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  1. ChickenWendy

    my khaki bantam polish is laying finally!!

    we were so excited today!!! my little 8-9 month old Khaki Bantam Polish - Rosalita - started laying. My 3 girls just oohhhed and aahhhed over the little egg and what else is exciting is the egg is fertile!!!! YEAH!!! my incubator has some cayuga eggs in it now so those will have to wait, but i...
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    stupid question but will pekins & cayuga interbreed?

    I have 2 male cayugas & 1 female pekin. they have been raised together since being ducklings. i was wondering if i could expect some fertile eggs. so far - no. my friend who has 2 cayugas - 1 male/1 female & 1 female pekin gave me some of her eggs - all of hers are the same age as mine & were...
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    bare spots on hen

    I have a chicken with a bare spot - meaning no feathers. i first thought she was just being "used" to much by the rooster, but now she has no feathers and she quit laying all together. she's buff orpington. someone once told me that was a sign of mites but i see nothing crawling on her. is there...
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    need color of polish/sex of 9 month old silkie

    please help me identify these chickens. here are a few of the black silkie. i cant figure out if it's a girl or a boy - no crowing and no egg laying as of yet and this bird is 9 months old. i'm at a loss. i though originally this was a girl now i'm leaning towards boy with the tail feathers but...
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    Male Cayuga Duck in Hampton Roads, VA

    I have a male cayuga duck i would like to sale for about $15 or trade for a female cayuga. if anyone is interested please dont hesitate to contact me. Wendy I will get a picture posted later today. I actually have his brother. we hatched them out of eggs from a cayuga breeder in texas. they are...
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    6 month old Silkies - Roosters? & what color??? - bigger pictures now!

    these silkies are roughly 6-7 months old. i think they are boys but i'm not sure. no crowing and they are extremely docile. also, what color are they? i thought they were suppose to be blue splashes but they have some reddish/buff color in them. any ideas? edited to fix pictures i think.
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    silkie & polish gender/ breed color questions - 6 pictures

    ANYMORE HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED??!!!!!!!!(edited for plea) This is suppose to be a blue splash silkie. I think a rooster. I believe the next 3 silkies are 4 months old. I was wondering about the red/buff coloring throughout though. any help would be appreciated. #1 Rooster - ?? #2...
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    Wanted Silkie &/or Bantam Polish Chicks in Virginia

    I would like to add a few chicks to my little flock, but we have decided to stick with silkies & polish. i have a few standard chickens (2 barred rocks, 1 buff orpington, 1 black austrolorpe, & 2 EE's - one's a rooster oh and one white houdan rooster) - other then that i have silkies and polish...
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    wanted bantam polish eggs to hatch - PLEASE!!!!!!!!

    I desperately need some bantam polish eggs to hatch out. my 13 year old daughter and i are in love with these little guys. i dont care if they are true colors or not. i just want a good fertility rate on the roos! last time i received 18 and only 2 looked fertile after shipping (or some really...
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    What does the blue on a silkie indicate? if anything?

    Does the blue shine on the waddles indicate sex at all on silkies? i have 2 white silkies that are about 6 weeks old that are developing a "blue shine" on what looks like possible wattles. and i noticed in the online poultry show for silkies that there were some with the blue on them but i think...
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    Houdan/Polish Sexing Help

    I think this white one is a Houdan - it has 5 toes. Is that normal? I hatched all 5 of these out from eggs i won on ebay. I think I heard this one crow already. All of these birds are 5 weeks old in the pictures. That's my oldest Rachel in the picture. She loves the chickens. This guy and...
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    The Cayuga's Are Coming

    Oh i am so joyous. my 9 cayuga eggs are starting to pip. it's day 26 & i have 2 pips. i'm so very excited. i think only 5 will actually make it but who knows. i'm not giving up yet. please pray it goes well. we hatched out a solo pekin 2 weeks ago and it was the sweetest duck but it had a badly...
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    What kind of eggs??

    If I have 1 EE Hen, 3 RIR Hens, 1 BO Hen, & 2 Black Austrolorp Hens and they mate with 1 EE Roo & 1 BO Roo - when the eggs hatch (which 3 just did)and they grow up to be hens(wishful thinking) what will the eggs look like that they lay? I have 1 pure breed BO that hatched & the other 2 are...
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    Wanted Some Polish Hatching Eggs

    I am looking for some white-crested black polish hatching eggs or some gold laced or silver laced. Anyone??? Please if you are interested in selling I am interested in buying!! I live in Virginia and have a Hovabator 1588 waiting! I have 5 little 3 week old Polish now, 3 are all white, one...
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    I have a super duck!!

    Well i'm not sure how this happened, but i had a Pekin who pipped out and zipped before i even realized what had happened. today was suppose to be day 26 - i thought, but it's actually day 28 and the poor little guy hatched with no boost in humidity and i've been turning that egg the whole time...
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    dimmer switch vs. hot water heater thermostat

    Well i want to know if anyone has actually used the dimmer switch to regulate the heat source and had good results? I have been using a hot water heater thermostat as per the instructions on the homemade bator that Miss Prissy put out for the bread box and i have had eggs incubate in there and...
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    Pics of my 1st-Ever Polish & Silkie Hatched Babies!!!!

    We had 5 polish hatch & 7 Silkies. We have decided they are our favorites!!! They finished hatching on Saturday. Sweet little chicks. My 13 year old Daughter has decided that she is the queen of the silkies & they belong to her! I love the polish! ok, i know she isnt a chick but she...
  18. ChickenWendy

    My Polish are Hatching!!

    Well finally it is day 21 & all of my polish have hatched or are in the process. YEAH!!! My girls and I are so excited. We bought 7 eggs off of EBAY & 5 out of them developed great. We are also waiting on our 9 silkie eggs. 2 of the blues are pipping! That is so exciting too.!! I cant wait for...
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    Day 19 - Polish & Bearded Silkies

    Oh we are so excited at my house!!! It is our first hatch ever and out of the 23 shipped eggs we started with we have 14 still moving and hopefully hatching within the next 3 days!!! 5 Polish & 9 Bearded Silkies (various colors). My 13, 8, & 3 year old daughters are almost as excited as I am...
  20. ChickenWendy

    Just ordered my 1588

    My husband is going to kill me but i couldnt handle it. I had to have one. I have a homemade breadbox incubator with 5 eggs in them - 3 of my mixes & 2 silkies (coocoo i think?). And then i have 5 polish, 11 silkies, & 2 pekin duck eggs in a rented (from our local homeschool book distributors...
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