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    Lemon cuckoo orphingtons, Dark Brahmas, Black Langshans & ameraucanas

    Hello!! I am looking for the following breeds in large fowl eggs or peeps Lemon cuckoo orphingtons Dark Brahmas Black Langshans bbs or wheaten/blue wheaten ameraucanas I live in WV 26542 for shipping calculation. please if you or someone you know have any of these pm me with details. I have...
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    what is the best to feed a young jake that needs help with feather regrowth..

    HI!! My husband brought home a young Jake this evening that he got from someone who kept him in a very small enclosure along with 2 other Jake's... I am not sure what he is yet because most of his feathers are gone. he is such a pitiful sight... doesn't look like he has been cared for so he was...
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    looking for Narragansett poults or hatching eggs..

    I am looking for Narragansett poults or hatching eggs for my husband and sons. I really do not wish to order from a hatchery because I have heard you may get a mix or not true.. If there is anyone who breeds for fun and has some for sale please let me know. I dont want to spend an arm and a...
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    HELP ON HUMIDITY..LOCKDOWN TODAY!!!

    Hello!! I am officially going in lockdown early this afternoon..I candled the eggs lastnight and then moved them to the hatching tray a little early..so I could set my bbc ameraucanas.. put 2 regular spounges in the humidity pan. lastnight the humidity was 38 to 40% this morning there has been...
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    how can you tell a barred rock from a sexlink??

    Hello!! I have 49 eggs in the bator for my cousin that were put in the bator on 12/28. I candled and all are growing well with 2 questionable porous eggs. there are 3 1st generation olive eggers in there as well. My question is there was 1 barred rock roo and 2 RIR roos in with these hens...
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    tips and secrets of the GQF 1502 sportsman...

    I recently purchased a 1502 sportsman cabinet incubator. I used and still have an LG still air incubator I have hatched from for almost 5 years with good luck... Well I wanted to upgrade to the caddie. I started up the bator like I was suppose to and everything was fine for over 24 hours so I...
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    switching incubators at day 7? to do or not??

    I currently have my 28 eggs in an lg still air incubator. they were put in bator this past monday the 5th. I have hatched for a few years from this little bator with no problems, however.. I bought myself a Christmas present a little early.. a sportsman 1502 from someone I know. Should I dare...
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    hatch due day after Christmas!! anyone with me??

    today is day 4 for the eggs... 3 more days to candle and hopefully I will find out how many fertile growing eggs I have!! I cannot wait. so excited! I have 9 bbs ameraucana eggs from lavenderorpgirl and 17 EE tester eggs and 2 pure lavender ameraucana eggs from sonew123. If you are due to...
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    in need of a bcm or splash marans rooster!!!!

    Hello!! My boys and I are in need of a Black Copper Marans or a Splash Marans rooster that is either close to breeding age or mature. MUST be friendly as he will be sharing a home with 7 bcm hens and a few white rocks and a few crosses. but most important my 2 little boys and myself who will...
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    New Chickens...

    I got 8 hens from iggimom on sunday and they are doing great. no eggs on monday, which i didn't expect to get any. Today Josh went to the coop and gathered 6 nice brown eggs!!!!! I am soo happy to have made that trip to fairview!!!! Joshua is sooooo happy and so am I!! THANKS...
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    Wanted: hens

    I need help locating about a dozen good laying hens for my cousin that is competing in the ham, bacon and egg show here in Preston Co, WV. she just told us the other day that she has to have them by the 1st of August. Now there aren't any for sale at least that we know of and really need to...
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    bent toes in newborn chick

    Chicks started hatching today and 1 that is probably 5-6 hours old is not moving very well. I took it out of the incubator when we got home cause it hatched while we were gone and when i put it into the brooder is when I saw it not moving. I looked at its feet and the 1 foot is kinda drawn...
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    shelless egg....

    Okay i got a few hens and roosters from my cousin about 2 weeks ago and I have noticed about every other day give or take there has been an egg laid in the nest box without a shell. I have never seen this and am affraid I have a hen that is having problems. I do not want to develop an egg...
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    having trouble with humidity...

    ok... my cousin gave my son a bunch of barnyard mix chicken eggs to hatch out. well i have 2 buckets full and only have 1 lg incubator. i am going to donate some to a local school for the first grade to hatch out. i have somehow misplaced the 2 plastic windows on the top of the bator so i...
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    french marans....

    Ok I have a question. I am curious about the maran breed. I am curious about how you get the different colors. I read on the internet that the brown-red marans were the chickens that laid the darkest of all the marans. I thought that the BCMs laid the darkest. I would also like to know why...
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    What does NPIP mean????

    I am interested in knowing what this means. I see alot of people have this listed along with a number. I have experience with the backyard flock so im not sure what it means.
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    5 yr. old mare in WV for sale or trade....

    Jazz is a 5 year old TB X friesian Mare. She stands 17hh and is black with no white markings. she has been ridden and has been shoed. I do not have the time to give her and I feel that it would be a waste for her to stay with us as a trail horse. she belongs in the ring. She has the perfect...
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    Need help building back up flock....

    I recently recovered from Meningitis. While I was in the hospital predators took all of my sons flock but a few hens. I would love to build back up my sons flock. If anyone would be willing to help out I would be very greatful. Thank you, Athena & Joshua
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    Hens being pecked at????????

    I have 10 hens in with 2 roos. a few of my hens are featherless on their heads and a few others you can see the feather shafts on their wings. sometimes the roos fight over the girls but the other day I saw the 1 yr. old roo jump on the older one and then the older roo jumped on one of the...
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    Founder in mare..

    Bought a mare 3 years ago. She was drugged up and I was not aware of her problems until I searched on her papers the previous owner. She had been foundered at least 4-5 years ago and her front feet are awful. I had 1 farrier comming out and he did great but relocated. I am stuck. she...
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