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How can you tell a cuckoo marans, a dominick and a barred rock apart ? Do you just have to wait til she lays an egg to see the color?

Docile , good lookout and foragers. Ended up w/4roosters for 9 hens so 2 have to go.Can be held and will eat out of hand. Prefer pick up but will consider shipping.

My chicks aren't even fazed by the snow. This is on the drive from the garage to their pen. Eve, my leghorn, didn't miss a beat and gave me an egg in her nest box shortly after. This is their winter pen just outside my backdoor. The PVC forager just isn't up to the winter weather so I had to...

At 28 wks, my easteregger Ella gave me a xmas present. Her leghorn sister has been giving me daily eggs since 22 wks, so she finally got tired of her showing off. No puny 1st eggs for either of them... nice firm shell. She woke my husband up with her yodeling this am. Now I just have to see how...

Finally at almost 22wks, Eve my little leghorn gave it up.Although still a little small it wasn't soft at all. For a first egg I think it was perfect...the size of small eggs in the grocery. I'm so happy, I was afraid they might not be getting enough light. Now if I can just get her to use the...

Well it took me forever but I finally finished my writeup. Something new everyday with my chickens. I am really enjoying them. Thanks to all the great contributors on this forum gor their ideas and great info. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=58292

My pic is 176x132 and is 93.4KB JPEG .I tried to use Upload/Browser and just get ERROR back . What do I do?

The Books on Embryologyusing chickens are being d/c'd. They may be downloaded in full for free at the following link. They contain alot of useful basic technical information ie..incubation/hatching chicks. http://www.4-hcurriculum.org/a2z/