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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    @AllenK RGV She's adorable and so are all those chicks!
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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    @AllenK RGV It is a bantam breed! They're not too much bigger than my seramas, though certainly chunkier. The crest and beard isn't as bad for vision on these guys as silkies by far and they can see perfectly fine. I just happened to pick a picture that was from an angle that made her look...
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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    Just remembered I had made an icon for pride month with a doodle of my favorite little rooster on top of bi colors and had to go set that lol
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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    @Tre3hugger Absolutely! I've tentatively decided to name the chick Kite. I know I shouldn't get too attached... but its my first chick from these guys and it was the only one to hatch out of the pair of eggs I had set under my serama.
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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    @Tre3hugger Watermaal are a belgian bantam breed and extremely rare in the US, though were added into the ABA book as of this year! Basically a d'anvers, but add on a poof like a polish minus the crested skull and then they have a unique rose comb with three little spikes at the end as well...
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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    I figured a place like this would be a little bit of a mess regarding this topic. Oh well. Anyway hey y'all! I'm non-binary, bisexual, and really love chickens as well. I have a whole host of breeds (from the decision to start our original flock with as many as possible lol) but mainly focus...
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    Watermaal comb genetics?

    Hello! I've found myself in possession of a trio of quail watermaal as the founders of my first breeding project. I have a hen with great coloring, but 5 spikes on her comb as well as it being a bit large and a rooster with mediocre coloring but he's got a nice rose comb with 3 spikes. The...
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    How to pet a chicken?

    I'll agree that most of mine are chill with beard and hackles being petted. Occasionally gently across the back if they have relaxed onto my lap. I do have one little rooster though that really loves chest rubs and leans into it.
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    Tips on starting a breeding project?

    @BigBlueHen53 Late reply but I'll send you a PM, I'd like to continue the conversation! @ColtHandorf Thank you for showing me this! I have plans to start with this other method but can easily change things up to the spiral method with three families from just having two families...
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    Tips on starting a breeding project?

    While we have the acreage to do a larger scale project easily, this will at least for a while be a small-scale thing for our little homestead. That's actually pretty funny though with the EEs because we are in a really similar situation. Bred out EEs in March and got 90% cockerels so when they...
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    Tips on starting a breeding project?

    This comes of as very condescending and a bit rude. I was only asking how others personally do breeding projects and this is part of my research preparing to jump into that world. Quail Belgian bearded D'Anver Bantams. Quite a long name so I shortened it assuming that "Quail Belgian bearded"...
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    Tips on starting a breeding project?

    Kind of a broad question I know. My mother and I have been thinking about starting a breeding project to be able to have a flock of buff brahmas for meat (We like the idea of slower growing birds rather than broilers for meat). We want to start from hatchery stock and hopefully over time breed...
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    Chicken lethargic and trouble breating

    The hen passed away this morning. We did a necropsy to confirm or deny our suspicion of worms and found none visible, but a large blockage in the intestines. I'm still unsure how it relates to her symptoms, could have been coincidental or more than one thing wrong with her, and have some...
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    Chicken lethargic and trouble breating

    This is a different bird, an ancona hen. The silkie passed away shortly after making that other post. This one is stable for now and we will see if she survives through to morning. We got her as a chick back in February and she and the rest of the flock are right now on layer feed. (She was...
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    Chicken lethargic and trouble breating

    This is to the point where im nearly sure this hen will not last the night. However, if I can get any information that can help prevent the rest of my flock from suffering I would be grateful. Aside from that she is still alert looking on occasion through everything so it makes me reluctant to...
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    Blocked prolapsed vent

    She is resting and I have to make dinner, but I will get a picture in a little bit when I go soak her again.
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    Blocked prolapsed vent

    Discovered one of my silkies with a severely prolapsed vent. It is blocked by what I can only describe as a white cork. At first I thought it was stuck feces, but after a 30 minute soak, applying some oil, and gently attempting to help her pass it, only small bits in the middle passed. This...
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    Finally joined the forum

    I was always using this forum to look at advice and opinions given to others on things. About time I finally joined the flock here! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My family just started our flock in March of this year. We moved into a new home with 4 acres of...
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    Making a rooster coop?

    Hello! We got 9 pullets in the spring... then found out we had 7 pullets and 2 cockerels. With the possibility of getting a third rooster specifically for breeding some time soon (this was planned from the beginning but we thought we had no roosters at the time), and not nearly enough hens or...
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