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    Orpington Color & Gender Confusion!

    So I hatched out some Orpingtons July 4th weekend. I gave some away and sold some as chicks. Now I have these five left. Does anyone know what Gender they are? and what color they are??? I think I have one Blue, but when the sun shines on another. It looks Blue too? any guess is welcome. Thanks...
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    New Babies!!!

    So I got some Pigeons a month ago and they been pairing up. Two of them hatched out two little ones, this morning. Im just wondering if I should Double the feed or do anything different. i don't know anything about pigeons. so any advice would be great. And will anyone know the color of the...
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    Sexing Pigeons?

    I hatched out a bunch of new Orpington chicks this weekend. and i ran out of chick starter. So i went to the feed store to get more. When I hot there 6 poor pigeons were loocked up in a small cage in their own poo!!! so i decided to buy them. I got them home and i let them loose in my chicken...
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    First Time Incubator Hatch, Help!

    This is my first time using an incubator to hatch chicks. My neighbor was throwing out an old still air incubator and i asked if i could have it. So I ordered shipped eggs from Ebay and now i have 30+ eggs ready to hatch. I am on day 18 and Im going into lockdown tonight. The eggs should be...
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    Blue Genetics???

    So I just recieved a pair of Black Old English Game Bantams. I have two Self Blue hens that I already own. If i breed them to the Black Rooster? will the chicks come out all black or will they split between blue, black and splash? Since the two hens are self blue will they produce blue and...
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    Quail with Backward Legs??? Help!!!

    So I just hatched a couple of Jumbo Brown Coturnix Eggs. The seventh egg that hatched, Comes out really different from the others. Its not brown like the others; its white/yellow with a little bit of black. I thinks it looks cute. But then i realized it couldnt get up or walk around like the...
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    New Babies!!!

    Yay!!! My Broody Buff Orpington has been sitting on 13 eggs since January 10th. Last night 10 of the eggs hatched! I got the eggs off Ebay as I only have hens and No Roosters. The listing said it would be purebred eggs; of Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, White Rocks, New Hamshires and Rhode...
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    AHHH... They Are Hatching!!!

    My first attempt to hatch button quail eggs... today is the 16th day and 3 eggs has already pipped... I hope all 14 of them hatch.... Cant wait to see what they look like... i got them off Ebay!!! Wish me Luck!!!
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    I Just Lied to My Mother-N-Law!!!

    Okay, i just told my Mother-n-Law I knew how to roast a turkey!!! so now she wants me to do the turkey for thanksgiving!!! I was looking up Recipes, but figured this should be the best place to ask! then this morning she calls me and says she also wants roast duck on the table. Im screwed...
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    Where did you come from???

    Okay, got home from work today, decided to go check the nest box for eggs. and i see this little angel walking around with my Buff Orp [she thinks she the leader of the gang]. i dont know where she came from and i went around the neighborhood asking if anyone was missing a chicken. out of 16...
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    My Sons' New Pet???

    I have Three son's Christopher (7), Nathaniel (5) and Gabriel (3). We live on a 1 1/2 acre farm area, so we have plenty of room for raising animals! My partner and I raise Chickens & Ducks along with some cocker spaniels. Well it was about 2pm today when my youngest son Gabriel, comes up to me...
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    Is Cookie going through a PHASE?

    To start, it was about a year ago, when two wild mallards from the nearby park flew into my backyard. They decided to start up shop in a hollow tree, behind the barn. Mrs. Mallard laid eight eggs and sat on them day and night! While Mr. Mallard decided having only one Mrs. wasnt enough. I come...
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    Who has these Chickens???

    I ordered 12+ eggs from a breeder on Ebay... and he gave me 18 eggs!!! 16 of them hatched, so i was very happy about the fertility. They are suppose to be Asil Gamefowl Mix with black skin! They look amazing and are very active! I want to know how they will look as they get older has anyone...
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    What Breed Is This And What Gender???

    I got this little one with a bunch of turkens i got from a hatchery! It was the free chick! when it was a chick it was black with white patches around its neck, head and belly!!! I have no clue what breed or gender this little chick is! Anyone who has this breed help me!
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    Muscovy hen on 32 Eggs!

    My Muscovy hen Snow [Pure White], has laid non-stop this time and finally started to incubate her eggs today. But I counted them this morning and there were 32 eggs in her nest box. Has any muscovy owners, had their hens lay that many eggs and will they all hatch??? I have two other hens, in...
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    Bubble Wrap???

    So here's my problem... my Aunt Fey in Arkansa wants some of my Orpington Hatching Eggs which are here in Southern California. I will have to ship them to her, but people have told me that bubble wrapping the eggs will suffocate them. Is this true and will the eggs die before reaching her...
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    Will My Eggs Be Fertile???

    One of my Old English Bantam hen just layed an egg today!!! [I'm so happy!!!] But She's only 16 weeks and five days old today! And so is the male. My question is, Is it normal for her to start laying that early and will they eggs be fertile. I've seen my Rooster, trying to mate with the two hens...
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