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    Hatching Eggs Pricing

    Hello all! I wasn't sure where to post this. This probably more of a venting session than an actual question. I sell Silverudd's Blue, BCM, and Blue Copper Marans hatching eggs locally. I hope to get NPIP certified this year or next so I can begin shipping, but currently I only sell locally. I...
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    Marans Sometimes lays lighter egg?

    I have two splash and blue marans hens. They are sisters and lay nice large, dark eggs. However, sometimes (I'm pretty sure its the blue hen, but not 100% positive), she will alternate between laying a plain brown egg and then go back to dark eggs. Is this normal? I know its not any of my BCM...
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    Marans Questions

    Hello! I'm in the process of attempting to start my own breeding flock of blue copper marans. My rooster is a splash marans that came from Alchemist farms. I also let a hen hatch out a few chicks from a rooster and hen that my mother-in-law has that came from the same lines. These chicks...
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    Droopy Tail?

    Hello all! We just got home from a two week long vacation to find one of our hens has a droopy tail and is walking a little funny. It reminds me of someone that has nerve issues in their legs. She's eating, drinking, and is still spending time with the flock from what I can tell. She does tend...
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    Red Leakage vs Birchen?

    I'm trying to build a breeding group of silverudds blue. Red leakage is a no-no according to the American Silverudd's Blue Association's site. I'm having a hard time undersranding how you can tell if a birchen bird has red leakage. Can someone please explain the genetics and what to look for...
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    Breeder Sold Me Mixed Chicks?

    Hello all! I just hatched out 10 beautiful baby chicks. However, some were not what I expected, although they are precious nonetheless. A little background: I'm trying to put together a Silverudd's blue breeding flock so I've been working on sourcing chicks from different breeders. This is a...
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    Eggs Pipping in the Wrong Places?

    Hello! I was excited to hear cheeping from my incubator this morning. As I looked closer however, multiple eggs have either pipped on the small end of the egg or in the middle of the egg. This is my first time incubating eggs. They incubated on their sides with the big end up the entire term of...
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    Splash Color Question

    Hello, I'm in the process of building up a Silverudd's blue flock. I was hoping to get with a blue roo out of the chicks I purchased from two different breeders. Unfortunately, so far, only two are showing up to be roosters at 6 weeks (still young so maybe one of the blue chicks will join the...
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    Air Cells too Small?

    Hello, I'm incubating my first set of eggs. It has been so cool! Last night we candled on day 15 and could see on of the little one's feet against the shell. So cute! Now onto the question. I'm struggling to figure out the humidity thing. I started with filling up the fill tray underneath the...
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    6 Week Old Chicks for Sale, UT

    Hello! I have a few of my chicks already for sale here in Utah with meet-up in the SLC and Tooele Valleys. These chicks are about 5-6 weeks old and coop ready. They've all been spending the nights outside and have done great! I'm not giving a gender guarantee on these chicks. Please be aware...
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    Heckin' Peckin' Hens (and Rooster)

    I had begun tracking my hatching journey on the hatching and incubating (don't quote me on the exact name) forum and it was kindly suggested that I could share my flock here instead. So I believe I'll save my initial thread for questions and use this thread as a sort of flock journal, at least...
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    First Incubation! Yay!

    Hello! This is my first time incubating eggs! Chicken ownership isn't new to me, but egg hatching is so this will (hopefully) be a fun and educational experience 😁 I thought I'd keep a little "journal" here to track my journey and ask questions as needed. Today is day one. I have 16...
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    Question About Resting Eggs

    Hello! I've decided to start a breeding group of Silverudds blue with birds from different sources to improve diversity. I'm about to start my first incubation (yay!). I've been studying up and am set to pick up a dozen silverudds blue (first import lines) hatching eggs in a couple of days from...
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    Mystery Chicks

    I'm posting this for my brother-in-law. He purchased some chicks from Cal-Ranch labled as ISA Brown. However, the chicks have feathered out white and have begun getting crests. They are clearly not ISA Brown. They look like frost white legbars to me, but I know those are rare and it seems...
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    Rooster Trouble Question

    Hello! We currently have a 7 month old buff orpington that we were excited about using to produce buff orpington hatching eggs. However, he has developed an attitude this past week. He went after my legs with his beak last week and again today, he went after my legs with his feet with my back...
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    Decreasing Costs

    Hello! I wanted to ask all of the seasoned chicken keepers out there if they had any suggestions on lowering costs? I don't necessarily want to make money, but I would like to keep the amount of money I'm spending per dozen eggs that my chickens produce less than what I would spend for a dozen...
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