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  1. tinychicky

    Rescued Blue Swedish Drake - NH

    I appreciate that, Boundless!
  2. tinychicky

    Rescued Blue Swedish Drake - NH

    Updating to say the test results are in and he is negative for AI and Salmonella!
  3. tinychicky

    Chicks that wont eat chick starter!

    I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope your other chicks are doing well ❤️‍🩹
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    Chicks that wont eat chick starter!

    I had one of these chicks this fall. Wouldn't eat anything but raw egg yolk. As time went on, I started hard boiling and finely chopping the egg, mixed with raw yolk, then on to chick crumbs sprinkled in the yolk. After about a week and a half, he was eating normally. Good luck with the little one!
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    Rescued Blue Swedish Drake - NH

    This sweet Blue Swedish boy was abandoned by his former owner on a pond at my workplace in southern New Hampshire. We have photo evidence of him living with wild mallards since August, but after they flew away in search of food and open water, he was left alone, starving on the frozen pond...
  6. tinychicky

    Luikse Vechter aka Liege Fighter Thread

    Thank you!! His name is Dusty, short for Dusty Son 😂 I'll be sure to update after next month's show!
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    Luikse Vechter aka Liege Fighter Thread

    I realize this thread has not been used in over a year, but I wonder if anyone has tried entering liege in shows in the US? What was your experience? I am planning to enter two birds in a large upcoming show in the Northeast. I rather expect to be the only one with the breed and for the judges...
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    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    Hi there, I've been taking a break from internet and just saw this! That's a good question. To be honest, I don't really manage the culling. Natural selection takes care of a lot of it- any bird that is in less than perfect physical condition is not likely to make it in my predator dense area. I...
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    Dead owl INSIDE coop!!

    I have friends who are federally permitted to work with live raptors in educational settings. The barn owls they care for are incredibly sensitive to stress. It's possible simply being trapped in the coop was stressful enough to have given the beautiful barn owl a heart attack :(
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    Conjoined twin chicks **GRAPHIC**

    I've hatched probably hundreds of chicks, but I've never encountered this. Four legs, four wings, two spines, two eyes, one beak. My aseel/phoenix/ OEGB mix hen, Ginger emerged from her "secret" nest under the porch with 8 chicks, so I crawled under and retrieved the lone unhatched egg from her...
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    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    The first of my free range broodies has come out with her chicks today. Things get going a little later up here in the northeast. We had what I hope was the last frost last night. This is this hen's first time hatching babies but she's game mix and attacked me when I went to inspect her chicks...
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    American Leige Fighter

    4 and 5 month olds on a this rainy afternoon. The blue/blonde cockerel is my favorite so far in terms of type and vigor. He's friendly with humans as they all are, but more assertive/dominate, even with his older brothers! I only wish he had deep red leakage like his splash brothers and sisters...
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    American Leige Fighter

    No crosses yet. I have a number of asil x phoenix x etc. crosses that free range around my place which I'm eager to try crossing with liege- not necessarily to include in my liege breeding program, but just to see what happens
  14. tinychicky

    American Leige Fighter

    Yes. I admire their friendly yet protective nature and want to emphasize athleticism and survivability in the breed, especially given their limited genetic pool in the U.S.
  15. tinychicky

    American Leige Fighter

    New year's day hatch plus some 2 and 3 week olds. Combination of GFF and Carolina Pines Poultry genetics. I only started with the breed last year after admiring them from afar for a long time. My goals are to increase awareness and interest in the breed and to increase health and vigor in my...
  16. tinychicky

    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    Agreed. That was my first thought as well. That's a useful trait!
  17. tinychicky

    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    I do at times. Feel free to PM me with your interest and location.
  18. tinychicky

    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    I like seeing her nest site up off the ground. Seems safer. When mine hatch outside the coop, they often go for deep cover under dense brush. It works well enough here, but I suppose in your area snakes would be more of an issue on the ground? Nesting up high may be a valuable adaptation if...
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    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    Thank,U_Stormcrow! She's probably around 3 lbs, but I'd have to wait until nightfall to weigh her and know for sure- they tend to run on the small side which helps them escape predators easily. She is a decent layer, a good forager, and a good broody, as are her kin. I will add, I really prefer...
  20. tinychicky

    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    @LaurenRitz, please use these images if you feel they'd be helpful. I am eleven years into this project using natural selection as the main driver of my birds' genetics. Breeds included are: Thai Aseel, Old English Game Bantam, Egyptian Fayoumi, and Silver Phoenix. There is a fair degree of...
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