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    Muscovys, black to white breeding? chick order timing?

    Last week I got four muscovys from a neighbor who had a friend that was overrun after theirs hatched back to back to back all season up to now basically. I'm not enthusiastic about the way they keep their birds and managed to get there right when they got em home and picked out a few for myself...
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    *pic warning* Chick beak split malformed, genetic vs incubation?

    I had one chick lag in my last hatch. There was this one that had pipped but was not making progress for hours. I finally helped it and gave it more hours. No progress. I started assisting the hatch and it seemed to have problems. At first I thought possibly it had pipped and hit a vein that...
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    HomesteadNowhere Hatch-a-long! Set April 7, hatch April 28!

    I've been collecting eggs and will be setting soon! It was fun last time so I decided to do a hatching thread again. If you're setting near the same time feel free to join in! I'm prioritizing my experimental breeding meat birds. So I've been collecting from them and if needed I can pull some...
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    Hatch-a-long, set March 1, hatch March 21/22

    My first real hatching! Setting eggs from my mixed flock. New Hampshire roo and Bielefelder roo in with them all. Hens: 10 freedom ranger hens (my experiments), 8 buff brahma, 1 new Hampshire, 1 white Wyandotte, and 1 buff orpington. Any barred chicks will have been sired by the Bielefelder...
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    Individual cages for selective breeding

    I'm really looking at adding a few coturnix. I'd like to have some regular group cages but I'd also like to have individual hen cages to single breed some hens for selective breeding and making sure I know who the parents are of eggs. Group mating is the rule for coturnix but I was wondering if...
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    DIY chick heat plate?

    Just found this and was wondering if it could be used to make a chick heat plate? It is available in different sizes and with a dimmer to adjust the temperature. https://incubatorwarehouse.com/heat-sprout-seed-germination-mat.html
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    Egg color genetics, punnet square question

    I can't tell if I've been staring at this too long or not quite enough :lau When using the punnet square is the sides meaning to genders? So in breeding egg color, two birds that are believed to be single blue egg gene. O/o. Oo x Oo= OO, Oo Oo, oo Does that mean the left side is male...
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    Easter egger reviews from freedom ranger hatchery?

    Anyone have or have had Easter eggers from freedom ranger hatchery? It seems like EE are highly variable. I'd be very interested to know what colors/patterns they birds are. On the web page it has two painted pairs shown with green-ish eggs, a light color with some reddish brown and a darker...
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    Broodiness and laying habits

    Buff brahma, buff orp, NH, Partridge rock, white (rock,orp,?). They were hatched very late March 2021. I'm wondering how likely I will get some broodies next year? They are from mcmurray. I've looked at the breed traits and several are known for broodies but that doesn't mean my hatchery stock...
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    How close to pack eggs safely when hand turn incubating?

    I got a "farm innovators 2250" styrofoam incubator. I know they aren't known to be the best but it was reasonable enough price for me to start. I've hatched coturnix in an old cooking skillet hot plate that I DIYed up so I think I can tinker a bit and work it out. I did not buy the turner...
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    Selection of autosexing chicks- crele, barred duckwing?

    Getting to the point that I know enough to be dangerous :p I'm looking at creating a line of crele/barred duckwing chickens and having the chicks be autosexing would be really great. From what little I understand of it so far you can select for strong distinction in the chicks for the...
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    Start of lay question

    Eight days ago I got my first egg from my chickens. None since. They are now 22wks old. There are 30 pullets. White (Wyandotte?), buff orpington, Partridge rock, new Hampshire, buff brahma, and freedom ranger for breeding experiment. There are 2 cockerels that will be staying and unfortunately...
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    Salatin broiler shelter as breeders pen

    I'm going to build a salatin style broiler shelter. 5x6ft, so a fourth of the size. The ground is too uneven here to go bigger. And materials cost for what I can do right now. I got the polyface designs book and they say 75 broilers for one shelter (10x12ft). I was hoping to utilize this to...
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    Mystery cockerel, brown layer assortment

    I'm wondering what breed this may be. He is of the best looking cockerels. From the "all heavies" assortment from mcmurray. I also have freedom rangers but I'm as sure as I can be that those had leg bands put on before the chicks intermixed. It doesn't look like any breed pics I've seen for...
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    Genetics Qs- sex link, egg color

    I'm doing a breeding experiment and wanting to make sure I'm understanding things correctly. Sex link chicks only happen with certain crosses? So it only works for the first crossbreed offspring? Is there true breeding sex links? Is that color/pattern specific or genetic specific? I have brown...
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    Training to come in at night

    How do you train chickens to go back in the coop or tractor at night? I'm planning to build a chickshaw and other than rounding them up by hand I'm a little worried about how well they'll learn to get locked up in the evening. I was thinking about a little feed in the evening to entice them in...
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    Feed amount, planning feed runs

    I'm seeing lots of posts on feed use for meat birds, because of feed to gain ratio. I'm trying to decide how much feed I need to buy. I haven't had chickens in ages and never this many before. I'm getting 25 freedom rangers, 25 brown egg layers, 25 all heavy roos. The FR will eat heavily like...
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    how to plan hatching in cabinet incubators?

    I like to go DIY and save money but I'm seriously considering saving up for a GQF sportsman incubator. I have some breeding experiments planned and I have people locally I can get hatching eggs from as well. I'm wondering how you plan hatchings in a cabinet though? The sportsman can hold 270...
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    Dwarf genes from freedom rangers

    I've seen it mentioned a few times. I'm not understanding the references. Do they have dwarf genes and if I'm interested in using some for a meat breeding program is there a way to avoid it? Other than culling any cross offspring that show up dwarfs? This would be FR over other breeds hens. It...
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    Brooding large amounts chicks and temperature change

    I'm about to put in my order for chicks. Aiming for 3/8 shipping date. All heavy asst roos. Brown layers asst hens. Freedom rangers, straight run. Total 75 chicks. This is the start of my flock and breeding program which will result with plenty of meat birds too. I'm planning to look at zip...
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