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    Question of the Day - Sunday, February 15th, 2026

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    Free range breed advice

    I know of a lot of people who travel across the border for a day or two to pick up eggs and chicks. Some have family ties, others have acquaintances. I have none, only local friends and family. The landrace eggs I was talking about in my OP would be from an Albanian landrace, or of Albanian...
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    Bantam cochin frizzle mixes

    Definitely cockerels
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    Free range breed advice

    That they are not :lol: ! The girls are all quite “spicy”. The boys are young, so I don’t really know how they will be, but given that the head cockerel is willing to fight mastiff-type dogs, I don’t think he will be too accepting either. I still hope that I can get some standard phoenix at...
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    Free range breed advice

    I see. So the bantam version really isn’t worth the trouble. Sounds like even the standards might be unwilling to intermingle and breed with the rest of the group. Oh I have no issues with not going locally, last year I incubated eggs that came from across the country; my issue is with eggs...
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    Free range breed advice

    I haven’t had any luck finding the LFs here. Only the bantams seem to be available, and I’m not sure how well those would mesh with the rest. I considered adding them a few years ago, but since I couldn’t find LFs back then as well, I dropped that idea. Do you think they would thrive in an LF...
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    Free range breed advice

    He looks very prehistoric :love ! Still getting used to the look, I must say
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    The nighly roost rumble

    Every mature and established rooster here did this. Only their favourites roosted right next to them, or under their wings. Anyone who didn’t obey that rule got a serious peck. The only exception is the head hen, in my experience. Possibly out of mutual understanding, the head hen was free to...
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    Ended BYC Pets & Livestock Caption Contest 02-06-26 Pic by LeahG

    Thank you!
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    Free range breed advice

    Ah, hope you get some this year (if broodies is what you’re after) then! Well I don’t have to make a decision until much later at the end of spring, so I do have time to think it through, and possibly wait until one of yours goes broody :p
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    Free range breed advice

    Very encouraging, thank you! Have any of yours gone broody?
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    Free range breed advice

    Indeed. All the birds are very good at staying out of the worst sun rays. During the middle of the day it’s almost like we have no chickens here :p . Only the top rooster is somewhat exposed, because he has a million different jobs bless him. It’s very possible that chickens don’t run into any...
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    Free range breed advice

    One of the hens with bare backs on a 40C summer mid day. It was worse than it looks in the photo. As you can see, there is barely any redness on her back
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    Free range breed advice

    I see. Even more impressive that they manage to survive so well at such a young age! Hopefully they brood soon
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    Free range breed advice

    That’s a fair concern. I know that any of the hens here that had somewhat bare backs last summer due to overbreeding didn’t seem to show any discomfort. Their skin was slightly more red than usual, but I didn’t observe any issues beyond that. I imagine it works similarly for the Turkens, if not...
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