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    Hatching Eggs - LF Salmon Faverolles and Welsummers

    $25 shipped for 6 eggs $40 shipped for 12 eggs I accept paypal but also can send invoice through squareup. Buying shipped hatching eggs is a risk. If you are not familiar with incubation or are not willing to accept the risk of a low hatch rate due to rough conditions of traveling through...
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    Partridge Barthuhner chick sexing

    I have 6 partridge barthuhner chicks. I was wondering if anyone could answer the question of if the darker chick in the picture is male? The five are all lighter, like the chick to the left, but the one is dark, and feathering much darker and more evenly, so I am thinking it is a cockerel. Any...
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    Quick! can I use blue laced red Wyandotte hens for sex linked chicks

    Ok, title says it. I desperately don't need a new breed, but would like to have a couple BLRW hens to enjoy... can I justify buying some to put in with either silver ameruacanas or silver penciled cochins for sex link chicks? Would the breed true enough, I mean... I know I would get some blue...
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    large fowl SALMON FAVEROLLES hatching eggs

    I have large fowl Salmon Faverolles hatching eggs available. This breed is my absolute favorite, and I am really happy with the adults I have breeding right now. I have had 100% fertility and hatch rate this year, but I can not promise such results after shipping. I double box, use bubble wrap...
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    Egg Color Genetics

    I need some information, please. If I where to breed a black copper marans hen that lays a color 6 egg, fairly dark brown, to a bantam Cochin rooster (tinted-to tan egg) what would the offspring color be? Tan to dark tan? white would be genetically implausible, corrected?
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    Salmon Faverolle pullet died, one more sick?

    Ok, going to outline this as quickly and as accurately as I can. Three weeks ago, I seperated my three salmon faverolles (2 pullets, 1 cockerel) into a 10x10 breeding pen. SF (salmon Faverolle) pullet 1 was hatched September, and just began laying about the time I moved them. SF pullet 2 is...
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    Mareks in quail?

    I have been raising quail for a year now. Never had any big illnesses or problems. I have hatched out five large batches (large to me) this current one being the largest- 67 chicks hatched. I had 18 Italians hatch and the rest jumbo brown. I have lost 14 babies, some sadly drown, even with...
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    ISO Salmon Faverolle Rooster

    I am looking for a young rooster or older cockerel salmon Faverolle to go with my almost laying pullets. I would rather not have hatchery stock. I am willing to drive, located on the gulf coast of central Fl. If shipping, please quote shipping cost so I can decide if its worth it. Thank you!!
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    Handmade Egg Ornaments

    I am selling some handmade egg ornaments. Chicken egg ornaments are sold in sets of three, and quail egg ornaments are sold in sets of five. Shipping is included in the price below. I can fit up to 12 eggs in a box. First set purchased is $15. You may purchase additional eggs for $2/quail and...
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    Cochin breeding question- LF

    I am expecting some silver laced large fowl Cochins, and I currently have a blue large fowl rooster. What outcome would I get through breeding? Would I get blue laced? Or just BBS, with a chance of silver laced? I do not understand gene codes, I hope someone can explain it without them. I am...
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    What am I doing wrong?

    Ok, I began incubating at the end of August. I have hatched chicks, quail, and ducklings.both quail and ducklings have hatched without s problem... However, I seem to have a high rate of leg problems with chicks. Here's is my situation. I have hatched only 15 chicks, and three of those have had...
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    Is this a Sumatra or a mutt?

    I bought this hen as a chick back at the end of February which makes her around 9 months old. When i bought her, i was buying her and another chick, and the breeder told me he was a Cochin. Obviously not, an I do not recall what other breeds she had. She has been laying for 3-4 months now. At...
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    Sudden lathargacy - slight bluing on comb

    i have a 7 month old hen that is exhibiting extreme lathargacy. Yesterday, she was out free ranging with the other chickens, today she is sleeping. This morning I went to let them out, I noticed she was not acting right. I put her in isolation with extra hay, I added vitamins, electrolytes and...
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    Sudden lathargacy - slight bluing on comb

    i have a 7 month old hen that is exhibiting extreme lathargacy. Yesterday, she was out free ranging with the other chickens, today she is sleeping. This morning I went to let them out, I noticed she was not acting right. I put her in isolation with extra hay, I added vitamins, electrolytes and...
  15. Sahwithchicks

    Roo or Hen - Bantam Birchen Cochin

    This is a chick I hatched from breeding my Birchen too to my black hen. It was my first chick from the pair, and I have a dozen eggs in the bator from the pair that I keep adding to. Since I got the roo grown, I can't compare the coloring to the chick, and was hoping someone on here might be...
  16. Sahwithchicks

    Day old chick, severe Splayed legs... Bone showing on hocks

    i hatched a black copper maran chick yesterday... It looks to have a very bad case of Splayed legs... It can't walk, and it wobbles on it's hocks with it's feet up under it's wings. I tried to make my first hobble brace and left it on overnight. This morning it seems worst off. I noticed on both...
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    Soooooo excited!! Added black copper Marans to my flock!!

    I found a local hobby breeder that sold me 5 maran chicks!! 4 are black copper and one is a blue copper. He also gave me 2 hatching eggs that are halfway incubated for free which was really nice of him! I have been looking for about a year for some of this breed, and now I have some!! They are...
  18. Sahwithchicks

    Sick silkie rooster

    i browsed through the forums and couldn't find quite the Answer to my problem... I have a silkie rooster, who I have had for two months now, that is very lathargic and unbalanced. I noticed two days ago he was seemingly tipsy, but he was running around the yard, eating, and drinking, so I just...
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    Just joined the world of quail! Injured bird - update

    Yesterday my husband and I went to a farm to get a couple more turkeys, and my husband decided to get some quail! I have never been around them, so I was wondering what advice some of you pros could give for a newbie. Here are a couple pictures of our new flock. These guys are just about...
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    Curiosity over supposed bantam Cochin

    So on march 17th, I went to a chicken swap here in central FL. I was looking for a birchen Cochin bantam hen for my rooster. There was a lady who was selling bantams and told me if I bought her black Cochin bantams they would breed 50/50. I bought two. I believe they where about a week old and...
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