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Bresse cross color genetics
Hello, I have a Bresse Gauloise Rooster (in Europe, in case it makes any difference from American Bresse) and several hens of the same breed (Bresse). I also have 1 hen only, of a local breed similar in color pattern to the plymouth rock (below are example pictures of both breeds). I...- CSKA
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- Forum: Exhibition, Genetics, & Breeding to the SOP
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bedding
What do you use for bedding for young chicks? I usually use drawer liner in the first days. I am wondering if its okay to use straw and from what age?- CSKA
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- Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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Help with feather sexing
Hello, I got 16 baby chicks, which are now 2 days old (after removal from incubator). They are Bresse. Tried sexing after hatching and today again. Problem is: 15 out of 16 have primary feathers way longer than the cover feathers. 1 out of 16 have equal sized feathers. I took a picture from...- CSKA
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- Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
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which breeds are good hot summer layers?
Hi, We get mild winters and hot summers in my area. I tend to have low summer egg production, but non-stop from October to May/June. What breeds could I add that you have experience to keep laying during summer heat waves?- CSKA
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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What colors from crossing Bresse x Maline
Hello, I'm trying to use one of those online calculators, but find them confusing. What colors do I get from crossing a Bresse Gauloise (pure white Rooster) with a Maline hen (same pattern as a plymouth rock). Edit for extra info: I have 2 Bresse roosters (in Europe) and both Maline and...- CSKA
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growing asparagus - would chicken leave it for me?
Hello, Anyone has experience with growing asparagus where chicken roam free? I mean to ask if they are more likely to leave it alone, or if they would pick it? I want it for myself not the chicken. For context, they (about 20 hens and 2 roosters) live in a 1 acre fenced land with plenty of...- CSKA
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- Forum: Feeding & Watering Your Flock
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sexing 4 weeks New Hampshire
Hello, my 2 friends in the pictures below are 4 weeks old. They are New Hampshires. I suspect: Left (in the corner) is male. Right (with more dark spots in the back/neck) is female. For those who breed New Hampshires, am I correct?- CSKA
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Please help sexing these 2
Please help sexing (they completed today 4 weeks), it's 2 different birds, marked in the picture with 1 or 2 -
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At what age do male quail start...
At how many weeks will male quail start doing "the job" with the ladies? -
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Quail bullying / male rejected by females.
Hello, I have recently re-organized and joined the bigger males with the bigger females for reproduction, and the smaller ones into other. They are like 4 months old. They were fine in the evening when I left, in the morning there were injuries. Especiallly, the females seem to have ganged up... -
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Falb Fee + Italian cross
Hello: Been checking the weights of my ladies and gents, at around 4 months old, and I was planning to join the heaviest, into their own separate cage My heaviest female is 425 grams /15 Ounces (Falb fee). My heaviest male is 301 grams / 10.6 Ounces (Italian). Question 1: If I cross Falb Fee... -
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Quail egg scissors, experience?
Hi, I need to boil all my quail eggs, because they are too brittle for any other application and I can't avoid pieces of broken shell when I try the trick of cutting with a knife. I see scissors online made specifically for opening quail eggs, do you have experience with these? Do they... -
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What's the minimum age to confidently sex qual (feather sexable)
Hello, I have incubating feather sexable types (pharaoh, italian, falb fee). From what age can I confidently sex them based on feathers? Thank you -
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Processin: Hot water? Or Dry?
Hello, Today, I put my first quail eggs in the incubator and I have also processed my first quail (1 bully male that had to go). I did it dry, then I remember, would it be better to first boil some water and dip it before pulling feathers (like chicken)? -
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Cross question
If I breed Italian x Pharaoh what do I get in terms of color? Will one be dominant over the other? Or will end up as something in between the 2? Or 50 / 50% of each? Will having male vs female of one or the other make a difference? -
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Box for first days of quail
Dear all, been hatching chicken and ducks but quail will be my first time. What I have for their first days of life would be a big plastic box 3 feet x 1 foot x (1 foot 5 inches high aprox). This box would be inside home, has no top, unless I improvise some chicken wire for it. Question 1)... -
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Please help identify the species/mutation of these quails
Dear all, I bought 8 young quails today. They were bought to a simple guy who has them in his backyard. He doesn't claim to be an expert and could not provide me a lot of info. The only thing he could advance is that these are most likely native european (note: we are in Europe) with possibly... -
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Age of quail and eggs to incubate
Hello, Got today my first quail egg, small as expected. With chicken and ducks I never incubate the first eggs because the hen is not fully developed. How long should I wait until the eggs are of good size for the incubator? 1 month? 2 months? How do you do it? -
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Please help me identify this breed of quail
Hello, Could you please help me identify this breed of quail? At 6/7 weeks, bigger female is at 307 grams (10.83 Ounces) and male is at 260 grams (9.17 ounches). This was sold to me as Texas (a long way because I'm in Europe). But what I find online for Texas is all white... This is just a...
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