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    Broody OEGB hen. Its cold. Should i cut her off? Incubated eggs be done in 3 days

    How cold is too cold to let her try being a momma?
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    Gold and silver duckwing OEGB hens cross a Cream legbar rooster.

    Anyone have any pictures or have made this cross? Idk what to expect
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    My new LGD. :)

    It's going to be a job starting from scratch on the dogs again but it makes free range chickens much easier. It helps to get and keep another dog to be trained by the last dog but I slipped up and only had one that a pack of coyotes got ahold of. I'm thinking about getting this ones brother as...
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    Young flock stopped going to coop?

    I've 2 flocks. One is ancient and isn't the problem. The other Is comprised of 6 month old hens and a 6 month old rooster. 8 strong. I have 2 big coops. One car garage sized. The older flock has the nicer one but both are more than adequate. I have my young 3 week olds in a brooder on carport...
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    never before broody hen whom just started laying may be adopting chicks!!

    Had 11 baby chicks a few days ago. In incubator. I have this sexlink hen who is super friendly. Nicest hen I got. She's a middle of the pecking order hen. All of a sudden i got the idea to let her see the new chicks. She clicked and purred to them through the cage so i let her in. She wants to...
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    My first time sexing chicks

    Had my first what I would consider a successful hatch yesterday. Initially started with 15 eggs. 2 were not fertile, one blew in incubator and one pipped out the side through a vein. 11 are healthy. Roos I dont need. These chicks daddy is a black copper marans. Mommy is either RIR or a sussex. I...
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    Day 18. Just went into lockdown. No pips yet. Can my chicks recognize my voice

    I grew up around chickens. My mother always kept a flock. She always let her hens control the flock #'s. Naturally. Never incubated. She got her first flock from my grandparents. Mom sang bluegrass and had an Angel's voice. She had this call she made to the chickens. Same as grandma did but...
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    When will my new Roo man up

    I started a new flock of 9 pullets. About 5 months old but not laying yet. They have their own coop and run separate from my other flock. No rooster with my young ones. I have another flock(my main original flock) that has 2 black marans Roos. Both flocks are mixed with Easter Eggers, RIR...
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