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  1. Cato0608

    Chickens afraid of DE

    Hi, so I have been reading on a few ways to prevent mites and decided to get some food grade Diatomaceous earth. I then went on cleaning the coop as usual and scattered the DE around the inner and outer lining of the coop as well as on the ends of the roost bars (the DE was visible, but not...
  2. sabrfencer

    New Member in Central Texas

    Hi Everyone! We have chickens. Yikes! What have I gotten myself into? My wife who grew up on Oah'u in Hawai'i had a pet chicken when she was a little girl. I have ZERO experience with chickens, although I've always liked them. I find their clucking and scratching soothing. We have...
  3. G

    Orpington Egg poll

    Hello Orpington lovers! I've made this quick little poll to give me an idea on when your Orpingtons started to lay eggs. Every vote is a contribution to my research:).
  4. Happy Chickens Cleveland

    Various breeds of egg layers

    I just sold 11 Blue laced Red Wyndottes and I have 10 chickens left! In the Clevland area, near Hopkins airport Wyndottes (2 years old ), Silver laced (1) Gold laced (1) Lavender orpington hen (1) Ayam Chimani hen (3 year old and laying ) Jubliee Orphington (1), 3 yr old A pair of Coronation...
  5. BRF

    Mottled Lavender Questions

    I recieved a group of chicks that were supposed to be lavender orpingtons but found out that the chicks where the wrong color compared to ours. Turns out they were mottled lavender orpingtons. I have 1 rooster I didn't sell and my neighbor lost here lavender rooster and we were wondering what...
  6. MysteryChicken

    Wheaten Crele Project

    Hello everyone, this a continuation of a crele project that I'm having fun doing. If you haven't seen it, go check it out. If you have any questions, feel free to ask? If you have any comments, or suggestions, please keep them possitive, & friendly? My project crele is Wheaten based, to be more...
  7. Mark_Khrushchev

    Moving chicks to coop

    I have 4 leghorns and 2 orpingtons at about 5 weeks old. It is time to move them outside. If you didn't know, I live in South Florida. A very hot place that can reach up to 100F in the summer months but it is starting to cool as we turn into fall. Right now it goes up to 90F. I know this is...
  8. JBerman21

    Hatch a thon 2018

    We have had the best luck with hatching shipped eggs this year! Anyone else still going? We have our White Breese and Blue black splash maran hatching today! We also had coturnix quail hatch 2 days a go and 5 days a go naked necks and mottled orpingtons
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    • birchen marans chick chicks 1 day egg eggs about to hatch hatch a long orpington rare lavender. easter egger. chicks orpingtons rare breed chicks rare breeds
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  9. LikeTurkeys

    LikeTurkeys

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  10. earl0524

    Color Combos

    Hello everyone, I am new to the genetics and coloring combinations pertaining to Orpingtons. I have a buff rooster....if I have a Jubilee hen, what would their chicks color(s) be.
  11. Orpingtons43

    From eggs to Adults

    Hello guys I’m going to be incubating 12 Standard sized Easter Egger eggs I recieved in the mail! I’m also POSSIBLY going to hatch 3 EE bantam mixed eggs (from my own flock) too! I thought it’d be fun to show you guys the development of all the eggs! I will be putting them in the incubator...
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    • chicken breeds enjoy!! hatch a long hatching eggs incubator lavender orpington magicfly incubator my hatching journal orpingtons standard easter eggers
    • Replies: 70
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  12. Broody Bottoms

    New Here From Texas

    Hi y'all, I have been reading the questions & replies on Backyard Chickens for a while now, so I finally decided I should join. A little over a year ago, I assembled a hen house & did some yard work for an elderly gentleman. Though I didn't expect anything in return for it, he insisted on...
  13. anniejli

    Be Aware of Sunny Side Up Ranch in Norco, CA Selling Deadly Sick Chickens

    I am new to this site and was not able to find a place to post breeder review, so I am posting this thread in forum. I urge everyone who is thinking to buy or already bought chickens from Sunny Side Up Ranch in Norco CA to read their yelp reviews at...
  14. Cerise1924

    Mid-May Hatch-A-Long 2018

    Hi, friends! Anyone is welcome to join this little hatch-a-long for chicks due in mid May. I find I can get a bit overwhelmed by the really busy hatch-a-long threads, so this one is bound to be a bit smaller and maybe easier to manage because of the narrower time frame. Right now, I have just...
  15. Ace 1225

    ISO: Lavender Orpington Hatching eggs or chicks, Goldsboro, NC

    I am looking for some Lavender Orpington hatching eggs or chicks near my area. I have been looking everywhere. If anyone has some please let me know, thanks so much!
  16. ChicaMom

    Hello!

    I just signed on but have been relying on Backyard Chickens for awhile now. I am a suburban chicken-keeper with a standard suburban city lot in the Los Angeles area. I have 2 Rhode Island Red hens that are about 2 years old. They are the last of my second flock. I was given a baby chick last...
  17. Peckadoodle

    Looking for Orpingtons

    Looking for beautiful, healthy Orpingtons in or close to central Texas. Good care and lots of spoiling awaits them. It is not cold here yet, so maybe shipping can be arranged.
  18. medicgal82

    Orpingtons

    Hey everyone! I am trying to find someone close to the Hickory area of NC who is interested in purchasing 10 Orpington chickens. I have one lavender rooster, one blue rooster and one mottled rooster; plus 7 mottled hens that need to go. We experienced a tornado in our area, which launched the...
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    • blue orpington for sale lavender orpington mottled orphington north carolina orpington chickens orpington roosters orpingtons
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Chickens 8 Weeks & Older
  19. Hopethehen

    Large vs. Bantam

    So i had four chickens, one was a rooster so we got rid of him, and one died. So ever since that one died i was looking for new ones. because we only have two, whenever one would be in the nesting box, the other onw would be lonely. The lonely one starts to go crazy bocking here there running...
  20. tupperval

    New to Raising Chickens!

    We moved from town to the family farm a year ago. One of the things we wanted to do is raise a few chickens. Besides the tremendous benefit of a few fresh eggs, we have a terrible problem with ticks in our area. In fact, I spent most of the last summer (with Lyme's disease). In fact, a few...
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    • black copper marans black cuckoo orpington chickens children creole orpington crested cream legbar lavender orpington orpingtons
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: New Member Introductions
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