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    Has anyone tried dry incubation and does it work well? And a sexlink breeding question.

    I have the Maticoopx incubator from Amazon, highly recommend it! I always do dry hatch and have had very high hatch rates with it. My last hatch was 9 out of 9 chicks from my own flock, 100% hatch rate. For chicken eggs, do not add any water until day 18 or 20, then bring it to 55 or 60%...
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    Help with Genetics! BCM rooster x BO, etc.

    I put eggs in the incubator yesterday. I decided on the Buff Orp, the mixed green layer, the Silverudd Blue, White Leghorn, and the Prairie Bluebell (blue layer). According to Hoover’s, where I got the blue layer, they were created by crossing Araucanas and White Leghorns. Wouldn’t that give me...
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    Help with Genetics! BCM rooster x BO, etc.

    Thanks for the reply! Yes, Black Copper Maran rooster with feathered legs.
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    Help with Genetics! BCM rooster x BO, etc.

    Hello! I am trying to decide which eggs to hatch out this spring… if you wouldn’t mind sharing of your time & expertise, maybe I could come to a better informed decision! I am specifically wanting dark olive eggs, or pretty green shades. The rooster is a pure (Greenfire) BCM. Hen choices...
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    Anyone in TN Offering QUALITY Maran Hatching Eggs?

    I’m in Texas, if you would like hatching eggs.
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    Anyone in TN Offering QUALITY Maran Hatching Eggs?

    I have French BCM hatching eggs (feathered feet). I wouldn’t ship right now due to the coming winter storms. Private message me if you’re interested at a near future date when the weather clears up. I’ve included pictures of the rooster and one of the hens. And also pictured are their dark eggs...
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    French Black Copper Marans x Starlight Green Egger

    What color eggs did this pairing make? The BCM x Starlight?
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    Oliver Egger chick- gender?

    Male or female? Curious about this Ameraucana/And/or/OE….age is 9 weeks
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    Silverudd Blue chick- what gender?

    I was pretty sure it was a pullet, too! She’s very docile & sweet! She will come find me in the yard and fly up to me to be held. She’s actually 9 weeks, just figured it up.
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    Silverudd Blue chick- what gender?

    Male or female?
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    6 Cream Legbar Chicks- gender help, please!

    This is how all 5 of the roosters feathered out. Approx 7 weeks old. The female is very different coloring, more brown with very faint barring and a salmon colored chest.
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    6 Cream Legbar Chicks- gender help, please!

    I ended up with 5 roosters and only 1 hen!! The white dot definitely means male, in my case!
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    Taking Gender Guesses!

    Approx 4 months later…. We have answers! Tootsie, unfortunately, didn’t survive but was a cockerel. Buttercup, Snickers, and Chiquita are all beautiful hens!! Anticipating eggs soon!
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    Little Cockerel….or maybe pullet??

    I ended up giving it away at about 7 weeks old. It seemed to be a cockerel to me! Sorry, I can’t answer for the definitive.
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    BCM, Silverudds blue, Cream Legbar fertile eggs

    Ordered eggs from Derrick and got all 4 breeds shipped through priority mail. 20 of 25 eggs hatched, approx. 80% success rate, which is excellent for shipped eggs. Also received extra eggs in my order! I used an incubator (dry hatch) for most of the eggs and put a few under my broody. She...
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    6 Cream Legbar Chicks- gender help, please!

    These are one day old chicks, Cream Legbar. I see 2 males, 1 female. What about the other 3? Thanks!
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    Little Cockerel….or maybe pullet??

    Almost 6 weeks old. Trying to make the decision on whether to give up or not. I’m not keeping any roosters. Dad is a Bielefelder, pretty sure the mom is an Easter Egger.
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