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    Not Laying -brahmas and bantam cochins

    Hi everyone. I hatched 1 Easter Egger and 4 brahma hens around April 16, and 3 bantam cochins a few weeks later but no one is laying yet. They're all between 27-30 weeks old now and not a single egg. I'm feeding them layer feed and occasional veggie/fruit scraps. They have fresh water daily...
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    bantam cochin quitters

    I didn't realize you could get blood rings in unfertilized eggs. I thought the blood rings were disintegrating blood vessels that settle near the bottom of the egg. That wouldn't happen if they weren't fertile would it?
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    humidity at hatch time

    No. How do you do that?
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    humidity at hatch time

    Hi All. Today is day 21 and I have my first pip. My question is about humidity. I have two cheap little hygrometers in my incubator and one reads 45% and one reads 60%. I don't kno wwhich one to trust...I have followed the incubator's instruction manual which is to fill trough 1 and 2 with...
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    bantam cochin quitters

    I'm just wondering if there is anything different about bantam cochin eggs (Its my first time hatching this breed)? I put 7 bantam cochins 6 wyandotte, 6 brahma, and 6 easter eggers in the incubator. Besides a couple of infertile EE's everything seems to be fine except for the batam eggs. 5...
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    Weasels!!!

    That's good to know! I'll build a box for the traps. Thank you.
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    Weasels!!!

    I feel the same way. We've had to deal with predators before but this weasel just seems to be killing for fun and I want him dead. I have totally given up on the live trap. I'm headed out to look for heavy duty rat traps now.
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    Weasels!!!

    Help!! I have a weasel taking out all my chickens. I woke up the other day to 9 dead chickens in the coop. The chickens looked barely touched but were dead all over the floor. I assumed a weasel and that he got in through a vent hole that wasn't covered. I covered the vent hole securely...
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    What is your favorite. breed of Chickens and Why

    My favourites so far have been the brahmas. They loved to be outside in the winter, produced eggs year round, would follow the kids around the yard and even walk them to the school bus. They were so friendly and outgoing. We had to give away our flock when we moved. Right now I just have...
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    Hello from North Western Ontario

    Well Hello. It is a small world. It seems there are a surprising number of us chicken people here in our little town.
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    Hello from North Western Ontario

    Hello in Winnipeg! How is your quail flock doing this winter? It's been a cold one!
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    Bantam cochin and Blue Brahma egg colours?

    I'm wondering if anyone can post pictures of their bantam cochin and/or brahma egg colours? The info I find online just says 'brown' but I'm wondering if there are nice variations on shade or anything interesting about their eggs?
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    Loving the colourful eggs

    What is a BC? Also, some of those eggs almost look like a silver colour - who lays those? (Or is it just the camera light playing off an olive egg?) And who lays those ones on top that almost look like a burgundy with white overlay? I'm wanting to keep introducing new egg colours into my flock!
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    Loving the colourful eggs

    Gorgeous! I'm guessing Marans, Welsummers, olive eggers, ameraucanas? What else?
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    Loving the colourful eggs

    I just wanted to share a picture of my beautiful eggs. What colours do you have?
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    Hello from North Western Ontario

    Thank you. It was a series of unfortunate events this morning. My kid accidentally left the coop door ajar, and the neighbour who doesn’t have a dog had a houseguest who brought one who accidentally snuck out on her. On a normal day this isn’t an issue, but certainly gives us reason to double up...
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    Hello from North Western Ontario

    Hello. I'm a new member and absolutely love the wealth of information I find on this site, I've been coming here for advice for years, but just officially joined. I'm in North Western Ontario so it's very, very cold here right now. We currently have 18 chickens (this morning we started out...
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    Purty eggs

    What breeds do you have? I'm trying to build up a pretty assortment of egg colours in my flock as well.
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    Crossing a barred hen

    I have a barred rock hen, and a pure white rooster (he’s an Easter egger/white silkie cross). Will their offspring still be easy to sex at hatch? I can’t find anything online about crossing with a white rooster.
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