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    Some what general Question about Leakage and Heterozygous Bases

    So- in my self taught education of chicken genetics I've had a question about color genetics pop up- I see people say things like that bird has leakage- etc- or about a bird being split. My question is whether or not a bird that is heterozygous for a base (partridge, extended black, Wheaton...
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    Salmon Faverolles for True Dual Purpose? Anyone Use them for Meat?

    Salmon Faverolles are listed as a dual purpose breed and when first created were a very popular meat bird in France. Now a days, especially hatchery lines, are little more than glorified egg layer with no real meat to them at all. I am wanting to know if anyone has actually bred their line back...
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    Average Chick Price in Your Area

    I'm interested to find out what people are paying for chicks in their respective areas and exactly what they have available to them. I didn't see a way to divide the poll into regions so if you participate and don't mind adding a comment with the following information and average prices that...
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    Breeding Pen Ideas and Blueprints?

    I am looking for simple and easy to build breeding pen designs. I have both bantam and large fowl I need to pedigree breed. Looking for ideas on different setups and designs to get started. I have lots of tin, a bit of spare wood, all kind of hardware cloth, welded wire, chicken wire, etc. As...
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    Chocolate gene and sexlinkage - can someone explain what I just hatched?

    So I had a pen set up for hatching some color projects. I put what I thought at the time was just a black satin silkie, with some silver leakage in with three bantam Cochin hens (pet quality) Two of the hens were blue and one is a black and white mottled. The BW hen went broody and I allowed...
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    Andalusian - male- Evaluation?

    Ok.... I know this guy isn't perfect by any means. But I've seen photos of terrible Andalusians both male and female and personally I feel like this guy has some decent traits about him. I think he probably is much too large for the standard. But I think he has nice chest depth. I like his wings...
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    Multi-Coop- Large 1/2 - 3/4 Acre Area- Automatic Winter Watering Systems? Design Ideas and Advice

    So right now- I am not loving my watering system. Nothing is Automatic and here in TN even though the winter is very mild most yrs, we do get freezes occasionally. And then I am having to carry buckets of water from inside my home to an area about 3/4th of an acre and probably 1/2 an acre from...
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    Genetics? Does anyone have any Photos and or Good Information on "es" gene?

    Looking for photos of chicks down and progressive to maturity photos of the "es" foundation color Would also love any links or good reads concerning this foundation Thanks 😊
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    Examples of Different Base/Ground colors for Mille fleur and Porcelain patterns?

    I am starting a mille fleur satin silkie project and a porcelain project with them. I've seen that mille fleur can be created using several different "ground" colors and or "bases". Meaning one could use Partridge, duckwing, Wheaton and maybe birchen (but can't remember if that one was included...
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    Help me nail down these genetics and chose a mate for this silkie hen

    Okay- so I have a white silkie hen. She was with a bantam Cochin roo that is blue/red- not sure if that color would be considered blue wheaton or not. Anyways - I was test Breeding mainly to see if she was recessive or dominant white. None of the chicks (like 6) came out white or paint so I am...
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    Calling All Cream Legbar Breeders- 2024 Edition

    ...phone but when I had to switch phones recently, unfortunately those files didn't transfer to my new device and now I have no way to get them back 😞 * Does anyone here happen to have them and would be willing to email them to me? 2- The two "official" Legbar threads here on BYC were started...
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    Hatching Accessories for Older Sportsman GQF? Best Wafers? Best thermometer/hygrometer?

    I just purchased a used very old GQF Sportsman 1202 (I think). It's definitely a 1200 series nonetheless. What I am wondering about is hatching accessories and what brands may be interchangeable. I see generic type companies who make various things like hatching trays and incubation things and...
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    Has anyone ever crossed a Houdan with Ameraucana? What about Satin Silkie?

    If you have ever done a cross with a BW mottled Houdan roo to an Ameraucana hen I would love to see pictures. I am currently planning out my breeding pens and have some color projects and various things going on. I have a mottled Houdan rooster that I have no mate for but I was actually...
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    Options for "Upgrading" a Wafer Thermostat System in an Older Cabinet Incubator?

    So- I'm completely incubator tech illiterate. I am picking up a new old cabinet incubator this week and know that at the very least the two Wafer style Thermostats in it must be replaced. But when I was researching replacement parts and how to do it, it got me thinking- "Can I...
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    Affordable/Alternative source for Replacement Parts for GQF?

    I am going to be troubleshooting a GQF incubator this wk and have no clue what I'm doing or how to trouble shoot it, honestly. I will have to research and order parts as somewhat "educated" guesses really. I've been looking at GQFs site and prices for various parts and while most of them are...
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    Sportsman GQF Running WAY too hot?

    Can anyone help me figure out how to repair a GQF that is running WAY too hot? What would I need to replace?
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    Breeding Records Templates?

    I am currently designing and putting together some new records for my breeding program. I am super meticulous and would love to see Templates for what everyone is recording in their own programs. The more details the better. Currently I am looking for records to track incubation, hatching...
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    Are you a long time breeder? Interested in passing your knowledge forward to someone eager to learn and listen? Maybe a podcast?

    Edited to add- I have been on this site for several yrs. I am not simply posting for something that I could simply type in a search bar and locate an answer. I've spent countless hrs reading, posting questions, nd researching this site and numerous others. After all that, and not really...
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    Breeding Miniature/Bantam chickens from Large Fowl?

    I have tried to run several searches for threads about people working on new bantam breeds or creating miniature versions of a large fowl variety but am coming up empty handed. I am trying to research how my predecessors have achieved these things so that I could come up with some type of...
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    Male and Female Specific Feather Patterns in Chicks? Examples?

    I have seen several people talk about male and female Specific Feathering for various different colors/varieties. Can some show me examples of all the different things that would immediately point to a male or a female when a chick starts to feather out? I'm more curious then anything and would...
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