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    Pricing Top Exhibition Quality Chickens

    Hello everyone! I’m hoping some experienced exhibitioners can shed some light onto the prices they’ve seen or engaged with for high quality top tier chickens. I know that other birds can go for $5000+ for a high quality adult of a rare breed, but I’m wondering what the same top tier chickens...
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    Red Silkie Genetics? Buff vs Red Genetics?

    Hello! 😄 I’m planning on working on a line of red silkies. It seems like there is a lot of confusion out there on the red/buff genetics, so I’m HOPING (🙏🏼🙏🏼) someone can shed some more light on how it actually works. My limited understanding is that buff genes have red diluters and red genes...
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    Fully Developed Chicks Dead In Shell?

    Hello there! I’ve been incubating eggs for years with broody hens and got a new mechanical incubator last year. It worked perfectly fine for the past 10 hatches I did but this hatch I did a mix of Silkie eggs and other large fowl breeds. The LF breeds pipped, zipped, and hatched before the...
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    Does a hen know which eggs are hers? (Which eggs she laid herself)

    Can a hen tell which eggs SHE herself laid, or do hens only recognize an egg as an egg? If there’s a communal nest box for example, does a hen know which eggs she laid in a pile of other eggs?
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    How To Remove Damaged Primary Feathers?

    Hello y’all! I have an absolutely gorgeous hen that I’m planning on showing in the next few months at a few exhibitions. The issue is that my dad mistakingly clipped her wings because he mixed her up with a different girl. 😩😩😩😩 So she has 8 primary wing feathers (4 on each side) that are cut in...
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    Do hens lay more eggs with a rooster around or without one?

    Obviously a rooster has nothing to do with a hen’s ability to lay eggs, but I’m just really curious if having a roo around “encouranges” more egg laying, discourages it, or is it unaffected by it?
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    How to tell the difference between California white leghorns and white leghorns?

    Just as the question says! :) How can you tell the difference between these two breeds since they look basically identical?
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    Hens Not Laying For Almost 2 Weeks?? Why??

    Hello! Just thought I’d post here in case anyone has any thoughts or suggestions on what to do. :) So I have 4 laying hens (all are about 8 months old and have laid eggs before). In with them I have 3 roos that they grew up with and are friendly with (the roos mate all the hens and I’ve had zero...
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    JUDGES WANTED For Large Online BYC Poultry Show! ROSETTE PRIZES AWARDED! 🥇🥈🥉

    A small group of enthusiastic poultry exhibitionists are working to have a big online show on BYC in the upcoming months! 🐓 🥳 We are looking for 2-4 EXPERIENCED volunteers per category to help officiate judging. The show will be for CHICKENS ONLY!!! No poultry of any other kind. There will be...
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    Point of lay pullets not laying in winter, any suggestions? 🙏🏼😊

    Hello! I have a few 23 week old (almost 24 week old) blue andalusian pullets that were “supposed” to start laying last week or the week before. I’ve been feeding them later pellets and scratch as well as the occasional kitchen scraps (all good for chickens ofc), adding supplemental lighting to...
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    HELP! Can’t get poop off of walls 😩 Any ideas please?? 🙏🏼

    Hello! I’ve just “cleaned” my coop and no matter how hard I scrub with soap and water these poop stains will not come off :( I’ve since put a poop board down, but that doesn’t change the already made stains. :( I don’t know what to do! Anyone have any cleaning tips? Thank you!!
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    “Split” Colour Feather Genetics - Anyone Know What This Is About?

    Hello! So I was holding one of my pullets this morning and saw something I’ve never seen before - a split coloured feather! Anyone know what could cause this genetically? If I pluck it will it grow back split? So interesting!
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    How to Import Chickens to USA from Europe?? 😄🐣

    Hello everyone! I doubt this post will get many replies but I just thought I’d see if anyone happens to have any advice or experience in this area. I really really want to buy some high quality chickens from Sweden to incorporate into my breeding program (I’m in California, USA), but I have no...
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    Double Coop Breeding Pen Designs?

    Hello! I have barred rocks and leghorns and I’m trying to think of a good design for a “space-saving” double coop (aka 2 hutches that are connected) so that each side/hutch/coop can house one breed of chicken. Every design I come across is either too small or has a shared run (which wouldn’t be...
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    Do Chickens Prefer to Lay In Indoor or Outdoor Nest Boxes?

    I’ve seen a variety of nest box styles while perusing chicken coop ideas for my future coop build. I’ve seen several where the nest boxes are inside the coop (either externally or internally), and some where the nest boxes are outside the coop (appears to be for more free ranging plans)...
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    HELP!! Baby chick hatched MISSING TOES??!?!

    I had a very successful hatch so far but one of my chicks (the last one to pip) was having trouble and making no progress so I stepped in to help (gently, carefully with all precautions taken of course). When he was almost out of the shell, I noticed one of the feet had all of the toes shorter...
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    Help! Gender/Sex of 2 Silkies? 🙏🏼😄😭❤️🐣🤷🏼‍♀️

    Hi! I’ve heard that silkies are notoriously hard to judge the gender of until they’re older but I was wondering if anyone on here was a Silkie expert or had any ideas from experience on what gender my silkies might be! 😄😄🥰🥰❤️❤️🐣 Photos down below!! They are siblings and the white one is...
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    Advice for breeding BBS (Blue Black Splash) genetics! 🐣

    Calling all BBS breeders and geneticists! After much searching, I have yet to find a single post where there is concise, useful information on bbs breeding - so I’m hopefully starting one here! ☺️ I’m new to the BBS breeding world but am not new to the biology/genetics world, so it would be...
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    Mystery Chick Breed Help Please!!

    Hello! I have a “free additional chick” from a hatchery and I still have no idea what breed it might be. He/she is about 3 weeks old or so now. Does anyone have any ideas on what breed he/she might be?? (Ignore the white leghorn in the brooder box with him/her haha) 🥰☺️☺🙏🏼🙏🏼
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    What is the ultimate BEST hatcher?

    After a long search, I’ve found my top favorite incubators for days 1-18, but what about the best hatcher for days 19-21? A lot of people keep their eggs in the same incubator during lockdown and hatch days, but having a separate place for lockdown and hatch is very helpful if you have multiple...
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