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    Help me understand the blue genetics here, and patterns.

    My ER Rooster apparently has some strong blue genes. 25 chicks out of 14 hens came out mostly blue. I think 1 BR boy was black, 2 BCM chicks were black, and 3 chicks are white, but the rest are grey (blue?) Even the BR mixes and the BCM mixes. Those hens are obviously black and dad is mostly...
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    Who wants to play a game? 20-five weeks.

    I know, i know.. wait. BUT.. I have no patience and i want to know if my favorites (the ones i may keep) are pullets or not, before i take them to the sell barn. They will be 5 weeks tomorrow. I have quite the variety and some neat coloring. Dad: EE Moms: EEs, OEs, FBCMs, BR, and Ameraucanas...
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    Cheap metal sheds as coops?

    I need to upgrade my coop. My ideal coop would be a wooden utility shed, but reality is stopping me. Thousands of dollars for chickens to sleep and poo in only? With a family of 6, that money is more important elsewhere. I can build, but don't want that headache. With lumber prices the way they...
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    How important is molting?

    My flock is 14 months old. Over the winter, they pretty much stopped laying, but they didn't "molt." Or can they still molt without losing feathers? Is it ok for them not to molt? Should they have molted? Do i need to force a molt? Educate me on molting please.. A little "over the winter"...
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    Do you prefer chickens or quail?

    Which do you prefer and why? I want to know all the opinions, all the comparisons, etc. What's easier, what's more rewarding? I started my first flock of rainbow laying assortment hens 14 months ago. I had big plans for selling the beautiful eye catching eggs. I love my chickens, dont get me...
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    Spring Cleaning the Coop for the first time. Advice welcome!

    After a hen fell ill, ive dedicated this beautiful Saturday to deep cleaning the coop! I completely removed all the old hay bedding and will be replacing it with pine shavings. Does anyone have any favorite disinfectant "recipes?" I was advised a diluted bleach solution, but i read online that...
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    Fenbendazole or Ivermectin? Dosage?

    I desperately ran to Rural King after a couple short confusing researches on google. I purchased Ivermectin paste, but the more i read, it looks like Safeguard may be a better choice? I'm fixing to pick it up too. Paste is cheapest option, so is the liquid necessary? Or honestly, which is best...
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    Off label chicken medications?

    I am unfamiliar with what can be used. Specifically for deworming, dacterial and mold illnesses, etc. Anything and everything really. I am dealing with a health emergency with my flock and did NOT need to be running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to educate myself last...
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    Is this gapeworm? HELP!!!

    My husband informed me my Morans hen was making a weird noise like she was gasping for air. Sure enough. The videos are uploading to YouTube at the moment, so i will post them in the comments in a bit. She sounds raspy and hoarse and like shes gasping for air. Her crop is empty all but a quarter...
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    Help! What's wrong with her?

    My husband informed me my Morans hen was making a weird noise like she was gasping for air. Sure enough. The videos are uploading to YouTube at the moment, so i will post them in the comments in a bit. She sounds raspy and hoarse and like shes gasping for air. Her crop is empty all but a quarter...
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    Anyone want a shot at gender guesses?

    The babies are only 3 weeks. They are EExEE, EExBCM, EExBR, and EExAmeracauna mixes. Some may say it's impossible to tell yet, while others may be up for taking a stab at it. I figured it could be for fun atleast, just incase some of you may have some tricks to telling up your sleeves. Anyone up...
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    Deworming?

    Is deworming something i should be doing on a scheduled basis, or as a preventive, rather than only doing so as a treatment of an infestation? My chickens are 14 months old, free range, and have never been wormed. They've never had worms, but do i need to be taking preventative measures to...
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    Do you have favorite coop plans?

    As soon as spring rain slows, we are building a new coop. I do have 15 chickens, possibly keeping 2 from our incubation hatch. Does anyone have any specific favorite and or easy coop plans? It doesnt have to be the typical square footage as required for chickens, as they are free run and only in...
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    What age to maybe determine sex?

    I have about 25 two week old chicks. EEs. Should i just list them as strictly straight run (aside from the known sex links)? I'm getting so many questions on sex or people just wanting pullets. I now it may be impossible to tell this early, but what is a good age to look for certain details. The...
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    Quality BCM?

    I seen the other day someone judging what BCMs were good quality or whatnot.. can someone point me in the right thread maybe? I'm not finding the thread now. Ill post a few photos here just incase. I had to use flash in poor night time lighting, so they aren't photography quality, lol. They came...
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    Wild Canadian Geese won't leave.

    Im not sure if this is the right forum to post because they're not preditors, but they could potentially be a pest, lol. And theyre not mt flock. Two wild Canadian Geese have made my pond home for a couole weeks now. I dont have ducks, so theyre fine out there. However, could they potentially...
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    Ameraucanas? Or all EE?

    I have alot of pictures to upload, so i will post each individual hen in the comments. I got a rainbow assortment from Cackle hatchery (in store) a little over a year ago. I got EEs and French Black Copper Morans. I also got two additional Ameraucanas to be sure there were pure blue eggs. Im not...
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    I'm stumped on a couple breed mixes.

    Im having quite the time determining which a few of my chicks belong to which breed hen. (Dad is an EE) They are two weeks old and getting their markings. I had color coded them with colored leg bands, but they've all lost them but one of the BR boys. The Morans mix babies are pretty evident and...
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    Oh no, Snow! Where's Spring!?

    Nooo! It's Spring here in Missouri, and they are calling for freezing temperatures and snow!! I'm so mad. We've had such beautiful spring weather too. Warm (even hot), grass growing, flowers bloomed, trees budded, etc. I am NOT a cold/winter person! Who else has a chance of snow? Better cover...
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    Double Yolker?

    I was wandering why Bonnie (my PBR) hadn't laid an egg today. I see why! She was working extra hard and long on this one, lol. It seems my Bonnie laid me a double yolker! Pictures don't do it justice, and I'm not sure it isn't a tripple yolker, lmao. I can't even close my egg carton!
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