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    Broody made a mess of the nest on day 18

    Sprinks has made it to the homestretch of hatching! She has done a great job keeping the nest clean, getting off to eat/drink, etc. but this morning she made a mess. Poop everywhere. It’s just normal broody poop, but it’s on all the eggs. It’s like she got up to poo and it just happened and then...
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    Incubating with a half empty tray

    I can’t find the answer to this so I assume that means it doesn’t matter, but incase it does… is there a certain way I should organize eggs in a turner if I’m not using the whole thing? My incubator holds 42 eggs and I will be setting about 20 eggs today. Every other time I’ve used it I have...
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    What am I?

    These are 10 week olds that hatched on March 13th. Purchased as blue/black/splash/wheaten Ameraucanas. About half of the eggs I got were beautiful blue while the other half were leaning towards green, so I have accepted that these aren’t the most pure. A couple turned out as complete question...
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    To broody or not to broody?

    This is our first experience with a possible broody hen. My tiniest little black EE has become OBSESSED with the nesting boxes. She tries to sit on every egg that’s laid (today I watched her pancake herself underneath another hen who was trying to lay..), I have removed her a few times over the...
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    Does partridge patterning work the same as barring to create sexlink?

    If I were to cross a lavender roo over partridge hens would the offspring be sexlinked at hatch? Would the lavender have any effect on it not working if so?
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    First Hatch!

    Got home from work last night to quite the surprise - our chicks had started hatching! We’re at about the halfway mark of the 72 that entered lockdown with 35 that have hatched in the last 18hrs. The ones that joined us last night are definitely quite dry and floofy. I would like to remove them...
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    Egg Colour Genetics

    The chickens aren’t even hatched yet, but I have a couple egg colour genetic questions. Our first group of chicks we got last year have been laying us some beautiful coloured eggs, but quite a few do lay brown eggs. I understand that this is a kick back of having barnyard mixes. If I breed...
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    Vent Gleet Treatment

    I was just looking for opinions on “post”-vent gleet treatment. Our BCM is over the hill when it comes to the worst of it I believe. Her poop is returning to normal and we’re left with a bit of discharge, but nothing that’s clumping up her feathers anymore. She has been in her isolation crate...
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    Bachelor Pad

    Looking for guesses on the breeds of our BYM cockerels in our bach pad. Trying to make the most informed decisions I can when it comes to spring time hatching in terms of egg colours I can produce. I’m really just hoping someone has some guys that look similar to ours and they can share the...
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    Could I be laying white eggs?

    This is Bloody Mary: She was purchased sight unseen as a ready to lay Partridge Wyandotte with our 4 Blue Andalusians and 2 Buff Orpingtons (kind of a buy 6, get one free deal, so she was just a random pick) at the beginning of August. To begin, I’m not fully convinced she is a Partridge...
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    They are like little excavators..

    Looking for recommendations for a coop floor - wondering if we can lay rubber mats down or maybe bury some chicken wire? We have 4 blue andalusians who we lovingly refer to as our circus girls and they are diggers. They’ve always done it outside though so it never really was a concern. I don’t...
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    3 months of small eggs

    I was under the impression that Wyandotte’s and Orps would lay the same size eggs, but that’s not the case here. The Wyandotte girls were the first to lay starting in the beginning of September, but my grey gals have far surpassed their egg size since they started laying. They also refuse to use...
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    Normal Comb “Behaviour”?

    I noticed today that one of our pullets’ comb is looking a tad pale. She is NOT acting different (still the coop bully, still loving all the food, laid an egg today, etc). It just appears to be a little lighter than her sisters. I was wondering if I should be worried or if it can be a normal...
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    I was late with dinner today..

    About 45 minutes late, but long enough for Sprinkles to feel she needed to jump me at the door to get her nighttime snack cause I wasn’t quick enough getting to where she was in the coop. It’s been sad in the hen house lately since I lost my favourite gal, but a couple of them are starting to...
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    Winter Recommendations

    Hey everyone! What are things you can’t live without during winter in the barnyard? Really looking for a good pair of gloves that I still can move my fingers around in/have enough grip to open waterers, etc.
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    Do I belong in the bachelor pad or the hen house?

    Every other chicken from this hatch that has had this colouring has been a cockerel, but don’t know if that means anything here. They’re about 16wks old.
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    Looking for advice on a little runt chicken

    So, we have this little runt. Her name is Little Birdie, I think she is precious and she has us wrapped around her tiny toes. Everyone from her hatch seems to be growing normal. There are a few size variations, but that would just be explained by the fact that they’re different mixed breeds...
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    Is this a (very) late blooming Rooster or?

    Hey everyone! Was handing out Sunday snacks and realized that one of our Lavender Orpingtons had some feathers that look more like our rooster.. A laying pullet on the left and her not laying “sister” on the right. Everyone is about 28 weeks old including Buckbeak, our rooster in the back...
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    A mixed batch of BYM

    Hey everyone! Hoping to get some input on a couple mixes we have right now. They are 8-10 weeks old and I’m finding the mixes harder to sex than the Orpingtons and Wyandottes we’ve had. I am questioning four of them. First, this little fluffy cheeked cutie definitely acts like a rooster, but...
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    Funky foot?

    We have this 10wk old bym cockerel who in the last few days has become very wobbly. We checked him for any bug activity, searched for an injury, etc. but all we have found is this very crooked toe. He seems to lose his balance on that side when walking and it sometimes causes him to “sit” to...
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