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    Color combination on Orpingtons

    Can any Orpington Genetic Geniuses help me out? I have jubilee english orpington hens, The colouring is not my favorite... Any idea if adding in a different orp rooster will give me a good color or will I be stuck with mutts?
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    AYAM CEMANI - BREEDING & DISCUSSION.

    Logically I know that, I just cannot train myself to spell it correctly lol
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    AYAM CEMANI - BREEDING & DISCUSSION.

    This is our Ayem Cemani breeding group. I think our kids will be using a few for shows this spring! :)
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    Chicken with suspected upper respiratory, treatment?

    So I spoke with the breeder I got the flock from and the hen had ivermectin because a different breeding pen had mites, so she did her whole barn . I checked for mites and none in sight. I think its upper resp brought on by stress. Loading all the birds took 2 hours then another 20 min home...
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    Chicken with suspected upper respiratory, treatment?

    Thank you! I don’t know how my thead posted twice? weird! I gave her noromycin and she seems a bit perkier
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    Chicken with suspected upper respiratory, treatment?

    I got a whole new gorgeous flock last week! I seperated all birds that came from different breeding pens in quarantine and took a few out and seperated that needed extra attention. This girl looked not well as soon as she was out of the crate. The breeder let me know she had been treated...
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    Chicken with suspected upper respiratory, treatment?

    I got a whole new gorgeous flock last week! I seperated all birds that came from different breeding pens in quarantine and took a few out and seperated that needed extra attention. This girl looked not well as soon as she was out of the crate. The breeder let me know she had been treated...
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    I just Won the Chicken Lottery!!! But No seriously

    Thanks everyone!!! so far the roo is quiet and minding his own business! I wonder if they are all quiet because they are transitioning from the breeding pen to a fenced acre with lots of action? we will see! here are a few of the birds, they are still settling down and it’s hard...
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    I just Won the Chicken Lottery!!! But No seriously

    Wow Guys!!! I sold all my chickens in the summer to focus on my ducks and horses. I recently started missing my beloved chooks and reached out to a fabulous local breeder who i’ve worked with in the past.... Well! I came home with a 15 bird flock of Very Nice Ayam Cemani... No mulberry to be...
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    How cold hardy are Muscovy?

    We got our Muscovy in March this year when we still had snow and cold weather. Now I am wondering if our shelter situation is sufficient for a whole Canadian winter. We have a 3 sided tin, horse sized shelter in a paddock that we have modified for them, we plan on insulating the bottom with...
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    Ayam Cemani

    Does anyone have Cemani in cold temperatures??? I was just trusted with a breeding flock, we have them in quarantine right now but wondering how they fair outdoors in canadian winters... our outdoor flock is Isbar/Wyandotte/ Orpingtons. They live in a shelter that isn’t insulated But keeps...
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    Fellow Canadians? Anyone else out there?

    They are by far more cold hardy then chickens or ducks! give them lots of straw or hay in a cardboard box with a little door ( think igloo) and they will burrow in there and be toasty as can be!
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    Stupid Question... Does Chocolate sex link work in cross breeds?

    Hey All! I let all my birds out of breeding pens and put my incubator away to focus on my Muscovys who are broody. Well I got a surprise checking on one of my ducks when a little chocolate muffed and bearded chick peeked out!!!! I took baby so momma can focus on incubating her clutch...
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    What is IDEAL body condition for Layers?

    So we recently went through our flock to thin out older hens. We did a look at all hens to look for issues and mites, Dewormed everyone a few weeks ago. I never really thought of it until I got CornishX but all my 2 year old laying hens seem thin, Including my 2 month old wyandotte and 4 month...
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    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    Hey all! can anyone tell me what this feather pattern is called on my Turken cockerel? I love him and want to make more heart covered babies! :)
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    what colour is this Turken?!?! hearts!

    So of course the most gorgeous Turken I hatched is a cockerel... but he has hearts!!! like a Brabanter!!! What is this feather pattern called? does anyone know the genetics behind it? I don’t have the parents as I got the eggs at auction and he is the only one with this pattern I want to...
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    Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

    I need some more BRLW guru advice!!! :fl The dreaded time has come that I need to think the flock... I have over 100 birds :/ and need to start with cockerels out of 6 BRLW I recently rehomed two ( one splash and one with a weird yellow chest) :barniebut I need advice on feathering the...
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    Our first poults declining quickly after getting home???

    the one that i was worried died :( it kept flipping on its back and despite all efforts to get it to eat and drink it wouldn’t! the other two are great. I put them in with my chicks ( breeder recommended) and the chicks taught them to eat and drink. i’m sad about the little one that passed...
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    Our first poults declining quickly after getting home???

    we got our first poults about 2 hours Ago and I’m Concerned :( They were chirping loudly in the 30 min drive home once in the brooder they instantly started falling asleep! I dipped beaks in honey water and tried to show them food but they kept going limp! I have chicks in the same brooder...
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    Silkie thread!

    Here are my new babies :) 1 partridge, 1 black, 4 paints and one blueish cream chick
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