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    Brinsea Ovation 56 Advance Incubator

    For sale is a gently used Brinsea Ovation 56 Advance. I purchased a few months ago so has lots of time left on the factory warranty. I have used it a couple of times to hatch my Black Copper Marans, but we are moving to a new area with no chickens so off it goes to the next person. It is...
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    Brinsea 56 Advance Questions

    Hi all, just did my third hatch with my new Brinsea 56 Advance. Darn fine incubator, best I have owned and I am getting awesome hatch rates with my Black Copper Marans. Only issue is that feathers are getting up under the primary cover, and i don't have any way to get in there and get them...
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    Trade Black Copper Marans Eggs for Black Copper Marans Eggs

    Hello, I am looking to do an egg trade with a breeder of purebred Black Copper Marans in order to add some genetic diversity to my closed flock. I have sourced my line from Cottage Hill and Nelly over at The Fancy Chick who sourced from Wade Jean and Bev Davis. I breed to APA standards and for...
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    Black Copper Marans Eggs

    Calvert County Coppers is offering purebred French Standard Black Copper Marans hatching eggs for $2 each and $15 shipping per dozen. All of our Black Copper Marans are feather-legged and bred to the French standard – all sourced from the best breeders across the US. In fact, we routinely win...
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    Black Copper Marans Roosters

    I ordered a straight-run of Black Copper Marans (Wade Jeane and Bev Davis lines) from Nellie over at The Fancy Chick this spring and now have way too many roosters so I am looking to sell some locally for $15 each. They are very gentle birds, don't make a whole lot of noise, and free-range on...
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    Coop and Garden Pictures

    Hi all - here is my 10'x20' coop with run and garden. I move the chickens in to the main garden area when things aren't growing and let their run behind the coop rest. I also have some asparagus (about 500 crowns) behind the coop and let them in occasionally to keep the weeds down. This...
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    Barren Run Does Not Equal No Greens for Chickens

    Hi all, I just wanted to share some wisdom from my own flock. I've been rotating runs so my birds have some fresh greens and even after months of "nuking" a run that looks like it will never grow a living thing, within weeks of moving the birds out it looks like the Amazon jungle. So....even if...
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    My New Garden

    Hi all. I finally cleared about 1/4 an acre just to the west of my chicken house (you can see it in the upper right part of the image) and planted our garden. Along the north side (left side of screen) are my raspberries which get about 8 hours of sun and a little shade in the afternoon to...
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    Coop run design top or hot wire

    Folks, if I put hot wire at the base of my run and again half way up and on top, do I need to cover the run as well? Biggest threat here is raccoons and foxes and there are no trees to climb to jump into the run.
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    Supplementing Free Range Chickens

    Hi all. I have about 30 hens free range pasturing during the day on about 40 acres of clover, fescue and all the bugs they can eat (currently going through a huge grasshopper hatch so thick they make the sky brown). Is it OK if I give them a little Purina Layena at night just to supplement the...
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    My New Chicken Barn (10' x 20') for under $1000

    Thought ya'll might like to see my new chicken coop. It is done like a pole barn framed with pine and covered with 1"x10" poplar boards and metal roofing. I bought everything at the local retail store so paid a little more than I would have liked but still came in under $1000. It is about 15'...
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    Help Sexing a Buff Orpington

    Hello all. Could someone please help me sex one of my Buff Orpingtons? I am about 95% sure he is a rooster but I would like to be positive before I go out and get another roo. Thanks in advance.
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    Sex-Link Genetics

    Can anyone tell me if I decide to breed one of my sex-links with another sex-link will I get the same high egg laying capability in future generations? I'm not worried about sexing them or colors, just trying to keep the egg laying capacity of my flock high. Thanks in advance.
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