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    The Egg Anomalies Thread

    I have no idea. The genetics of leakage are quite complex. I know enough to recognize it and some basic info on how it might come about. If you go to the Genetics thread, and post a picture of this chicken, and explain how she was sold as a production blue, and show pictures of both her, her...
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    Where to get chicks?

    If you buy straight run though, you're taking your chances. They could be up to 100% roosters. So I don't often do that unless i actually want roos and have a plan for the extra ones.
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    Feather damage

    I would definitely put a chicken saddle on her. There is a wide variety of quality/usefulness in chicken saddles. My favorite saddle (most durable, best protection, stays on super good) is below. They can be adjusted to fit everything from my white leghorns (small and sleek) to my New...
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    Where to get chicks?

    You'd have to figure out what the hatchery is they're ordering from, and then check the hatchery's statement on how accurate their sexing is. Generally, female sexed chicks are 90% accurate from say, Hoover's. Now, if you buy sex-linked chicks, those are almost always accurate (such as red...
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    The Egg Anomalies Thread

    Yeah, that would explain it, if they had an Australorp dad and RIR mom. The website stated RIR male x Australorp female, so I assumed that was what they were doing. I did breeding of a very dark Production Red (very similar to RIR) male over a variety of differently feathered females, and...
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    Retired firefighter now raising chickens

    We got temps down to -20F one winter (yes, in ALABAMA!) for a week or two. When temps get that low, I use 5 gallon bucket horizontal nipple waterers to avoid having my birds step in open sources of water or freeze wattles (I have idiotic chickens who WILL freeze their feet off by stepping in...
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    Bubbly eggs ?

    If you incubator has them lying on their sides, you can use solo (plastic) cups, and stick the eggs in those, and put those in the incubator to keep them fat end (air cell end) up for at least the first week. You can rotate them around their vertical axis if rotation is desired. After that...
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    The Egg Anomalies Thread

    Typically, you get either silver or red leakage, not both. Also, chicken feather color is not tied to egg color. You can have any color chickens laying any color of eggs if you breed them correctly for long enough. Egg color can be tied to comb type in a few specific ways, but that's not...
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    Bubbly eggs ?

    Now, if you're talking about the speckled appearance of the shell (light speckles) - that's due to differing permeability of the shell in those areas. Sometimes you see this in older eggs, or when hens are older. It is what it is at this point, I'd just rest them and incubate.
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    Bubbly eggs ?

    If you plan to rest them, pointy side, down, do that, then incubate. Some folks rest them for 24 hrs, then incubate. Either way, nothing you can do really. Good luck!
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    Hard mass on back of chicken

    Wow. That is one sick chicken. I'm gonna guess cancer. You might consider posting a link to this post in the emergencies forum and asking there, folks might even be able to give you insight into type of cancer? With chickens, some cancers are viral, and can spread within a flock, so this...
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    The Egg Anomalies Thread

    Based on egg shape and mottling, and assuming Ombre continues to lay the same shape/color of eggs, it looks like she just didn't inherit many of the genes that give the tan coloration. There is some coloration, but not much. Brown eggs are genetically white, with a brown "wash" that is applied...
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    So I had purchased some chicks from Mc Murrays hatchery and they included a few free ones

    Ah, thanks for the clarification. That explains some things.
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    So I had purchased some chicks from Mc Murrays hatchery and they included a few free ones

    Could be some Whiting True Blues in there. Wait to see what they lay before you rehome, if you can. Otherwise, I see Whiting True Greens. Be aware, the ameracauna they sell are actually Americana (basically EEs). If you go to the official Ameraucana club website, it nicely explains the...
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    The Egg Anomalies Thread

    Can you post of picture of everyone else's eggs for comparison? Production Blues are a hatchery cross-breed. Occasionally there is variation in how they turn out. If all her eggs are like this, then this is the normal color for her. Enjoy your sweet girl and colorful egg basket!
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