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    who genetically determines the offspring's egg color... the hen or the roo?

    My hen is an olive egger and my roo is a bantam silkie. I have two chicks from their cross. If the chicks grow up to be egg layers, just wondering what to expect as far as egg color. Thanks!
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    letting a broody hen hatch and care for chicks... questions from a first timer

    I tried searching threads but the search function is not loading correctly. Our wheaten maran hen is hatching out eggs for the first time. The roo is a silkie bantam. The eggs are from the wheaten maran hen and two olive egger hens. Would there be any issue genetically for this not to work...
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    Who is laying this egg!

    Hi all, Question: My hens just started laying in the last two weeks, except the Sicilian has been laying for about 1 month - I have two olive eggers, one easter egger, one french wheaten maran, and one buttercup sicilian that are hens. I have one silkie bantam rooster (crowing, mating, rooster...
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    all sleeping in one nest box...

    I have 7 chickens, nearing 4 months old. They go into the coop at night just fine but they all squeeze into one nest box to sleep. The roost bars in the coop are untouched. It's usually in the 50s at night. They are cooing and chirping and seem generally happy. is this typical for the age and...
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    Venturing into the addiction of chickens

    Hi all, (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes very new (2 months) - we moved onto a little farmette and thought chickens would be a great addition. ...Well except for that one chicken growing up that my brother caught during one of those "feather parties". We lived...
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    8 wks - Silkies - pullets v cockerels?

    New to byc :) looking for input on my 8 chickens. These are two silkies at 8 weeks old... one of them started "crowing" 2 weeks ago (the one with the bigger walnut comb) - I'm not even sure what the sound was but I know it was coming from him (maybe her?) I haven't found anything saying that...
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    7 wks - Marans - pullets v cockerels?

    New to byc :) looking for input on my 8 chickens. The first is the black copper maran and the second is the french wheaten maran at 7 weeks old (First pic is of the whole flock)
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    8 wks - Olive eggers - pullets v cockerels?

    New to byc :) looking for input on my 8 chickens. These are two Olive eggers at 8 weeks old (First pic is of the whole flock)
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    8 wks - Easter Eggers - pullet v cockerel?

    New to byc :) looking for input on my 8 chickens. These are two Easter eggers at 8 weeks old (First pic is of the whole flock)
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