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    Polish Color Genetics

    I was wondering, if I was to cross a gold laced polish rooster with a silver laced polish hen, what the color outcome would be. Any ideas?
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    Incubator recommendations?

    I'm on the market for a new table top incubator. I have the old little giant still air model and have hatched lots of chicks with it but it's finally going south. I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for brands or models of table top incubators that you have had good luck with or if...
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    Call of the Hen by Walter Hogan

    I am looking to buy this book online and saw a few books by the title that had different front covers and different amounts of pages. One had a brown cover and was 132 pages and the other was white and had several different color stripes on it and had 162 pages. Is there a difference?
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    Selling Eggs

    I am just curious and would like to ask those of you who sell eggs, do your customers seem to prefer a color of egg over others? And also do they prefer a mix or one uniform color?
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    Finally finished!!

    I am finally finished with the new coop. It took my about 3 months. Just finished painting this week and just finished up the run. It's 12x8 and the run is 16x16. I am hoping to let them free range as much as I can unless I start losing birds. Nothing real fancy but the best thing I have had...
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    Barred Rocks vs Australorps

    Built a new coop and run and am looking to breed a dual purpose breed for meat and egg production while also breeding toward sop. I have narrowed it down between barred rocks and australorps and was wanting to hear from anyone who has experience with the two, which one they prefer.
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    OEGB assortment from Ideal or Cackle

    I was thinking of buying a OEGB assortment when I order pullets this next spring. I was wondering if anyone had ordered the OEGB assortment from Ideal or Cackle.
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    Breeding a Dual Purpose Homestead Bird

    This is a very exciting time for me. I have just bought five acres and am putting the finishing up the final touches on my new 12x8 chicken coop. I have had chickens for the past three years or so. Mostly just 4-6 assorted brown egg laying hens. I just got married around a month ago. My wife is...
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    Egyptian Fayoumis heat hardy?

    I had the chance to hatch out some Egyptian Fayoumi chicks from a friend's stock. I had 24 chicks hatch and all are doing well. They are a 6 weeks old and i have moved them outside. The weather has been very nice. Not overly hot. Highs in the low 90's, and lows in the high 60's. I know EF are...
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    Mites on chicks?

    I just bought 6 bantam chicks at the feed store. I have only had them a day and noticed one of them acting strange. One of the chicks will begin chirping very loudly and will start scratching like crazy at the side of its head. Usually one side then the other. But sometimes it will drop to the...
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    What breed is this hen?

    Hello. I haven't been in here in a while. It is good to be back on again! I bought a few bantam chicks last spring in a bargain bin at the feed store. I am thinking this little hen is a variety of OEGB but I'm not sure. I was hoping the experts could help me out here.
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    Egg Color Genetics

    If you were to cross a white egg layer such as leghorn or polish with a brown egg layer like a RIR or BR what color would the eggs be? Brown or white?
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    How long does a rooster have to be with a hen for fertile eggs??

    I have two roosters with my flock. I am ready to hatch eggs this spring. I was wanting to use a certain rooster so i penned one up. I did this yesterday morning. How long do i have to wait before i can be sure the eggs i am getting are fertile by the rooster that is with the hens now??
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    Cleaning up after CRD

    I was wondering about how to really clean and prevent CRD from still contaminating the coop. I had some chickens in a coop and run that had CRD and i lost a few birds. I had some that lived, but i was aware that once a bird was infected it would stay infected and remain a carrier forever...
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    Starting a new Banty Flock

    Well my significant other's birthday is coming up and i have a great idea. She has came to love chickens as much as i have but especially loves the colorful bright banties lol. I dont have any as of now but i do have some extra space for a new run and coop and was thinking of suprising her with...
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    Cant get rid of CRD!!!

    It started off slowly with one single bird and now its way out of control!!! I have separated all birds that showed symptoms and I treated both sick and healthy birds with duramycin with no results, then tylan with no results. I have cleaned and done everything I can think of but I cant stop it...
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    Some kind of Respiratory illness but which one???

    I have a hen two hens that are breathing heavily and you can hear them almost gurgling when breathing. There is no discharge of nose or eye and no swelling. They act normal and eat normal, but i know something is not right. I understand the breathing heavy and panting because of the consecutive...
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    Egg color when crossbreeding?

    I was sitting here wondering about how genetics affect egg color. Like when you breed a white or blue egg layer to a brown egg layer what the offsprings eggs would look like? Or if you breed two brown egg layers but of different shades. Like if you bred a maran or welsummer to a production red...
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    Best Product For Mites And Lice????

    Hello. I am still fairly new to chickens and have recently noticed that I have a mite problem. I have heard of so many products used with mixed reviews. I sell and eat all the eggs my chickens lay so I need something that is safe, but these mites have to go now, so I also need something that is...
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    Genetics and Production

    Today I found some old notes I made up for my Production Red flock I used to have so I thought I would post them. Hopefully someone can find these useful. Feel free to add things and/or change any mistakes I may have made. What to look for when breeding. Overall: This very first one is very...
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