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    Raising Swedish Hedemora on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

    Curious to know how you feel about the breed 3 years later! Did you end up breeding them?
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    Hmong chicks, 5 weeks - pullet or cockerel?

    Oh wow, what a nice surprise! I've got these two little ones (~6 weeks old) who I was trying to compare with yours, hehe. The slightly bigger comb size of the lighter one has me suspicious but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they're both pullets too. Congrats on the first egg, Blackbird!
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    Hmong chicks, 5 weeks - pullet or cockerel?

    I'm curious - what did they end up being?
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    Genetics question - blue chick with red spot on head

    Looks like that's how my little one is turning out so far too 😊
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    Review by 'MistRidge' in article 'The Great Big Giant Marek's Disease FAQ'

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    Genetics question - blue chick with red spot on head

    Old post, I know 😅, but what did this little one end up looking like? I have a chick who hatched a month ago who also has a little rust spot
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    Does a white head dot always mean barred/cuckoo? If not, then...?

    Update #1: Here are some pictures of little Rocky Raccoon at almost a month old! Barring has started showing up in patches over the past week, so right now he/she is looking like quite the little mash-up 😅
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    Does a white head dot always mean barred/cuckoo? If not, then...?

    I guess the follow-up question is: unless the mom was a cuckoo Ameraucana (or some kind of barred Easter Egger), there's probably no way this chick came from an Ameraucana/Wyandotte crossing, right?
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    Does a white head dot always mean barred/cuckoo? If not, then...?

    Dang, I guess I have to be patient after all 😅. Thank you! I'll post update pics once he/she's got adult plumage
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    Does a white head dot always mean barred/cuckoo? If not, then...?

    Interesting - thank you for answering! So the chick in the pictures... Would that just be some sort of 'messy' barring? I'm not actually seeing multiple "bars" per feather yet, just white on the feather tips. (And as far as I know there's no surprise crested gene going on)🤔
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    Does a white head dot always mean barred/cuckoo? If not, then...?

    Hi all! Question: does a white spot on a dark chick's head always indicate barring or cuckoo genetics are present? I know it's not always indicative of sex depending on which parent(s) are barred or cuckoo. But can a chick just have a white spot without it meaning anything? Or is that white spot...
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    Would a broody abandon her nest at first pip?

    Yikes!! Yeah I have another girl who's just started to go broody and I'm already thinking she's going to be like yours. I haven't seen her leave the nest once in the past 5 days, and when I checked on her yesterday her face was covered in yolk. [Side note: only today did I notice an egg had...
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    Would a broody abandon her nest at first pip?

    Thank you 😊💕
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    Would a broody abandon her nest at first pip?

    @igorsMistress It's honestly going so well! Mama is super protective and attentive, and it's been amazing to watch her teaching them everything. The two kiddos are already leaps and bounds ahead of where my brooder babies were at the same age last year. I still keep Mama and babies in their own...
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    EE colouring / plumage - chicks vs/ adults --- Post your PICS!

    Wow! Sophia and Elaine turned out totally different than I would have expected! So cool!! I would love to add some like them to my flock
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    Would a broody abandon her nest at first pip?

    Update #2: A second chick hatched without any issues, and Mama was very good with it from the start. My little turtle chick perked up after ~24h in a makeshift brooder, especially after giving it some electrolyte+vitamin water and cleaning the hernia with some GermiStat a few times. The hernia...
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    Would a broody abandon her nest at first pip?

    Update #1: So I went to check on the situation this morning and could hear little peeps coming from the nest. Seems like the egg from yesterday continued to try to hatch, but Chickie had the shell stuck on its back like a little turtle. Its exposed feathers were dry and fluffy, so it must have...
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    Would a broody abandon her nest at first pip?

    Hen is about 11 months old, and has been broody on and off since the winter. This was the first time she got really growly at me and any of the other chickens who dared approach her nest, so after about a week of her sitting on a random assortment of eggs she had hoarded I decided to give her...
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    Would a broody abandon her nest at first pip?

    Her nest is thankfully already on the ground (I had made a little "nursery" at the back of the coop last year to slowly introduce some new chicks to the crew, so I just moved Mama and her nest box there when she had been sitting for about a week). I guess it makes sense that she'd want to do...
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    Would a broody abandon her nest at first pip?

    Hi all! First time letting a broody hen do her thing and I'm not sure what to do. We're on day 20, and are down to 8 eggs from the dozen she started with (I probably shouldn't have let her sit on so many to start). Over the past three weeks I've found broken shells a few times, and I assume she...
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