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    Letting the rooster “bleed out”

    I will be processing our first rooster today. I have been reading on here, watching you tube videos etc. I have decided to go with the pvc pipe cutters, since I feel most comfortable knowing the head is removed and the bird is dead. I keep reading about the importance of letting the bird bleed...
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    Mom is glw, dad is??

    These chicks cane from a Gold laced wyandotte mom and an unknown dad. Any clues as to what they are mixed with? The one with more black on its neck is a rooster, the other one is a hen.
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    Can a 15 week old rooster fertilize eggs?

    I have a 15 week old wyandotte cockerel who started crowing a month or so ago, and over the past few days Ive noticed him mating with one of our young (23 week old) hens. Could her eggs be fertile from this? The mating iis very “brief” but I think that is normal? (Im somewhat new to chickens)...
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    How long is an egg good for if left in coop

    If a hen lays an egg in a coop, how long is it good for? Sometimes we miss one and find it a few days to a week later. Wondering if they are still ok to eat. Also, we are going away for a week and are wondering if we can still eat the eggs we lay when we get back?
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    Wyandottes

    Any chance the blue lace wyandotte is a hen? It is 4.5 weeks old. The comb is getting a but pinkish, but not nearly as much as the other one shown, which Im sure is a roo.
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    Chick/brooding area in a coop

    I have an 8x8 chicken coop and want to incorporate a brooding area into my coop. I was thinking of having a brooding box under the roosts, with a solid slanted top as a “poop board”. The front would have mesh door. Has anyone done something like this? Or have another idea of putting a brooder...
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    Laced mixes- can offspring be laced?

    I have a chick from a splash wyandotte over a barred rock. Is there any chance she could have some lacing as an adult? I know it would be “incomplete“ lacing if it was, but wondered if any sort of pattern would be possible.
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    How long after you got your first egg, did you get your second?

    I have a barred rock mix (either with Jersey Giant or Austrlorp) and two days ago we fonally got our first egg ever! I’m curious when we can expect the second one From her? We have three sisters so I’m not sure who laid it, but I have my suspicions. They are 20 weeks old. Thanks! (The white...
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    How long does it take after adding light for hen to lay?

    We just got our first egg ever today (yay!!). I added a light on a timer two days ago (the hens were squatting and combs/wattles very red but no eggs, and I wanted to speed things up ). Today we got our first pullet egg. Im curious if the light can affect them that quickly? If I turn off the...
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    Slrw over slw

    I just drove a couple of hours to pick up some blue laced red Wyandotte’s hatching eggs. When I arrived I saw that half of his hen were actually silver laced wyandottes. Since I had driven so far and the eggs were a pretty good price I got them anyway. I am wondering if there will be a way to...
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    Show me what your striped “chipmunk” patterned chicks grew up to look like!

    I have a few and am super curious as to how they can end up feathering out like. Can people post pics of their adult birds that had the typical “wild type” or “partridge” chick pattering? Bonus if you have pics of it as a chick too!
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    What colour is this silkie considered?

    Is this partridge? Wheaton? Or? I have some of his offspring and if I knew what colour he is, it would help me figure out the offspring a bit lol.
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    My ikea detolf brooder

    I have 13 chicks and my plastic tote was too small for them. I decided to look around and see what I had in the shed. I bought this used ikea glass shelf a while back to make a hamster cage out of, but never used it. So glad to have found another use! Will this be big enough for 13 chicks until...
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    Mixed orpingtons

    I have some hatching eggs from a guy who has orpingtons. The hens are bbs and he has two blue roos, a buff, and a chocolate. What can I expect from the eggs?
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    Could this be splash?

    I thought this chick was dominant white, but it’s wings are growing in with some gray banding on them. Is this a splash chicken? all I know is that is has silkie it in, and it hatched from a blue egg, but not sure about other breeds involved.
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    What colouring could this chick have as an adult? Any idea on breed?

    It came out of a small cream coloured egg.
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    What breed is this chick, and what might it look like?

    It has five toes and feathered feet. Is this partridge colouring?
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    Show me your silkie mixes!

    I have four chicks who’s dad was a silkie rooster (I think partridge). I’m curious as to what they may look like, and just how silkie genes play out in general. To me silkies are all about the feather type, hard to see past it! I know the type is recessive though so these guys wont have silkie...
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    What do chicks with chipmunk patterns end up looking like?

    Ive just hatched these chicks with little stripes and am wondering what they may end up looking like as adults? I think the father is a silkie. Moms unknown but maybe red sex link or rir.
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    What could this grey chick with a yellow and brown head look like?

    The title says it all :)
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