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    How long to separate for breeding purebreeds?

    Have some Black Copper Marans and some ameracanas,and a few other mixed breeds in the same pen,was wondering how long i need to keep them apart so i can have pure breed chicks,i have 2 maran roosters and a ameracana rooster,i want to seperate them so i can have purebred chicks,so how long should...
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    Jersey Giant eggs?

    I have 1 black JG,she lays a bigger pinkish colored egg,i dont have any orps,dont have anything to compare it too?,should be easy to tell,2 eggs should be very similar and the other different?,Also i have noticed my egg colors do change from time to time,i have Marans,red sex links,gold...
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    at what age did your marans start laying??

    Well so much for some nice dark eggs?,my only BCM has decided she wants to be a mother,yes she has gone broody at 7 months old,seems young to me?.it is getting to cold here to let her hatch out a brood,I dont have any of her eggs anyway.Has anyone else ever had one go broody like that,she only...
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    at what age did your marans start laying??

    My BCM pullet laid her first egg today,she was hatched on may 1st,,six months and 3 days old for first egg,the marans seem to take a bit longer,at least that is what i have read on here.I hatched out 4 under a broody hen i had,got 3 roosters and 1 hen,kept 1 rooster,gave the other 2 away to good...
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    My chickens have not started laying yet

    I dont think lighting is your problem,coop seems to have lots of openings,i think your birds are just not old enough to start laying,they look too young,you may just have to wait it out?,as for culling a couple,i think the white one is a rooster,I guess it depends on whether you like white or...
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    My chickens have not started laying yet

    If they are too crowded they will tend to pick out each others feathers,do you have roosts for them,gives them something to do?I dont think the cold is your issue,i get eggs here when it is minus 20 celsius.Jersey giants are good layers,i would try some extra light and see if that helps. Harvey
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    My chickens have not started laying yet

    How much light is in your coop,lots of windows?,my birds are out free ranging a lot and i still need extra light in the coop.it gets dark here now at 6;30 and isnt light till 7;30 in the morning.I put a pair of 60 watt bulbs from the ceiling,they come on at dusk and stay on till 9 pm,it does...
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    coop has mites or lice or something need help

    Am seeing a bit of improvement in not getting so itchy when going in the coop,noticed some of them taking a bath in the DE i put in a hollow that they used for such,am going to douse them with Sevin dust again tomorrow,and will get some of the bed bug spray to spray the walls with.Coop is only 1...
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    coop has mites or lice or something need help

    They do seem to leave bite marks,not right away but after i have been in contact with the birds,feels like a bad LSD trip,you can feel your skin crawling but you cant see anything?.did try the DE dust and last nite i doused them with sevin dust,will have to wait and see if any improvement,i...
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    coop has mites or lice or something need help

    have a coop that is 8x14,have seen some sort of little bugs crawling around on the walls,very very tiny,about the size of the end of a pin,seem to be black or dark in color?.they get on me when i go in the coop and are driving me nuts,they seem to crawl around and possibly are biting too.i have...
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    Egg color has changed?

    An update on the egg color,the color seems to be coming back lately.I do have some black Copper Maran chicks,they are a month old,i do like my eggs dark?.Hopefully they will lay nice dark ones.
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    Brooding hen 25+ days now

    i had one that was broody for about 2 months,i dont have a rooster,i got fed up with her being like that so i got her some brown leghorn eggs,she is a little banty-standard cross,kind of looks like a brown leghorn herself,she sat on 12 eggs and hatched out 9,i was worried she would give up...
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    who else has eggs cooking???

    I just hatched 9 brown leghorn rosecombs under a broody,she was broody for the last 3 months,just wouldnt give up,so i found some fertile eggs for her and she held in for the duration.She is a bantam-standard mix of some sort,kinda looks like a brown leghorn her self?started with 12 eggs,3 were...
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    Egg color has changed?

    Have 3 of the red star breed,not sure exactly what cross they are,were purchased 8 weeks old,have been very good layers,an egg a day for the last 6 months,they are 1 year old.When they started laying eggs,the shells were a nice dark tan color,but lately the eggs have been a very light pale tan...
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    who else has eggs cooking???

    My hatch wasnt as good as i hoped it would be,i did get 4 from 6 black Copper Maran eggs,they are a week old today,seem to be doing fine,my brown leghorns did not fare as well,only got 4 from 9 eggs,1 got out of the nesting box and could not get back in,it had a 6 inch high lip and he couldnt...
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    who else has eggs cooking???

    I have 8 rose comb brown leghorns due on monday and 6 black copper marans due on friday,but i am not counting my chickens before they hatch,i have 2 broodys sitting on them,all is well so far.One thing i noticed is that they are switching nests between bathroom breaks,they will rotate nests,they...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    i wouldnt worry about the scared hen.she will find her way back on her own,the more that you fuss over them the more upset they will get.You simply cannot herd a scared chicken,they are a lot more hardy then you think are you able to leave the door open for her to get back in?,i find when you...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    I got 6 from 9 today,but i have 3 broodys so i guess i got a perfect score.Got some rosecomb light brown leghorn eggs today to set under 2 of the broodys,hoping to get some black copper maran eggs on friday to put under them too.I had 3 sisters go broody all at the same time,they are a mix of...
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    Looking for polish and any other exotic chicken breeds in the maritimes

    I did try Les farms,they are sold out of the marans this year,will look into getting some shipped.Thanks Harvey
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    Looking for polish and any other exotic chicken breeds in the maritimes

    Hi there,i live in PEI as well,did you have any luck finding different birds?,i am on the hunt for the same,only i want eggs to hatch,i have 2 broodys now and they are getting impatient,i dont have a rooster yet?.i am mostly looking for black copper marans and cochins in full size.I have found...
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