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hi all. My broody has hatched successfully twice before. This time I gave FBCM eggs from my new roo and hens. 21 days was Monday but let’s say she wasn’t hot enough and some needed extra days. Well she started with 11 and between Saturday and today she’s down to this. I checked every day or 2...

so I bought 2 polish day old chicks - sexed female in April. One has been laying for a month. This one tidbits. Doesn't get mated by the cockerel it's in with. And has what looks to be spurs growing in. I have 2 marans Roos so no room for another male. I advertise it as a cockeral on the local...

So my hatchery cuckoo last year proved to be an incurable broody therefor I gave her chicks which she didn't stray from until 7 weeks. This year i thought I'd let her sit in genpop knowing I wasn't winning the argument and I had nowhere else to put her. I'm too busy to build a second coop this...

Does that mean anything? I got 2 three week olds that are supposed to be females but one has a very flat top. I'm not sure if it's channeling Arsenio or Trump.

To help tame them you should handle them daily. Well those little buggers are not like chickens! Just spent an hour searching every nook and cranny in the family room cuz one of them ran right up my body over the chair and was gone before I could even blink. When I finally found it and almost...

Last fall 2 of my hatchery stock molted really hard. I'm talking not even resembled chickens. I had to give them tuna cuz they were walking drunk like which brought them right back to normal behavior within hours. Neither has laid an egg since. I expected time off as I don't use lighting. But...

My beloved sexlink Rosa laid an egg 2 weeks ago after a freeloading siesta. I let the ladies rest and don't supplement lighting (makes you appreciate the eggs more). She hasn't laid an egg since! I've had 3 other ladies come back online since but not her. What the ?... Before you ask: yes...

i think it's finally over. Been -20 for days. Everyone fare well except for my marans roo. Is there anything I can do to help him recover? Is this beyond help?

Credit - copied from: http://creamlegbarclub.com/?page_id=61 CREAM LEGBAR SOP (STANDARD OF PERFECTION) U.S.A. Legbars are all understood to be gold-based birds: the Cream Legbar, the Golden Crele Legbar and the White Legbar. The genetic variations differentiate the colors and patterns. For...

Very sweet boy - he has a nice rich copper color coming in slowly. His eyes are not a good choice for breeding pure - black and slowly turning a dark brown. He comes from a breeder whose hens lay a 6 on color scale. I would like to see him not go to the butcher so I'm looking now before my flock...

Beaker kept babies warm across the country back in July. 2 of the 3 turned out to be cockerels so beaker needs a harem. Came from Alchemist farm - NPIP certified and not vaccinated. My flock is closed also and no signs of disease. He fairs well for now but when those marans realize they are...

Junebuggena is right and I've finally come to terms with both my chicks are boys. At almost 10 weeks I'm starting to think about getting rid of my Black Eyed Susan now Boy Named Sue. He is the darker of my chicks. The other is lighter but the comb isn't as pretty. My goal- mate over my CLB for...

I know these are tough to sex so just posting for fun. Bought these from Alchemist as day olds to satisfy a broody. 6 weeks tomorrow. #1 is darker and still isn't showing any copper. #2 is lighter and showing copper on the neck and breast. Also just mounted its cream legbar sister. Grabbed her...

I'm sure we've been here before. Yesterday Pepper my cuckoo appeared to have slightly soiled her tush. Toaday I found her like this. Soaked her to clean her up. Held her innards in her for about 30 min till she stop pulsing them back out. Then put her in a dark crate in the fam room with...

What will hatch? Back story: normally sweet Freckles went mean cuckoo broody and started biting me when I kick her off the nest = fine here's some eggs. She was also getting spanked by her roomies for her puffiness and tude. Gave her 5 due to hatch around July 4th. Roo is the bantam Cochin in...

Hello all! Thank you for all the advice and chuckles over the past year! My Boyfriend found you last April when we got our peeps. 2 BSL, 2 GLW, 2 EE, 2 SS, 3 cuckoos, and a bantam Cochin roo. Built our coop and run with input from this forum fully lined with hardware cloth = $4K and it's going...