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    Question about Breeding with Dominant White

    First off, let me say that I do not know how to use the genetics calculator at all.. so if I could just get help in layman's terms, I'd be truly grateful... I am breeding Naked Necks.. My male is a dominant white. I have two dominant white girls (obviously all chicks will be dominant white...
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    Cornish X - Laying like a champ!

    I always hear that Cornish X's can not reach breeding age. Well fortunately for Big Bertha, here they can. She was hatched on June 28th and started laying at 18 weeks old. She now lays regularly 4-5 days a week. Also gives us the biggest egg. We average 20 eggs a day right now, as most are...
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    If you HAD to choose just ONE Breed of Chicken to Raise....

    What breed would you choose? Why? What are the merits of the breed you chose? Are they hardy, friendly, cute, or good producers? There are no wrong answers. I'd like to see your final decision to be one you came to with experience in the breed. I'd love to have FBCMs, but I don't have any...
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    Les Farms - The Flock, the Farm, and lots of Pictures!

    I figured I'd start a thread to share images I've compiled of our flock, which includes: Plymouth Rocks (Barred and Silver Pencilled) Naked Necks Pennies (Red Sex Links - Layers) Silkies (Black, Blue, Splash, White and Partridge) Frizzles Mottled Houdans Easter Eggers and various mutts. We...
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    Sexing Chicks by Comb, Colour, Legs, and Feathering Reference

    I have to admit, I am quite addicted to sexing chickens by appearances. I am not into feather sexing day olds, or vent sexing - as I breed my own birds and feather sexing is very precise. You have to keep two lines of chickens, using fast feathering males and slow feathering females. Since I...
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    Fatal Error - Profile

    I get this error when I click my profile maybe every other time I click it. Refresh and it works. Not sure what's going on. Not a big deal, but it's happening on my Mac - using Safari and on my PC using Google Chrome. Quote: screenshot
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    Chicken Commercial - Mercedes Benz

    If you guys haven't seen this yet, you HAVE to. It is so cute, and funny and actually teaches you something you may not have known about chickens: Have you guys ever heard of a chicken's vestibulo-ocular reflex? I have never heard of it until yesterday and find it absolutely fascinating...
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    Bone Meal

    I'm wondering if I can make my own bone meal for use in poultry feed? I process my own birds here. I want to make my own feed, but my options for animal protein are nil. Fishmeal is not readily available here unless I ordered it online, and it's pricey. I cut up all my chickens and boil the...
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    Help me choose which picture to submit for the BYC 2014 Calendar!

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    How many of you FULLY Free Range your Cornish X Meaties? Tractors do not count.

    I am having a hard time finding anyone who truly free ranges their meat birds. Not DP birds, but actual Cornish X (AKA Meat Kings around my area). I have been free ranging my 40 birds since they were 2 weeks old, right along with the layer chicks (red sex links). I restrict feed to only...
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    Questions about the Coop Pages

    Not sure where to put this question, so I apologize if it is in the wrong place. Was wondering why some of the Large Chicken Coops under the coop section are not large at all... I am wondering how my coop will fit into the scheme of things with coops that small. Or if even my coop will be...
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    Can you sex fully feathered ducks by colour alone?

    Only reason I am asking is because we have a single duck.. It is 8 weeks old now, and still peeps like a baby. The colour is quite similar to my previous female Blue Fawn Calls - a little different, but still quite comparable.
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    Can it be Cocci without Bloody Stools?

    I have quite a few Meaties and Red Sex Links (layers) that are one week old today. As of last night there are a lot of lethargic chicks and 6 dead. No bloody stools. Symptoms: Lethargy Puffed up Tired Slow I cleaned out pen last night. They have not had medicated feed as I do not use it at...
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    Sight Sexing Barred Plymouth Rock Chicks at Hatch

    I notice a lot of misconceptions about sexing Barred Plymouth Rocks, and I wanted to make a post on just that. They can be sexed at hatch by a combination of down colour, head spot, and leg pigment. It's not just one of these things, but a combination of them. However, once chicks are...
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    Safest way to heat a tack type room?

    I'm looking for the safest way to heat a brooder room we have planned in our new barn. It will be insulated (yes well ventilated, we have very specialized contractors on it!) but they don't normally build barns of this magnitude. They build houses. They wanted me to ask around the chicken...
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    The RE-Build of Les Farms

    So this is going to be a work in progress thread... Our barn burnt down (with all of our livestock) on February 11th 2013. I wanted to start a thread on the progress. Read the details HERE on BYC. The Floor plan "Hope this makes sense... Justine drew this out herself. We didn't like the...
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    Fire Safety in your Chicken Coop & Barn - IMPORTANT!

    Now I know everyone thinks that it won't happen to you. I was like that as well. Yeah fires happen, but not to me. My ignorance was quickly shattered this Monday when we awoke to our barn in full flames. Nothing at all could be done. We lost everything: Two sheep, Four turkeys, Six Ducks...
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    Farm Related Photography. Pictures are the best Advertisement!

    I was asked to open a thread relating to photography. I realize there is probably plenty of threads about this, but I'd like one directed only at photos relating to the farm, homestead or small backyard poultry. I'd also like to have others share their work. Pictures are the best form of...
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    A SnowHen!

    No.. Not a real chicken.. My snow hen! She lays four eggs a day. I think I could be on to something with this one
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    How Cold is it where you are? How do your birds mind it?

    It's a crisp 0 degrees here this morning, and -20F with the windchill. That's -18C and -29 with the windchill. Wondering how everyone else is faring. It's cold and I hate it, but my birds are doing just fine. They are laying like the good girls they are, and I return home from work to...
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