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    *Buff Orpington Thread!*

    Do you think both are girls? Thanks for looking!
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Thanks, I will get my mitts on "it" tonight. They are super flighty right now. Then I can get a better look and a couple better pics. I love digital cameras. I took 20+ pics this am to try and get 3 clear enough to post.
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    The feathers that got me wondering are just before the base of the tail and curve downward on either side. I haven't seen those before on my girls. I haven't questioned this guy until now as the color on the wings has really only showed up blotchy in the last week or so. Sigh. This is one of...
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Good morning! It is a beautiful Sunday here in Washington state. I went out to let the pullets free range and noticed some possible saddle feathers on one that I had suspicions about. Their colors keep changing. I have four EE's chicks that are from 9-11 weeks of age. Any opinions would be...
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    *Buff Orpington Thread!*

    Good Sunday morning! I am new to B.O.'s. My daughter raised a chick for me a couple years ago, then kept her. Brat. I got two chicks this year among other breeds. One of the buffs had a noticeable pink comb, and wattles at just a couple weeks. This has never changed. Is there a chance this...
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    I am glad to hear that I can move them outside. I need to wrap the hog fence in chicken wire, and add the straw bales. Saturday is their day! I am also planning to move the little roadside hen to the grow out pen this weekend. She is not quite old enough to lay yet, but she is not far off...
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    My brooder box of choice. Lots of space, and easy mounting of heat lamps. Easy cleaning. We start them in either a cow water tank, or the small trailer that pulls behind the 4 wheeler. Then move them when they need more space. Now they are ready for more space again. We have been doing...
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    The broilers are Red Ranger Broilers. Yes on the Cornish Cross.
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    Good morning! My 24 cornish cross, and 5 broilers are now four weeks, and a day. They look good. One has leg issues, but is able to get to food. I will be watching him closely. The fermented grain is doing beautifully. I am rotating buckets so that I have a three + day supply, and the...
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Thanks! I posted on the lavender araucana breeding thread, and they felt most likely would give black babies with the dark moms. Very unlikely to give a blue egg gene with his straight comb. No matter what, he has a forever home with us, whether I hatch out eggs, or not. He is a truly great...
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    I will change out the water to corid only for the rest of the five days. Then back to some vitamins. They are all looking much better. I didn't explain very well. I usually keep two to three buckets going at all times. Occasionally hubby will pull food, and let a bucket get quite low. If...
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    Lavender Ameraucana Breeders .... UNITE

    Good afternoon! I am new to this thread, and read the first 50 posts, then skipped forward for now. I have a lavender rooster that I purchased at ten weeks of age in August 2013. I never intended to breed for egg hatching. I brought him in as I had hawk issues, and my original rooster was...
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    It appears to be a dominant gene that I have spread to my daughter (and son in law)! I will check out that thread, thanks! If this new EE turns out to be lavender, wouldn't that be something. I will ask him to lay an egg for me, but will not hold my breath. I think I would more likely try...
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    Help, please! Chicks dying suddenly

    Absolutely wonderful news! You are welcome on the info. Check the thread "Fermenting food for meat birds". They have lots of good info.
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    Thanks, I have read somewhere in the past not to leave it out for extended periods of time, so I pull the dishes when I go back to check. I am very happy that I held the loss to one bird, and everyone looks better. I will keep the vitamins and Corid in the water for five days, then just the...
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    I read something on here that I found very interesting! I have what was supposed to be a lavender Araucana. He has a straight comb, so I thought "cross breed-EE". Not that it matters to me one bit. He is the best rooster anyone could ever ask for. I don't believe his color is recognized in...
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    Help, please! Chicks dying suddenly

    Yes, thanks for your help!
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    Good morning! I have been following this thread for about a year now. Last year I raised 20 cornish cross using fermented grain and they raised out beautifully. I lost three to a raccoon attack while foraging, and one to sudden death. The meat was absolutely everything I could hope for. I...
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    Help, please! Chicks dying suddenly

    Just an update. Good news, no further deaths, and all meaties are sitting normally with their legs under them. I haven't seen any trouble walking since yesterday morning. The meaties have adapted to the fermented grain beautifully. They are hungry, and happy to eat at meal times, and there...
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    Help, please! Chicks dying suddenly

    I used the fermented grain last year for the meat birds after studying up on it. I used Apple Cider Vinegar to start the fermentation, and added a bit as needed to the fermentation buckets. It is a bit like sourdough starter. You keep it going by adding a bit more grain and water after you...
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