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Those are very nice looking birds.
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I would say, use those beautiful roosters and cross them over different hens. No telling what you may come up with and pull out the desired traits that work for you. You may have to cull/give away the undesirables, but keep moving forward.

Chickens are interesting critters with about 300 (?) breeds out there. There are books out there on genetics (I think I have a few), and serious and experimental breeders could come up with their ideal chicken, maybe not recognized by the APA, but something that would work well in your region. Of course, it's good to know the original background of the chickens you start with.
 
Bobby Basham said:
I would say, use those beautiful roosters and cross them over different hens. No telling what you may come up with and pull out the desired traits that work for you. You may have to cull/give away the undesirables, but keep moving forward.

Chickens are interesting critters with about 300 (?) breeds out there. There are books out there on genetics (I think I have a few), and serious and experimental breeders could come up with their ideal chicken, maybe not recognized by the APA, but something that would work well in your region. Of course, it's good to know the original background of the chickens you start with.
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Yeah, I've got one of those genetics books in my chicken library. It's pretty heavy reading, but worth its weight in gold in helping me to figure out some of my breeding goals. I'm currently two generations into my line and working to fine tune my preferred traits in gen 3.
 
Bobby Basham said:
My house faces Northwest and the garage can get pretty toasty in the afternoon. My sweeter heater shipped out today but I don't know if it will arrive before the chicks. I don't like the fact of possibly purchasing a 250-watt heat lamp because of the current it draws. Could I possibly use a 100-watt bulb for a day or two until my heater arrives?

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Get the heat lamp, but don't get a 250 watt bulb. Go to a pet store with a good reptile section and get a variety of infrared heat bulbs in different wattages. PetSmart usually carries them.

A 250 watt heat lamp is likely to fry your chicks if your brooder is in the garage. I would get 150 watt, 100 watt, 75 watt and 50 watt bulbs for the heat lamp. Lower the wattage if the birds look too hot. You will know. A 100 watt bulb would work, too, as long as it is incandescent and not LED. I prefer the infrared bulbs because the red glow isn't as disruptive at night. The chicks seem calmer than they do with constant white light.

My brooder is outside. I usually hatch in the winter. When the weather is cold I run the sweeter heater 24/7, and I also provide a heat lamp on a thermostat to supplement the sweeter heater. At first I set the heat lamp to go on when the temperature in the brooder goes below 75 degrees. As the chicks grow out I gradually lower the temperature setting for the heat lamp. If I still have chicks in the brooder when the weather gets hot, I take the heat lamp out of the brooder and put the sweeter heater on the thermostat instead. That helps to keep the chicks from overheating.

The thermostat I use was designed for reptile enclosures. It plugs into a wall outlet and the heat lamp plugs into it. The electronics are all digital. It has a thermometer probe that I put at chick height, near but not directly under the sweeter heater. I think it cost $25-30. I found mine at PetSmart a few years ago. Have also seen them on Amazon.
 
Hey! I was refered here hoping somebody in Arizona could help!
I had an exhausting and misfortunate duckling hatch that left me with only one duckling. She is only one day old and extremely lonely! Does anyone, somewhere near Prescott, have similarly aged ducklings, maybe even chicks, that would not mind parting with one or two?
It's just so cruel having her here all alone :-(
 
WolfGirlMagic said:
Hey! I was refered here hoping somebody in Arizona could help!
I had an exhausting and misfortunate duckling hatch that left me with only one duckling. She is only one day old and extremely lonely! Does anyone, somewhere near Prescott, have similarly aged ducklings, maybe even chicks, that would not mind parting with one or two?
It's just so cruel having her here all alone :-(
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Help....
my older hens attacked a younger chick...
She was separated, and her gate got knocked over while we were out.
We washed her up, and used vetricyn.
More then half her comb is gone, I don't know if that's skin or skull we see, I'm heartbroken.
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