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  1. fishmanwill

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Good Afternoon, I have a quick question. I have some olive egger hens that are a cross from a BCM rooster and a Black Ameraucana hen. The are F1's and lay a pretty olive egg. If I breed those F1 olive egger hens back to another BCM rooster will the eggs get a darker olive color on the...
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    Sportsman 1502 questions.

    Thank you for the response. I was thinking of using a plastic spacer, but I was just checking to see. I did not receive instructions with the trays. The only instructions I have are how to operate the digital panel and that is it.
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    Sportsman 1502 questions.

    Good evening, I an setting up my sportsman 1502 and had a question on the egg trays and turning rack. Is there a certain way the trays go in? I put the trays in and there is about a 1" space between the plastic tray and the metal rack. It looks like the tray will slide side to side when the...
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    Looking for a incubator.

    Good evening, my wife, daughter, and I are looking for a new incubator. We have used an old styrofoam incubator with a turner the last few years, but this last year we had a few problems with it with temperature and humidity. We would like to replace it and get a new one. We would like to get...
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    Ameruacana breeding- black and blues.

    Good evening and Merry Christmas!! I have a question about breeding Ameruacanas. I have a few blue and blacks from different breeders. I am trying to decide between keeping a Blue rooster or a Black rooster( space only currently allows one rooster to be kept). I saw a sheet at one time that...
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    Feather plucking or eating?

    Thank you for the suggestion on more roosting space. We have since added more roosts almost doubling it. We will see. Thank you for the help.
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    Feather plucking or eating?

    We are having a problem with chickens missing their tail feathers. It is the main tail feathers right at the base and it is sometimes the "fluff feathers" under the tail. They are plucked out and missing. I currently have several chickens with missing tails completely even 2 roosters. We had...
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    Horizontal nipples on waterer dripping....?

    We had a light freeze the other day and a few mornings of frost since. Our horizontal water nipples started dripping after the freeze and won't quit. I tapped each one to try to get it to quit. I cleaned the bucket real well. I got them off eBay from a user here that was recommended by several...
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    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    No they are not molting. That is how they have always looked. They have never had a large tail.
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    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I forgot to post that they both were hatched 4/7/15. Shouldn't they have their tails by 6 months?
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    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Here is 2 of 2. Which one is better? Thanks.
  12. fishmanwill

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    How does this rooster look? He is one of 2 that we have. I am trying to decide which one of the 2 is the better rooster. Please let me know about this one. I would like to keep the better one for breeding. Thank you. Will.
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    High quality or show quality barred Cochin bantams

    Dexter, New Mexico .
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    High quality or show quality barred Cochin bantams

    I am looking for some high quality or show quality barred Cochin bantams. We love the breed and the coloration. We got some that are hatchery stock and they are not very bantam Cochin like. We were hoping for the very "puffy" and round looking Cochin bantams. We did no get that, our roosters...
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    Barred Cochin Bantams.... Pics please.

    Here are mine. Do the barred Cochin bantams not fill out and get a "puffy" as some of the other colors? I have seen red and black that are just a puff of feathers and almost round in shape.
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    2 Maran hens won't lay in nest boxes?

    The nest boxes are a foot square they are dark. 4 are about 14" off the ground and the others are 24" off the ground. The corner they are found in is opposite of the nest boxes. There seems to be plenty off nest space and the hens don't seem to fight over them. The rest have taken to the nest...
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    Easter egger has not laid in 3 months. What to do?

    She must have known I was talking about her and thinking about removing her from the flock. There was an egg in her coop yesterday! Guess I don't have to worry about it now. Thanks for the help.
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    Easter egger has not laid in 3 months. What to do?

    I have an Easter egger hen that is a year and a half old and was a good layer until 3 months ago she quit laying and has not laid since. She did not molt and she still looks and acts healthy just hasn't laid an egg in 3 months. What to do? Do I wait it out? Will she lay again? I don't really...
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    2 Maran hens won't lay in nest boxes?

    Good evening, I have 3 young French copper marans hens that will not lay in the nest boxes. They are 23 weeks old and one has been laying for about 4-5 weeks already and the other 2 just started. They are a group of 12 pullets(other breeds) from this year and everyone is laying, the Marans just...
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    Hens laying early and small.....?

    I just weighed the eggs from today. The small olive egger egg weighs 33g and the maran egg is 38g. They are still laying consistently. I will just wait to see if they hopefully get larger. Thanks.
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