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  1. Livia Ammon

    Show me your ugliest egg.

    Same here, but blue
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    Show me your ugliest egg.

    This super-calcified egg. It even had round bits of calcium in the white.
  3. Livia Ammon

    Question of the Day - Sunday, July 27th, 2025

    There was once a moose in my grove of trees on my land. I have seen bears too.
  4. Livia Ammon

    Mareks disease!!!

    I haven’t experienced this, but until a more experienced member reviews this, don’t put her back with the flock. It isn’t worth the risk. Good luck, and I’ll try and find some good people to tag
  5. Livia Ammon

    My ISA wants to be broody

    What cuties!
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    Marans rooster over a Bielefelder hen - sexlink?

    As long as the bielfelders are barred, that sounds like a perfectly fine sexlink cross. I am not very familiar with the breed, but it should work as long as you don’t get any light colored chicks, as it can be hard to spot a spot on those guys.
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    My ISA wants to be broody

    Wow. Pretty impressive. I feel like chickens that are marketed as being almost never broody are more likely to get broody than people think. The history and genetics of chickens of days past shines through in unexpected ways.
  8. Livia Ammon

    Getting rid of my rooster (guilt)

    He will probably be pretty tough and un-tasty, considering his age, and I second that it wouldn’t be worth it to eat him. Giving him away is, in my opinion, the best thing you can do.
  9. Livia Ammon

    Drop of blood near a new layer?

    In the bloody egg article, some of the more experienced members said that blood when new layers started laying was normal, do I wouldn’t be concerned.
  10. Livia Ammon

    Getting rid of my rooster (guilt)

    It isn’t irrational at all! He has lived a very good life, from the sound of it, and many people ( including myself) wouldn’t have let him live as long as he has so far. With a young child in question, it is far safer to give him away than to run the risk of your child getting hurt. His...
  11. Livia Ammon

    Amberlink labeled as pullet - 2 week

    In my experience, production breeds with single combs tend to develop them early. My leghorns always have larger combs than the cockerels at this age but end up being female. Tons of things are breed dependent at this age, so it’s certainly worth it to wait.
  12. Livia Ammon

    who will be the last person to post on this!

    Yeah, I have heard they bleed a lot, and although I can deal with dead animals bleeding, the alive ones freak me out.
  13. Livia Ammon

    Naming RIR

    Rust/Rusty, Cheeto, Copper
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    who will be the last person to post on this!

    Thank you! I think I like my new rooster better, though. He has quite a pair of spurs. I’m working up the courage to trim them, but even though he is nice, he is kind of scary looking with those foot-claws.
  15. Livia Ammon

    Future Broody Questions

    1. Totally! Bantams can raise full size chicks no problem, just not as many as a full size hen could, as their bodies are smaller. 2. Usually, flock integration goes well if the mother is in good standing. As your possible broodies seem not to be in good standing, I would be worried about that...
  16. Livia Ammon

    Shades of Green 💚

    Love that green egg! I’ve never seen one quite that shade.
  17. Livia Ammon

    Statistical proof!

    Aww. What sleepy cuties!
  18. Livia Ammon

    Snake killed chicken?

    I would recommend getting a barn cat. Preferably one with outdoor experience: a proven small-animal killer. They are useful, and one of they learn that cars=death, pretty good at surviving.
  19. Livia Ammon

    I Didn't Order a Kitten!

    I haven’t found that mothers make good mousers either. There is a somewhat feral cat that eats my nice barn cats’ food, and I tolerate her. I need to spay her, but I can’t catch her. (Because of her feral-ness and she’s pretty smart) She kills songbirds all the time, but she ran off when she saw...
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    Snake killed chicken?

    Do you have any cats? My cats go after snakes but are deathly afraid of chickens, making them ok protectors. I sometimes find snake pieces in the barn.
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