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  1. BluebirdHomestead

    I want to see your Button Quail set ups!

    I have some Buttons hatching out soon and need enclosure ideas for keeping pairs! Show me your set ups for inspiration! Pic of my quail eggs from Fat Hen Farms.
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    Brooding outdoors in the winter?

    Hello all, haven’t been on here in quite some time, but figured I’d get some good ideas here. Does anyone here brood outdoors year round in a cold climate? I’d love to hatch some chicks this fall to grow out over the winter like I did last year, except this season, I don’t have our heated...
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    Help with a Broody!

    I have a hen that has been sitting on dummy eggs for about 5 days. She’s pretty committed to it. I have to force her to leave the nest for food and water and she’s not happy about it. What are the odds of things going okay if I swap her dummy eggs for ones that are supposed to hatch on the 12th...
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    Bobcat proof

    I would love all the tips I can get about how I can make a coop bobcat proof. Thanks in advance.
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    Breeding Silver based black to Gold based black?

    I’d like to focus on breeding my black ameraucanas seperately from my blues. I have a question for those of you who breed blacks. What happens if you breed a black that is silver based with one that is gold based? Can you tell if you do so? I don’t plan on doing it intentionally, but I can’t be...
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    Tips for someone who wants to process extra roosters.

    Hi everyone, Since times are hard and chicken is a bit hard to come by, I’d like to start processing my extra roosters instead of giving them away. What are some tips you wish someone would have told you? The breeds will be Marans, Ameraucanas, crosses of those two breeds, and then a hybrid of...
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    Will I be able to tell EEs from Ameraucanas apart at hatch?

    I am realizing I may have made a mistake putting my 3 EE pullets in with my Blue Ameraucana rooster. I was banking on them laying green or something other than blue so that I could tell them apart from my pure bred ameraucana’s eggs. One is laying green but I have a hunch that one is laying...
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    OE Cockerel or Pullet?

    I’d bet money on this little guy being a Cockerel. Anyone else agree? His little pea comb is way too wide and bulging at 3 weeks old today to be a pullet. And his legs are big. BCMxAmeraucana. What do u think?
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    How to divide Incuview into 4 hatching quadrants?

    I know I’ve seen suggestions, but I’m having trouble finding them. I am having a hard time conceptualizing what to use to divide my incubator into 4 sections for hatch. Needs to be something I have on hand or can order. Would love suggestions.
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    Birchen Marans Roosters

    Hello all, I’m growing out 3 Birchen Marans cockerels and am trying to learn up on what I should be looking for, as I’ll only keep one. I realize it’s very early (they are only 3 weeks old), but figure I should start my research now. I’m much more familiar with Ameraucanas SOP, so Marans are new...
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    Guesses: what mix is this pullet?

    I bought this girl as a “probably Buff Orpington, but maybe a mix” as a day old. The breeder I got her from runs all her heritage breeds together when she doesn’t have them separated in breeding groups. This pullet is almost to the POL and for a while I assumed she was a Buff Orpington, but...
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    This egg is fertilized, right?

    Does anyone else see the bullseye that I’m seeing? I can always tell when I’m looking at other people’s pictures but it’s harder when it’s my own egg. Just want some confirmation.
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    Let’s talk leg bands!

    Curious what everyone has used that works well for them. I have the little colored rubber bands to use for day olds, but need bands that’ll work as they grow that I can change out.
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    How to tell a Wheaten from Blue Wheaten at hatch?

    Do wheatens and Blue wheatens have differences in their down colors at hatch? Curious if you can tell them apart right away? Thanks!
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    Has anyone found an Organic or Non-GMO All Flock?

    I’m having a hard time finding one locally. My feed store is trying to order the one from Ranchway, but they have been waiting two weeks and it still hasn’t shipped. Curious what others are doing that want to feed organic or at least non gmo but have a mix of roosters and hens.
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    Hatching shipped eggs upright

    I’d love to hear from people who have gone the route of hatching shipped eggs with questionable air cells upright in an egg carton. For some reason it makes me nervous, but I have some Marans eggs that don’t have perfect air cells and I’m scared to turn them on their sides for lockdown. What...
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    Is this pullet or Cockerel Wheaten coloring?

    Little Wheaten Ameraucana chick. 2 weeks old tomorrow.
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    1000 Lumen fashlight for canceling dark eggs help

    Hey there! I bought a 1000 lumen flashlight to candle my next batch of Marans eggs I have on the way because my 250 lumen candler didn’t cut it last hatch. Now that it’s here, I’m so confused how to use it. Does anyone else use one like this to candle eggs? I tried with a store bought egg and...
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    Feathered Leg Question

    In a feather legged breed such as Marans, is the amount of leg feathers they have at hatch a good indication of whether or not they will be well feathered or not as adults? I hatched out 3 Birchen Marans chicks recently. 1 has amazing leg feathering right away and the other 2 less so. Curious if...
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    Help me pick a second incubator!

    This is a bit of a two part question... I am trying to decide if I should get a second incuview to act as a hatcher so that I can do staggered hatches, or if I should use my current incuview as the hatcher and get an incubator that turns eggs in the upright position since I will be hatching a...
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