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    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    I have 3 1+ yr olds that I have in grow out to see if they were going to be used for breeding. 2 American Bresse and one BCM. I also have a 2 1/2 yr old Americauna who can’t play nice and the 5 from this recent brood. The percentage tipped in the favor for the boys. 8 out of 12, 7 week Am...
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    Precocious cockerel.

    Thank you for responding. It seems like we just introduced this brood to the coop. They grow up so fast. 😜
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    Precocious cockerel.

    Thank you for your response. We are not strangers to rooster behaviors other than this little guy. He is leaving pullets he brooded with alone but is going after our older hens. We have quite a few adult roosters, and many in grow out to determine if they are worthy of breeding forward. We have...
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    Young rooster behavior help!

    When I have skittish cockerels or pullets I will take my little camp chair into their space with some feed in a scoop. I just sit still and talk calmly to them. I hold the feed out for them as well. It usually takes a few times for them to get used to me being in there and for them to trust and...
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    Precocious cockerel.

    I couldn’t find anything similar. I have a cockerel who is about 12 weeks old. He is doing the little dance and mounting my hens. Has any one here heard of, seen this happening, have this happen within your flock? He was the first of several in this brood to crow as well, but not the earliest...
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    I decided to let my broody sit on some eggs

    Did you mark the eggs she is sitting on? It can be helpful in case someone else lays eggs in that nest. I am having that situation right now.
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    Green runny poop, not sure what to do first.

    I so sorry you lost your Snickers. It sounds like you did everything you could. Sometimes we just don’t know the ‘Why’ of it last year the neighbors turkey was following my grands and I and the next minute he was over on his side, dead. We think it was a heart attack.
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    Green runny poop, not sure what to do first.

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    BAD broody hen

    Is it possible other hens are laying new eggs in the nest? Or are these the original 3? Have you marked the original eggs?
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    BAD broody hen

    Wyandottes do go broody. I have a Columbian Wyandotte who always seems to want to lay on eggs. Last week I finally gave her some of our best colored eggs and put the date on them. Which I am glad I did that because other hens are going in and laying eggs around her and I would have no idea other...
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    Head shakes on Bresse roosters

    Our Am.Bresse roosters shake their heads as well. With so many as curious as I am, it must be a curious tick they have.
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    Egg candling day 5 - fertile or not?

    Tomorrow will be candling day for the eggs under our broody Colombian Wyandotte. The last time I checked she had 20 eggs under her. I found two eggs today that were laid on and around her earlier. Our Brahma Mama was almost covering her today and laid one of the stray eggs. There are multiple...
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    Egg candling day 5 - fertile or not?

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    Topic of the Week - Which Breeds Are Best For….

    Have your Am. Bresse been laying tons of eggs? Ours are 33 weeks old and they are laying 5-6 out of 7 days and they are usually very large eggs. I now have our largest AMB roo in that coop and hope to hatch some of their eggs to grow out for meat.
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    Low night temps

    Thank you Frazzled. I was thinking of using the electric sealed oil heaters that give a radiant heat. They look like old home radiators Or use the flat panel radiant heaters. I won’t use the lightbulbs they scare me. I know of people who lost everything due to fire. I can’t do that.
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    Low night temps

    This winter has been so extreme just last night we had 19 below with windchill 31 below. We have had nights and days where it has been 41 below with W/C. Our coop is dry with great ventilation. Our roofed run has wood chips on the ground with heavy plastic wrapped around it with ventilation...
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    Comment by 'The_1898_Homestead' in article 'Cold Weather Poultry Housing and Care'

    I am so happy that I found this well written article. We are going into our first winter here in the very windy and cold upper Midwest. We have a tight coop, venting near the roof (summers and winters here are brutal) Our run has a roof and we are putting plastic on two sides east and west, and...
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    Winterized Run and it STINKS!

    We have wood chips out in our run and the chickens are always scratching in it and burying their poop. I am not sure if it’s what makes the difference or not But we have not had stinky runs even in 105* temps this p[ast summer. Our run has a roof and one of the sides is covered now with tarps...
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    Review by 'The_1898_Homestead' in article 'Repecka Illustrates Coop Ventilation'

    The drawings are awesome. It makes me feel better about our ventilation. We have a shed roof on ours with vents on the low side facing north which is shady with trees, the high area is to the south. We have soffit vents on the south side and also top hinged windows. This is where our mostly...
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    Best coop/run ideas to reduce disease/protozoa

    We have wood chips in both of our runs and really like how they are working. The chickens are constantly scratching around in them and I can see they are decomposing already and it has only been about 6 weeks since we put them in there. We will be adding a couple more inches before winter sets...
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