are a multitude of factors aside from breed, I was hoping for input on that specific topic... I'm raising a batch of Rural King chicks, and my single Sebright,the...
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    8 month old roosters, 8lbs and 10.5 lbs

    Perhaps some new variety of "free range broiler"...? Tons of bone, they make my Welsummer boys look lile toys. I have two nearly identical roosters, both black and gold in color, that I got out of a "Hatchery Choice" bin from TSC. They are 8 months old now amd one is large at 8lbs, the other one...
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    Likelihood of male turkey becoming aggressive at maturity?

    Most of my experience is with chickens, and there's always that 50/50 chance your cockerels will grow up into child-chasing, leg-attacking, human-stalking, back-spurring monsters. Is it the same with turkeys? I just acquired 5 little poults, 2 Bronze, 2 Royal Palms and one either Spanish Black...
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    Mislabeled by TSC as SLW...single combed!

    So a while back I bought some clearance chicks 0.50 each) from TSC. They were in a mixed bin of "Rhode Island Red and Silver Laced Wyandotte" I bought 6 of the SLW, and noticed upon getting them home that four had single combs. I figured they were sex link pulleys until a few of them turned into...
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    Bantam Polish color?

    What is this color called? It almost looks like some sort of mille fleur/speckled variation Thanks!
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    I have MUSCOVIES coming!

    Agh I am so excited! I have to drive like two hours round trip to go get them but it's so worth it. I can't wait to introduce this new species to my flock. I've always been most familiar with the Pekin ducks, and then this year branched out into other mallard-derived breeds. But we have a large...
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    Do Pekins go through a bill color change or is this something else?

    I bought this duckling along with three Khaki Campell ducklings out of a bin where all the other ducklings were yellow and Pekin-looking. I picked this one because you had to buy in pairs and it was a little "dusty" looking over its yellow so it stood out to me. Now at a little over a week old...
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    Tracking my Oriental chicken adventure!

    MY BABIES ARRIVED They shipped out on Tuesday night and arrived Thursday morning. Great experience with IDEAL. I had to email them to get the shipping number, and they replied with it quickly. 8 Red Junglefowl st run 3 BBR Malay mff 3 Dark Aseel mff 3 Black Shamo mff All arrived healthy except...
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    Breeding show quality (SOP) birds from hatchery stock?

    Hey all. I am in love with a breed that isn't bred in my area and, full disclosure, I don't have $200 to buy and ship a pair/trio to my area from a breeder. So, I purchased hatchery chicks! My question is, is it possible/if so how many generations would it take to get chickens that meet basic...
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    Nutri-Drench in shipped chicks, day of arrival

    Rather than mixing it into their water (because so much gets wasted due to the constant pooping/mulch spreading into the little drinking perimeter of the container...also I will be already adding a probiotic/electrolyte to their water and I don't want it to be too "strong" so to speak) I want to...
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    Chick tiny, barely growing, lost wing feathers

    Hey all, I have a chick that is two weeks and a few days old. Some kind of bantam, don't know it's breed. It is the one pictured next to the one week old silver duckwing OEGB in the picture. Anyway, during his/her first couple weeks, the wing feathers came in normally and it had little wings...
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    Jungle Fowl, Aseel (Asil), Shamo and Malay...Any tips? Experience?

    I ordered my first EVER straight-from-hatchery order today. Until now I've always added on to the local feed store, etc. I went through IDEAL primarily because they are the only hatchery I could find that had the breeds I wanted at a price I could afford. I have heard they aren't the best so I...
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    What color will these chicks turn into?

    Mostly curious about the one with the solid brown head, I haven't had a chicken that started out that color before. They are from a hatchery assortment, both bantams, and I'm thinking both oegb .
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    What breed are these ducklings?

    Unknown hatchery ducklings, gifted to me from a friend's friend who got a bargain assortment (I think? My friend either didn't listen to the explanation, or she just wasn't told). They are adorable, but definitely not Pekins, which are the only kind I am familiar with.
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    My 2018 horde! Chick photo shoot with a dozen + of my babies. PIC HEAVY

    My Cream Legbar duo Random Assortment 1: Australorp, Delaware, Naked Neck, Speckled Sussex x2, Partridge Rock(bg), Dominique, Ancona(bg) Silkies: 2 White, 2 Buff. One is a very small bantam, the other three are typical Silkie size. Can't wait until these guys feather out a bit more and I...
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    How close are my guesses? Ancona/Partridge Rock/Cochin/Langshan?

    Okay, these four gems are from a straight run hatchery choice grab bag assortment that included at least a dozen breeds. Looking up what the hatchery has, and googling pictures of chicks I suspected...here are my best guesses: Chick One: Partridge Rock? Beardless EE? Fayoumi? I am VERY hesitant...
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