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    Silkie Chicks, Blue, Splash and Black Copper Marans, Ameraucana/Easter Eggers SW Washington State

    I have 9 silkie chicks that hatched on 4/8, and are 5.00 each. I have 1 splash, 4 partridge, and 5 blue. All silkies are kept in their individual color breeding pens. Parents are breeder and show quality stock. All are bearded and have muffs. I have 12 Blue, Splash, and Black Copper Marans...
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    Weight Loss --TOPS- Take Off Pounds Sensibly- On the Road to Success!!

    Hi Everyone- I am a current TOPS member and I love my chapter. I have been in TOPS for 18 months and have lost 40 lbs! The road to success with any weight loss is filled with potholes, bumps, and ups and downs in the road. I would like to start a discussion on BYC about what has worked for...
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    Rhode Island Whites???? What gender????

    So I bought hatching eggs at an auction and I ended up with 1 Rhode Island Red chick and a bunch of I don't know what they ares. Since they were supposed to be Rhode Island Reds I am wondering if they were running their Rhode Island Reds with Rhode Island Whites. The first picture with 3, the...
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    If you breed Wheaton Marans to Blue Copper will you get Blue Wheaton?

    The title says it all. Someone posed this question to me and since I am new to BCM's and are still learning I did'nt know the answer. I did some seraches and also could'nt find anything so I decided to post. Thanks so much!!
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    Help Supposed to be RIR NOT!!! Are they Isa browns???

    Hi I bought what were supposed to be pure Rhode Island Red hatching eggs at an auction. This is what hatched out. At first I thought that they were just mutt chicks, but now I think that they may be sex link Isa Browns? I believe that there is one RIR with the brown feathering appearing on the...
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    Newly hatched chick keeps neck looking backwards?????

    Here is the problem. A chick that hatched on Friday 6 days ago just started doing this on Tuesday. It puts its head back over its neck and swirls its head back and forth from side to side. If I pick it up and look at it it will start to act fine. I put it down and it may even walk and look...
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    Silkie Eye Color

    Does anyone know how hard it is to improve eye color from light to dark in silkies? Is it hard to do and will it take a couple of generations? This is something that has come up and I don't know how serious it is? Thanks for any help!
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    **HELP **Quality Silkies Wet/Matted looking Crest--How to fix?

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    **Anyone make dividers for hatching different breeds in an incubator?

    Well the topic pretty much says it all. Here is the problem, I am hatching some similar breeds, or I want to keep one hens chicks separate, so that I can mark or band them when the hatch is complete. I am hatching in a square Hovabator and I would like to either make something to divide the...
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    Anyone built an automatic humidiy pail for Sportsman?

    Ok I am looking to see if anyone has built one of these for their cabinet incubator. I am having trouble getting my humidity up to over 30 percent. Yes I could buy one from one of the poultry places and I may , however I would like to see if maybe I can build one myself instead. I prefer...
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    Which would you buy Sportsman GQF or Pro 1200 or 1202?

    Ok Everyone I have the opportunity to buy either a Sportsman GQF 1200 or Sportsman Pro1202. I think that I have the numbers right. Everything else is equal, both have been gone over and everything is either new or works well. Both have the acrylic door. However the Pro is 40.00 more. Have...
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    Want to buy cabinet incubator

    Hi I have been looking for a good used cabinet incubator for over 6 months now. Any ideas besides Craigs list on how to find one. Hoping to find something that works well possibly from someone who is getting out of chickens or moving. Prefer Sportsman GQF or similar sized cabinet model...
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    Hip Hip Hooray !!! Broody hen accepts extra chicks!!!

    My broody hen hatched out 2 chicks a week ago. She is a good mom and seems to be doing everything right with them. Yesterday I hatched out another 7 chicks and wondered if I could convince her to accept these chicks. After researching here, I put them in a small box and took them out to her...
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    HELP!!!! Broody hen hatched out 4 chicks and is off the nest??????

    My broody hen just hatched out 4 chicks and still has 6 eggs left. When I checked earlier this morning she was still on the nest. A couple of minutes ago I went out there and she was off with her new chicks. However there are still 6 eggs left. Potential babies inside those eggs. I...
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    Mailing Hatching Eggs Do I need to be NPIP to do this??

    Hi I have been researching selling and mailing hatching eggs. Some people say that you have to be NPIP to do this and then some say that you don't. I went to the USPS site and did a search and nothing came up. So the question is do I need the NPIP certification to send hatching eggs...
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    7 Week old Splash Orpington Chick Problem Weak legs??

    Out of 8 BBS Orpington chicks everone was growing like crazy, and just as I was going to put them outside I noticed that one of the bigger ones was having trouble standing/walking. No other signs of Cocci or anything else. He/she appears healthy, eats a lot, drinks well. This is one of the...
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    Help !!! Sulmet and Eggs

    Ok I did a stupid thing I saw an off color poop and treated my almost layers with Sulmet. Probably should have figured out who to isolate and then treat just them. Live and Learn. Anyway I am anxiously waiting for my first few eggs and now do not know how long to wait after treating with...
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    How to get new chick put next to my new post???

    Hi I do'nt know what I am doing wrong, but whenever I post a new topic and then check it next to the others, everyone else but me and maybe a few others do not have the little chick next to their topic. Please tell me what I am doing wrong, or not turning on or have turned off? I am sure...
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    Before Incubating Eggs if there is no air pocket are they infertile?

    Hi Everyone Someone just told me that you can tell if eggs are fertile or not before putting them in the incubatoris to candle them, and if there is no air pocket that they are infertile. I did a search on this site and elsewhere and couldn't find this information, so I am going to all of...
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    How to Tell Light Sussex from Light Sussex Split Coronation Chickens

    Hi I just bought a flock of Light Sussex chickens. The Roosters are from Greenfire Farms and just gorgeous. The hens are from either Greenfire of Sandhill Preservation. One of the newly hatched chicks is a Coronation. So obviously somewhere in this mix is a couple of Split Coronations...
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