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    WHeaten Marans Roo x RIR hen

    I was setting my incubators for hatching some Birchen and Wheaten Marans, and I had my WHeaten Roo in with my layer flock. So my kids grabbed 6 eggs and said they wanted to hatch them also. Well yesterday was day 21. SO I had 3 RIR (I hope they were anyway) I have so far 2 golden chicks...
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    How long after switching from medicated feed to send to freezer camp?

    I have several young cockerels that are 12-15 weeks old and I am going to send them to freezer camp. (yes I have tried to give them away) How long after stopping the medicated grower food and placing them on flock grower should I wait before processing them?
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    Roos

    I have an very nice WHeaten Marans who is about 6 months old, he was raised with my hens and another just a bit older roo. Well my other Roo got very aggressive about 5 weeks ago, so we sent him to freezer camp. This WHeaten had never even crowed until a week after I culled the other. THen I...
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    4 roosters

    Ok, My plans are to breed WHeaten Marans, FBCM's and Birchens. I have a Wheaten Marans cockerel, 25 week old that looks good, he is currently in the coop/run with my layer flock. I have hatched out 2 FBCM Cockerels, they are currently 15 weeks old, and I also have a Cuckoo Marans cockerel of...
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    How to tell if eggs are fertile?

    I culled my oldest rooster, he was starting to be very aggressive towards my kids and we tried everything to break him of it. I had another cockerel in the coop/run with him and the girls. He is now 6-7 months old, and in the 4 weeks since the other roo went to freezer camp, he has just began...
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    WTB quality Wheaten Marans Pullets/chicks or hatching eggs (local)

    I would like to get about 5 pullets/chicks to add to my breeding flock. I would prefer semi-local (washington state) or hatching eggs from quality Wheatens. I have not had much luck on shipped eggs, so I'd prefer them local. WIlling to drive a few hours to get them. Thanks!
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    1st chick hatched today added pics

    I have 12 Blue/black/splash Aneraucana eggs that went into lockdown yesterday, tonight I heard peeping. Just a few minutes ago had the first chick hatch! Hope that is a good sign of a decent hatch on shipped eggs for once! I kept the humidity at 25-30% until lockdown and then at 65% so...
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    Normal laying age for Buff Orps?

    I have 3 Buff Orps, they are 22 weeks old. The BR's of the same age started laying last week. My other hens all started between 18-22 weeks. Only one of the Orp's looks like she is ready, comb getting red and bigger.... yet she hasn't even been interested in the nest boxes or hasn't...
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    Egg eating hen

    Went out to let the hens out this morning, around 7:30, barely light enough to see in the coop. Hens already off their roost and ready to go... when they ran out I hear something in one of the nest boxes... there is one of my RIR's in there eating an egg.... the shell was peeled off but the...
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    Oct 6th set 12 Blue / Black / Splash Ameraucana Hatching Eggs

    They went into the incubator yesterday! Hope this hatch I have better luck with shipped eggs. Not having good luck with shipped eggs so far... last hatch of 12 Marans egss I only had 2 make it... 8 looked like they never tried (not fertile?) and 2 quit after 14 days. I am going to try the dry...
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    Can a 24 week old RIR go broody?

    t checking on my pullets this morning, and gathering the eggs. I had 1 RIR who just stayed in the nest box all morning. She was not very happy when I finally moved her and took the egg she was sitting on...... Isn't she too young to be broody? If she is how do I break her of it?
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    Pullets stopped laying

    I posted a week ago about this, a friend was watching my chickens for me while I was gone, came back and they had ran out of food for 1 day, guess he thought he would feed them every 2 or 3 days. They all were fine looking and didn't go too crazy when I gave them food. I know they were not out...
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    hens stopped laying

    Started getting 2-4 eggs a day from my 20 week old pullets... for over a week they were laying pretty regularly. I was gone for 10 days, had someone who said he would feed and water them for me everyday. Came home and they had water but looked like they hadn't been fed in a day or so. Now...
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    How old before you send a rooster to freezer camp?

    I have a cuckoo Marans cockerel that is 18-19 weeks old. He was supposed to be a she... LOL I have a Cuckoo Marans hen also, but no plans to breed either as they are hatchery birds. In my laying pen with him currently I have 2 BSL's, 3 white leghorns, 2 (supposedly) Langshans, 2 SS, 3 BR, 3...
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    End of egg cracked

    My BSL started laying 3 days ago, each day she lays a nice brown egg, even though it is still small, but each day she has cracked the end of the egg. Looks almost like it fell on its end and is pushed in, now its not broken all the way to leaking though. Nice hard shell so that is not the...
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    Rooster breeding young hens?

    Of my 19 hens, only one has just started laying. 14 were hatched around April 20th or so (I bought them on the 24th). My rooster from the same batch I bought (Cuckoo Marans) today started "breeding" a couple of the non-laying hens. Is this normal for a rooster to try to breed non-laying hens...
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    1st EGG!

    WEll I bought 14 chicks on April 24th, they were a few days old then. Mixed batch of chicks, 2 Cuckoo Marans, 2 BSL's, 3 Langshans, 3 WHite Leghorns, 4 RIR's. Well since they are hatchery birds I bought from my local feedstore, some are hard to tell.. LOL Goiod news, went out to give the...
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    ANy guesses on breed now? 17-18 weeks old.

    I have posted pics before and have gotten different replies, BSL's, EE, and some others. I am pretty sure they are mix/mutt, but ithey were supposed to be either BSL's or Langshans. This one has black legs, no feathered shanks This one has yellow feet The comb and wattles on the first...
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    Poor hatch results, getting ready to try again!

    Ok, I have hatched 7 out of 30 shipped eggs in the past. Now I am about to try again, will be setting 24 eggs tomorrow, and yes they are shipped eggs. I received 1 dozen yesterday and the other which was supposed to be here yesterday should get here today. I am going to wait and set them all...
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    17 weeks old, swicth feed to layer?

    My chicks are 17 weeks old (14 or them) and the others in the coop are 3 weeks younger. They are all about the same size except a 10 week old Wheaten Marans cockerel I added. The other Cockerel is 17 weeks old. My question is in preperation for the hens to start laying I switched their food...
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