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    Cream Legbars

    I now have 4 Cream Legbar pullets, and I would like to know what their breed name means? My Henrietta and Harriet 8 weeks old. We also have Cordelia and Isadora, they are 10 weeks old and hang around with the d'Uccles.
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    Belgian d'Uccle strange tail feathers

    My chicks are 7 weeks tomorrow. Few days ago I noticed weird strange 3 long feathers on one of the boys' tail. First I thought it's just feather falling out, and it was very difficult to take photo; it's just blends into background. But today I managed to get a shot. Is he turning into...
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    momma hen eating her chicks?

    last year our Paloma was repeatedly going broody, and was very hard to get her stop. It was her 1st season of laying and I thought I will wait till this year to give her some fertile eggs to hatch. I got her 9 Belgian d'Uccle that I paid fortune for, and they are due to hatch now - day 21 is...
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    What color are my baby d'Uccles?

    They are 4 days old; I bought 12 eggs, half Millefleur and half Porcelain. So, I expected to have basically 2 different types, but what i got is whole spectrum?
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    What do rotten eggs look like candled?

    Day 15 - I am planning to candle all 12 of the eggs my hen is sitting on later on today. What would rotten egg look like at this stage?
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    Day 14 = candling day

    Finally! my candling tool arrived and I candled 6 of my eggs, but all I could see is black, no light coming through except the bubble on the end. After doing six eggs I decided to stop, and have a look for pics what they should look like. Also I checked my newly laid eggs and they glow; so...
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    What do I have to do when the babies hatch?

    I never wanted to do this, so I never paid much attention to the practicalities of having one of my hens hatch eggs. But as I could not get the pullets I wanted, and everybody was clucky, I bought dozen of eggs. It's spring here, and the day I drove to collect the eggs, was so hot I had to...
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    I put eggs under my broody

    I never thought I wanted to do this; all I wanted was 2 more D'Uccle bantams to make up my Bantam flock. But I bought dozen of eggs and put them under our Saffron. In this moment I only have 2 Bantams, and when one goes broody, the other is all alone at night. I also have 5 big girls, they...
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    Hi

    Hi, I live in Australia and I have 7 pet chicken: Flock of Big Girls - Saffron (Buff Orpington), Ruby (red Orpington - well, that is what the seller said), Ramona (Marans), Greta (Barnevelder) and Paloma (Dorset cross), and then I have 2 little girls Angelina (Pekin) and Mabel (frizzle...
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    day old chicks

    I have never before got day old chicks, but in this moment everybody is going broody. And in the same time I would like to get 2 Belgian D'Uccles, one porcelain and one millefleur, and all what people sell are day old chicks, and they seem to be going fast. Which to me means they will not have...
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