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    Selecting for autosexing ability based on chick color

    I had a group of Legbar chicks I got form a hatchery. I know some Legbar strains have lost their accurate autosexing characteristics and this strain seems to have. I had a few very distinct females, one very distinct male, and a lot of very male looking females. I sold off the females that...
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    Diagnose my heartbreaking incubation/hatching problem(s)

    I have had the most heartbreaking hatches lately. They are all with shipped eggs and unfortunately I don't have any non-shipped eggs to compare them too as we just recently moved to the country and my only adult chickens are older hens (though I did just get a couple trios of birds so I may be...
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    Can a chick's legs change color?

    A couple years ago I got a Nankin bantam in an assortment from Ideal. I really like her and thought she was decent quality for a hatchery, as she wasn't too light colored and had blue(ish) legs. Now that I am in the country I wanted to breed Nankins but wasn't able to find anyone near with some...
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    A Saga of Thermometers, Or: What Thermometer is Best?

    What thermometer are you all using? I am so frustrated with lack of good thermometers I can trust right now! First I was using an IncuTherm which I tested against a good digital candy/meat thermometer (which I had tested both in ice water and in boiling water). Then I thought my incubator went...
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    Recessive Silver gene in ducks?

    Has anyone ever heard of a recessive silver gene in ducks that works that same way as said genes in Wood ducks or Mandarins? I found someone who has ducks he calls "Silver Mallards" But they are not what most people mean when they say that, I don't think. I will include pictures below. I...
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    Campines, Deathlayers, Frisian Gulls, Queen Silvias, and Hamburgs, Oh My!

    Hello, I love the penciled look that can be found in all these breeds, but I'm curious to hear from those who keep these breeds on any major differences between them (besides the obvious, like comb type)... Are they pretty comparable to each other in egg laying? Specifically, I'm curious about...
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    Help me design a scientific method to "test" chicks for tameness

    I just moved to the country and finally can have a larger number of chickens. I know from past experience a couple breeds I'm interested in getting into seriously breeding and I am seeking out quality stock in those breeds. I also know quite a few breeds that I'm not big fans of and have no...
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    Breeding geese for egg laying

    Has anyone ever had this as a goal in their goose breeding? I know Chinese are generally considered the best, but on Metzers they also say their imported production line French Toulouse lay about the same. I'm curious if I were to cross the two and select for egg laying how successful it would...
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    Norwegian Jaerhon base color

    Hello, does anyone know what the base color is of Norwegian Jaerhons? To me it doesn't look like barring over wildtype/gold duckwing like most other autosexing breeds. Has anyone ever done a test mating to find out? I'm wondering if it could be barring over a penciled type background? (Birchen =...
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    Hamburgs or Campines?

    I'm not really into most the flightier Mediterranean breeds, but I have heard these two breeds are among the friendliest of them. When I was a kid we had a very friendly little Hamburg. She wasn't cuddly but was very personable and liked to be around you. I've never had Campines, but I love how...
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    Pomeranian Geese - Privett or Ideal?

    Which one would be better to order Pomeranian geese from? I'd love to see pictures from either place since they don't put pictures of their actual stock on their website! Thanks!
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    Recessive Slate Turkeys (from Porter's)

    Have you guys seen the new gene Porter's brought into the US? It is just beautiful! BUT... in order to buy any poults, you must sign a very rigid contract. I really, really want this variety, and genetics is my passion in all poultry, so I find it super exciting!... But the terms of the contract...
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    Hatchery Houdans

    Does anyone know which hatchery has the "best" Houdans? I know none of them show quality, just curious which is the least off the SOP... I really appreciate Cackle having videos of their breeding flocks, but in this case I wasn't impressed... I think Ideal, McMurray, and Privett(?) also have...
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    Help, what to do?

    I just got some birthday money and decided now that we moved to the country and I can actually keep roosters I would get a bigger incubator. I already had a Brinsea Mini Advance. I ended up getting a getting a used Hovabator 1602N with egg turner and then ordering some hatching eggs off Ebay...
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    Hardcore Autosexing genetics questions

    Hello, I used to be a member but lost my login and have returned since I just move to the country and can finally have roosters. I have had chickens most my life, but in the city my desire to hatch chicks was limited to ordering eggs and incubating, and to a smuggled Serama rooster in my...
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    Nice Dutch bantams?

    Are these decent quality Dutch bantams (link below)? I have some I love but they aren't very good quality and I want to get some to breed from. I won't be showing, but I do want them to be decent quality (well above hatchery stock). Thanks...
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