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  1. Maggiee

    Demand for hatching eggs?

    Thanks so much for your insights! I do believe that there is good demand in this region for dark Black Copper Marans hatching eggs. There is not much available in this area on the Marans colour/shade scale. The eggs I purchased to hatch for building my flock I had shipped to me, after I scoured...
  2. Maggiee

    How to incubate/raise chicks with a broody hen *video*

    Nice video! Though I will say, my very, very best broody is a Leghorn/Easter Egger cross. She beats the dedication of even my most committed silkie!
  3. Maggiee

    Demand for hatching eggs?

    Hi there, I'm in Ontario Canada and am thinking of getting a purebred flock going to sell hatching eggs. The breeds I'm considering are Speckled Sussex and Black Copper Marans. What do you think the demand is for these eggs? If you sell hatching eggs, what is your setup and how many do you sell...
  4. Maggiee

    What is my rooster?

    The eggs they came from were about this colour brown, or possibly a little darker.
  5. Maggiee

    What is my rooster?

    Can anyone give me an idea what this rooster might be? He has lightly black feathered legs. I was sold his egg as a black copper maran and hatched him a year ago, and kept him as a maran, but I do not believe him to be one comparing photos with others online. I'm attaching a photo of him, and a...
  6. Maggiee

    What do you have in your flock?

    My husband and I are relatively new to chickens — just about two years in now! We've acquired a mixed bag. So far we have: Three easter eggers Three barred rocks One speckled sussex A buff orpington cross A leghorn/ameraucana cross A silkie/welsummer cross And our rooster, I believe, is a...
  7. Maggiee

    GRAPHIC PHOTO: What is wrong with my hen's vent?

    Sadly we lost her in the night. I am thinking she must have been egg-bound, with a prolapse due to straining (which I witnessed). I have never had a hen with this before, but she was new to my flock and laid absolutely gigantic eggs. It's the only thing I can figure that would actually kill her...
  8. Maggiee

    GRAPHIC PHOTO: What is wrong with my hen's vent?

    In doing some online research I have come across vent gleet. Does this look like that to you? A friend suggested egg-bound, but I cannot feel any hardness anywhere, only swelling. She appears prolapsed to me, but I've only seen that in sheep and don't know about it with chickens. She has a...
  9. Maggiee

    Help: what breed might it be?

    Sadly, the little grey girl was killed tragically by a piece of falling plywood. So I will never find out what she would grow to be. :( The other four are growing nicely and I'll be posting some sexing photos soon.
  10. Maggiee

    Help: what breed might it be?

    Yes, good observation on the legs. I'm pretty new to chickens so I didn't even notice that! Any ideas on what breed the smaller grey hen-looking one on the left might be?
  11. Maggiee

    Help: what breed might it be?

    I bought a box of easter egger chicks at a sale not long ago. But there's one that doesn't quite look like an EE to me. What breed might the little grey thing on the left be, do you think?
  12. Maggiee

    What breed is my little red pullet?

    Thanks, we were pretty sure she is a hen. I'm hoping to figure out what breed she is.
  13. Maggiee

    What breed is my little red pullet?

    Trying to figure out what breed this is. This is my favourite new pullet. We bought her and a leghorn cross and a barred rock cross a few weeks ago, to replace our three easter egger roosters that we ended up with. We call her Lucille, for obvious reasons. ;) Any ideas as to her breeding? She is...
  14. Maggiee

    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    I was PRETTY certain she was a girl! Not to worry.
  15. Maggiee

    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Hi, here's the comb shot of the red female, whom we've called Scarlet.
  16. Maggiee

    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    I'm back one more time! I think my flock has mostly revealed itself, but there is still one I'm a little unsure of. These are our two confirmed hens: Two confirmed roosters: (the little white rooster started crowing a few days ago!) THIS is the bird who has me a little confused...
  17. Maggiee

    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Oh boy. Such a variety of opinions. I guess the "wait and see" continues....I will try to get better comb shots in a few weeks. Thanks everyone!
  18. Maggiee

    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    I hope everyone doesn't mind if I re-upload some newer shots. Here are my five Easter Eggers, at 6 and a half weeks old. (Not including the Speckled Sussex, who I've uploaded previously.) I've organized them by chicken with a few angles for each. #1. Dark-coloured, I feel pretty certain this...
  19. Maggiee

    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    My youngsters are a couple of weeks older now, feathers are well on their way! Any thoughts now on these guys? (I'm quite positive that the little Speckled Sussex, the last individual shot, is a cockerel. Of course, I don't know much...)
  20. Maggiee

    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Many thanks! I'll keep my eyes peeled and post updated photos in a few weeks.
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