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  1. KayTdid

    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    Well, the gentleman that I will be buying from is a breeder. He has several breeds of chickens, and even has some shipped from overseas, so I'm hoping his welsummer lines are good. I know the welsummers are known for being good layers and foragers, which I am in need of right now. The cochins...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    Beautiful birds! Thanks for sharing your opinion and pics.
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    I keep orpingtons and bantam cochins. I was thinking about adding a few welsummer pullets. I've never had this breed before, and I'm wondering how they will get along with the other birds. They will be free range on a couple of acres. I love my orps and cochins and I don't want to introduce a...
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    The Imported English Jubilee Orpington Thread

    Thank you for answering my question. No wonder they cost so much! That is a lot of trouble for only a few blues. I guess I'll be looking to breed something a little easier...
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    The Imported English Jubilee Orpington Thread

    Could someone please explain how to breed blue jubilees? Do you cross a splash orpington with a jubilee to get the blue color?
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    The Imported English Jubilee Orpington Thread

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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    All parts of the state are beautiful with their own pros and cons. I guess it just depends on what you are looking for. You can pretty much find rural country anywhere, some places closer to cities than others. Most of the people I know would love to live in east TN to be near the Great Smokey...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I have an eleven month old Jubilee Orpington named Maisy who was insistent that she needed to hatch eggs, so I let her keep two to hatch just to see what she'd do, this being her first time going broody. I checked on her this morning and she had a cute fuzzy chick and is still sitting on the...
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    The Imported English Jubilee Orpington Thread

    The more you talk about those beautiful chocolates, the more you make me want some. lol I have never heard of mauve Orpingtons. Wish I could see a picture of one...
  10. KayTdid

    The Imported English Jubilee Orpington Thread

    Well, I live in Tennessee and I'm not up to speed on the cross state shipping laws for birds yet. Not to mention the only ones I'll have for sale is the extra toed chicks, so I don't think they would be very good for a show. I hope you can find some closer to your area. Thanks for asking :)
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    The Imported English Jubilee Orpington Thread

    Admittedly, this was my first time using an incubator to hatch chicks, and they hatched late-day 22-25, so I will have to adjust the temp. setting with the next hatch. I also realized (afterward) that I should have been giving the adults a vitamin supplement, which I promptly went to the Tractor...
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    The Imported English Jubilee Orpington Thread

    To clarify, I bought some juvenile English Orps to start my own flock. I hatched out these chicks recently from the original birds I bought.
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    The Imported English Jubilee Orpington Thread

    Question- Is it normal for Jubilee Orps to have extra toes? A couple of my newly hatched chicks have a little feathering on their legs, which I found out can happen in the English breeds, but I just noticed that two of them have an extra toe on their left foot, looking a little like a silkie...
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    Had to cull my crippled chick- Vinegar and Baking Soda Method

    I had a chick who was barely standing on it's own. It was starving to death because it couldn't drink or eat properly. Vitamins did not work, so I decided it needed to be culled. I used the method described at the beginning of this thread because I thought it would be quick and painless for the...
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    On day 20 almost 21 of my first hatch

    Success!
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    On day 20 almost 21 of my first hatch

    Thanks!
  17. KayTdid

    INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

    Maybe so. I'm going to try it dry this next time and hope the humidity gets up into the 30s. Hope you have a good hatch.
  18. KayTdid

    On day 20 almost 21 of my first hatch

    They are English Jubilee Orpingtons. I purchased a starter flock last fall, the girls started laying in December. My avatar is a picture of Sweetie, my favorite. I've had chickens for several years now, ever since the kids were old enough to participate in the local 4-H club. But I've had some...
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    INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

    Yeah, I noticed that my eggs didn't loose as much weight as I thought they should either. Mine stayed in the 40s for most of the incubation period, and they did loose some, but I was looking for them to look like the chart. It's hard to keep it any lower because of the way the water trays are...
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    On day 20 almost 21 of my first hatch

    I did it. I took some sanitized small scissors and made a little hole. No blood that I could see coming out of the hole. Whew. Just a little chick peeping. I now have three pipped, although two are malpositioned. But they are all peeping every so often, so I'll just sit back and wait to see...
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