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Hey, Just wondering how the dominate vs recessive white colour works. Are there certain breeds that always have the dominate white gene? If so which breeds would this include? Thanks,

Hey, So, I have done a few hatches, but I keep seeing different numbers when it comes to humidity. Now, I am going to look at the air cells, but how do you calculate the humidity levels (ballpark) for a particular location since there are widely varying humidities. Do you take normal room...

Hey, I was looking at some of the outcomes of breeding blue and black and splash wyandottes, but I'm wondering about pencilled wyandottes. If you breed a pencilled wyandotte rooster with a pencilled wyandotte hen will you still have pencilled offspring? Also, are the offspring from blue x...

Hello breeders, I am currently working on my LF Salmon Faverolles for showing and although I have a Standard of Perfection, I am not quite sure what the most important traits to breed for are. Any input or tips on breeding will be welcomed. Mitch

My Faverolle hen has some skin growing over her left eye and it looks irritated. I am not sure what to do but it seems to be getting worse. I can try and get pictures later if you need them. Any advice and ideas of what this could be are more than welcome. Thank you!

Time has sure flown by fast and its already time for the 2nd annual Winter online poultry show! All poultry is allowed but entries of other poultry must be posted in this separate thread, 2nd-annual-winter-online-poultry-show Judging will be done by me but if you want to help, you may PM me...

Time has sure flown by fast and its already time for the 2nd annual Winter online poultry show! All poultry is allowed but entries of chickens must be posted in this separate thread, 2nd-annual-winter-online-poultry-show Judging will be done by me but if you want to help, you may PM me. :)...

Now that we are going into winter, some people have trouble with egg production due to not enough light in the shortened winter days. Solution: Artificial lighting. I got my lighting up today. I will try and get pictures sometime. So how do you all get artificial lighting to your coops...

My rooster Marius goes down the ramp everyday to go to the run but he never ever goes up to the coop in the nights. I keep moving him back to the coop but every night its the same story, he jumps up to the outside perch thingy and starts to snore (silly me, chickens don't snore :P) sleep. I...

Well since I haven't been on lately I think I have been sort of, shall we say, fazed out of byc, so I doubt many people will think to look at this thread but oh well. Anyway I have been busy writing my novel, doing stuff, breaking bones, well only one actually. I broke my toe playing soccer. :O...

Anybody write novels? Or want to? You can post little pieces of your novels or just discuss them here. :) Here is a little excerpt from mine, “He makes my fist want to hit something hard, like his jaw!” Cadell clenched his fist. “Okay, lets go.” Gail said calmly. “How can you be so calm...

Hello all, not sure why a started this random thread but it is for coffee lovers (like myself). Anybody is welcome because this is probably going to become really random. Mitch,

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I love fishing, does anybody else? If you do, start chatting and bragging about you catches. Have fun!

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This thread is to talk about goats! I don't have goats right now but I think I will at the end of this summer! :) Lets start! ~Mitchell

I was thinking about getting a few ducks to add to my birds, I mean they are great and I would love to have them, but there just ain't enough barn space round here. If I ever get ducks you guys will know. But until further notice I am Mitch the duckless. Mitch

Thought this would be a neat idea for a thread. If I copied anyone's idea please PM me I didn't try to copy it from you. So, what is your favourite part about having chickens? I have a few favourite things about raising chickens. Actually let me retype that. I have tons of things I LOVE about...

So this is where I will be sharing pics, stories, and updates for MKK Farms. For General info on MKK Farms check out my article for MKK Farms. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mkk-farms-poultry-and-rabbitry Today I went about the normal chores. First I give them food and water, then I let...

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