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    Rooster not hens reject new hens

    I have an existing flock of 11 hens and 1 rooster. I tried introduce 3 new hens to the flock using a separate coop/run adjacent to the main coop/run. Well, it is the rooster that rejects the newcomers, not the existing hens. As a temporary solution, I sent the rooster in timeout in a separate...
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    Just hatched

    I know it is probably too early to tell the gender but here are new chicks just out of the incubator. Yellow is from my Olive Egger. The 2 chipmunks are probably from my Light Sussex. Blacks are unknown, 1 was out of a brown egg, probably Plymouth Barred mom, the others were from blue eggs. I...
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    Meanwhile in Canada: Chicken igloo

    Thought some of you might find it interesting to see how adaptable chickens really are. This winter was kind of a slow start here. Snow and cold came in later than usual. I had my chickens able to use the uncovered run until almost well until mid-december. However, once the snow started, it has...
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    Breed calculator for Blue Laced Red Wyandotte

    Does anyone know the data for a Blue Laced Red Wyandotte here: http://kippenjungle.nl/breeds/crossbreeds.html There is a generic Wyandotte but my rooster doesn't look like that. Thanks
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    Please help me sexing my newly hatched chicks

    Last month, I collected fertile eggs from 4 of my hens that my rooster is interested in (he is ignoring the others...). I got 11 adorable chicks. I am pretty sure about 9 out of the 11, the last 2, I don't know. I would like to have help from the experts here. The rooster is a Wyandotte (this...
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    New member

    Hi, I am a new member here from QC, Canada. I've had backyard chickens for about 20 years. For a long time, I've bought my hens from the feed store. About 2-3 years ago, I had enough of RSL being the only breed available there and I started looking around for new breeds. I started acquiring...
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