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Breeding / Breeding Blue
« on: August 22, 2015, 12:08:00 PM »

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Housing, Health & Hatching / Chick with soft, swollen crop?!
« on: September 02, 2014, 02:07:43 PM »
At least I think it’s the crop that’s swollen…but there is definitely something else (air?) under the skin.  :o



Slight swelling under the right wing as well...




The chick is 5 weeks old and acts completely normal otherwise, eating and drinking and running around. Everyone else in the group is fed the same feed (both dry and fermented) and have access to grit as well. Could it be an internal injury of some kind? I checked the chick over, but couldn’t find any kind of outside wound...

So weird. I’ve just never seen anything like this before. I'm debating whether or not to cull...and of course it's one of my import chicks. :-\

Any advice/opinions would be most appreciated, thank you!

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Breeding / Another chick down question
« on: August 24, 2014, 09:33:08 PM »
So my last hatch of the season produced an oddity I wasn't expecting; a chick with wildtype down from pair mating a silver cock over a black hen. He's the only one out of the six that hatched with different chick down. The rest of the chicks from the same mating had more normal extended black down, but darker, with no yellow marbling. They've all feathered in fast and black, where as the oddball looks like this at 4 weeks.

At least I think it's a cockerel, although the chest is feathering in white instead of black?  ???
Pretty fiesty little fella too...for a runt, lol




Does this mean the black hen I used is split for wildtype? Or am I seeing something else here? Any input is much appreciated! Thank you  :)


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Housing, Health & Hatching / My Coops *pic heavy*
« on: August 17, 2014, 11:34:47 AM »
I promised some pictures of my buildings, sorry it has taken so long! (so much for dusting first, heh)

My winter house, which is currently growing out this seasons pullets. It used to be a wooden grain bin, (like most of my coops), but after a summer of blood, sweat and tears (literally, as hubby and I reno'ed together  ;)) it was transformed into a workable coop. It is definitely my favorite poultry building on the farm because it's insulated, well ventilated, and has power to keep water from freezing when below zero.


Inside...my favorite features are the natural light, the wrap around roost and easy to scrape droppings board...the 'cages' underneath not so much. Not sure what I was thinking there, but it sure wasn't cleaning them. haha





and this is how pullets dismount, lol


Outside in the run



the ramp

and the 'chunnel' lol



I'm out of online time this morning, but will post more later.   :)


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Housing, Health & Hatching / Pullet Pile
« on: August 17, 2014, 10:21:02 AM »
Finally got some of my pullets and cockerels separated into different coops the other day. But now the pullets refuse to use the roost, preferring to pile in the corner.  Where they like to sing! It is the neatest sound, almost a crooning lullaby sung every evening at dusk....one begins and the rest join in. I'm not sure if this is a trait solely of the silvers, but it sure is neat.  :) I hope they don't outgrow it...

silvers and blue/silver splits





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Breeding / Tardy feather growth
« on: June 25, 2014, 11:21:07 PM »
Out of 40 chicks, I have one silver chick that is not like all the rest.  It has wing feathers, but none anywhere else except a few stubs along the spine. Could this be tardy (t) retarded feather growth? But why only the one chick?  ??? The others are from the same parentage and are feathering in fine... Has anyone else ever experienced this? I'm a tad disconcerted as they all share the same sire.... :-\


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Housing, Health & Hatching / It never gets old...
« on: May 04, 2014, 09:29:22 AM »
For either of us! hehe










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