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    I have a double yoker trying to hathc!!! ???

    One of my EE's lays really large eggs and I have been hatching them with success in my hovabator. Well one of them pipped last night and hasn't progressed all day (getting close to 24 Hours), so I thought I would help it out a little (I know you're not supposed to). I peeled back just the part...
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    How to improve your chances of getting a cockerel from a feed store?

    I was thinking about this today, I bought 24 chicks from a feed store figuring that with the 90% sexing accuracy my odds of getting a rooster should yield about 3 roosters, so I would be bound to get one. Well I got 24 pullets, after considering how this happened I remember reading that even as...
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    What is Lockdown?

    Ok, I know this is a stupid question, but I keep hearing references to when lockdown should be done, but no explanations as to what it actually is. I have searched all over BYC and haven't been able to find it. The next question is, my broody is on her 21st day today of sitting on her eggs...
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    What Happens If I line breed 2 different breeds Together?

    Maybe this is a stupid question, but what happens if I continue breeding say a RIR and BR in a line breeding scheme? I'm sure the sex linking will disappear after a while right? I'm interested in taking positive traits, being large size and good egg production, and breeding them in. Basically...
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    Dark Cornish crossed with Freedom Rangers?

    Has anyone thought of doing this? I have been planning on mixing my Dark Cornish with my Barred Rocks for an improvised meat flock, but I just had the idea of mixing my Dark Cornish with the Freedom Rangers instead. Or perhaps mixing my Barred Rocks with Freedom Rangers to then mix with my Dark...
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    Weight Statistics for RIR,BR,Ameraucanas

    I have 24 chicks that I purchased from my local Feed Store. They get them from a hatchery out of Texas somewhere. I have 9 Rhode Islands, 9 Barred Rocks, and 6 Ameraucanas(Easter Eggers). I have noticed the lack of weights and statistics online so I figured I would share my results as they...
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