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http://www.fws.gov/forms/3-200-13.pdf Go here if you want a permit to kill/trap your owls and hawks. Obviously this only works for those who can shoot in their area.

Ok, bit of an emergency, and I need some seasoned advice. I have a friend of my dad's who brought me about ten fertile (keeping fingers crossed, and the hen had been on them) turkey eggs. I don't have an incubator, but I put them under my chickens. Went online, checked BYC, and got varied...

Self blue means that when you breed two Self Blues together, you only get self blue offspring. If you breed a plain blue, you can get Black, Splash, and Blue. This chart is using the plain, regular, non-self Blue. Blue/Black/Splash (BBS) Blue x Blue = 50% Blue, 25% Black, 25% Splash Blue x...

I think that a lot of these OEGB's that are in unrecognized colors come from breeders who have different colored OEGB's, but interbreed them. They may not be recognized, but they are certainly some of the prettiest colors.

Biting my tongue here. Looked on OEGB Club site. This is an unrecognized color, however it does look like yours.

This is not a OEGB, sorry. It's a Golden Campine bantam. These pics are off of Google. Chick: Adolescent: Adult:

Did you all see the story about the man in Garden City. I guess it's probably been discussed on this forum, but since he's a BYC user, I really think it would be great to give some support to him! His neighbor gave some pretty terrible excuses for why he dislikes the chickens, I'm assuming it's...

Do any of you ever have OEGB roos mate or try to mate with large fowl hens?

Does anyone here know of a cheap hatchery for poults? They would need to have Standard bronze or Naragansett, not white or mainly white (ie Royal palms) turkeys.

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How do your OEGB roos hold up when it comes to defending their girls when free ranging?

From say a small dog or small cat?

How effective are your RIR's at defending their hens?

How good are Doms at defending their hens? What about size?

How good are Welsummer roos at defending and guiding their hens?