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    A genetics question - Araucana Roo over Wheaten Marans Hens

    While I am waiting for a French Wheaten Marans Roo to mature, I have left a Lavender Araucana Rooster in with my French Wheaten Marans hens. As some of my other hens have gone broody I have given them some of the Marans eggs to hatch. The first lot of chicks all look the same except one. 5...
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    Incubating - humidity and weight of eggs?

    Hi all, I've never really been happy with the humidity and the way the chicks hatch in my incubator, so thought i would get scientific and weigh some eggs throughout my next hatch to monitor their weight loss and adjust my humidity accordingly. So I am just wondering if anyone can tell me how...
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    Marans Eggs - Which way is up???

    My Marans hens have been laying for a few months now and the roo is doing his job as a broody hen hatched out some of their eggs. Now I'm tired of waiting for more of my hens to go broody so want to incubate my Marans eggs. Problem is they are so round I seriously cant tell the pointy end from...
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    The difference between a balck Orpington and a black Australorp?

    Well clever me hatched black orpingtons and australorps together and while i tried to keep track of what hatched out of which egg, they did all kind of look the same. I'm now left with one black roo that I am 90% sure is an Orpington, I was hoping someone could tell me any distinguishing...
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    Big time breeders . . .

    Hi all, A few questions for the breeders than produce large ammount of chicks. What do you do with all your unwanted cockerels? If you cull them - at what age do you do this? Do you do it as soon as you know they are males, or do you grow them to a certain age and then cull for your own use...
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    Ideal peroid of light for chicks?

    Hi all, I'm planning on putting some lights in my brooder, its a little dark in there for my liking as they get very little natural light from outside. So I thought while I was at it I would like to put them on a timer, so just want to know how much light the chicks should get per day? Thanks :)
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    New Turkey Owner - Questions :)

    Hello everyone, I have just aquired 2 turkeys and have a few questions regarding how to properly care for them. I have lots of chickens but I'm hoping to always keep them separate. First question - do turkeys like to roost when they sleep or do they prefer to sleep in a nest at ground level...
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    What are we??? Dark Barred Plymouth Rock boys or girls?

    I recently hatched a dozen Dark Barred Plymouth Rock chicks, they are now 9 weeks old. I saw the stock they came from, all appeared to be correct with dark colouring and good barring. The resulting chicks were a really mixed bunch though. There was a creamy white chick, 3 black chicks with...
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    Home made grain type mixes

    I have just finished feeding out a batch of a home mixed recipe a friend had given to me. I made a few amendments (used what I had on hand rather than buying exact ingredients) and wondered what you all thought of it? The ingredients were: 200g Flakey Bran 200g Pollard (Millrun) 100g...
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    Gene gurus - What might I end up with if I . . .

    I want to breed black sexlink chicks using a French Wheatan Marans Rooster with Dark Barred Plymouth Rock hens. My alternative is using a Buff Orpington Rooster over the DB Plymouth Rock hens. Going on those gene combinations can anyone fathom a guess as to what the offspring might look like...
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    Soybean Meal?

    Not sure what else it might be called, but in Australia we can buy Soybean Meal - which is extruded full fat soybean granules which is a safe stock feed full of protein and oils. It is commonly fed to horses and is often an ingredient in many processed/pelleted feeds. Manufacturers state it is...
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    Weight of 8 week old Orpington?

    I would just like to see if my 8 week old Orpington chicks are on track growth and weight wise so I was wondering if anyone could please tell me what an 8 week old Orpington is expected to weigh? Thanks
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    what might happen? broken eggs in nest.

    My Broody hen was sitting on 12 eggs and 3 of them broke and made a very smelly mess, all over the other eggs. Will the other eggs be okay?
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    Orpingtons - when can you tell what sex they are?

    Hi I have 9 Buff Orpington chicks who are 4 and a half weeks old and I'm just wondering when they will start to show differences between the boys and girls? Thanks
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    Something wrong with my 6 week old Hamburgs, not sure what???

    2 weeks ago I had one of my SSH chicks become quite ill and subsequently die, I took it to the vet with symptoms such as the inability to grip with its toes and apparent paralysis in its legs, severe weight loss and runny poop with a rather bad smell to it. The vet gave it antibiotics but I...
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    Poor little lonely one :(

    Well I wasn't expecting any of the eggs in my home made bator to hatch after a fairly lengthy power outage, but the only thing worse than having none hatch - was to have only one hatch. And thats what happened. The poor little tyke is now 2 days old and all on its lonesome in the brooder. It...
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    A frame or square tractor?

    I would love to keep a breeding trio of chickens (haven't decided on breed yet) but cant keep a rooster with my other hens or close to my house as the neighbour complains. So I am planning on building a tractor to keep the 3 in and place it down in one of my spare paddocks. I know I will have...
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    Would an intermittent fan in an incubator work?

    Just wondering if it would matter if the fan went on and off in my incubator during a hatch? I have a hoverbator and a separate digital thermostat that I was planning on hooking up to it, and short of rewiring the fan, wondered if it would matter if the fan went on and off as the power to the...
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    Please tell me its impossible!

    My humidity has been between 65% and 70% since the first egg pipped and I have not opened the lid at all, not even once, so please tell me that it is impossible for the little guys to get shrink wrapped I am just being a nervous nelly as I have 4 pips and 2 zipped and to start with they were...
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    Moving broody before or after chicks hatch?

    What do people prefer to do? Move a broody while she is still sitting on her eggs? Or move her after the eggs have hatched and move her and the chicks together?
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