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- 01/20/2018 at 8:04 PM
  Blue Moon
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  so as some of you may know i have a small farm and i do 4-h but now with the goats and cows and chickens i am doing breeding! so i am getting a new pair of birds tomorrow and i am going to be breeding them i have aa broody hen, or a hen who is ready to hatch eggs and an incubator so i am going to test both of those methods of hatching eggs and then i will have some chicks!! i have an existing hen, misty and she is the same breed, a Belgian bearded D’Anvers so i am going to have some bantam chicks on my hands. i will post pictures of the parents and updates on the eggs waiting to hatch and then pictures of the chicks.
  
  background on chickens:
  
  hens-females
  
  roosters-males
  
  21 days-how long it takes eggs to hatch
  
  chicks-babies!!!!!!
  
  that is just some basics!
  
  chicken is just a RELATIVE term for any gender bird of that species.
- 01/20/2018 at 8:09 PM
  Millie
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  That’s so cool!! Show pics asap!!
- 01/20/2018 at 8:13 PM
  Blue Moon
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  i will tomorrow!
- 01/21/2018 at 4:24 PM
  Blue Moon
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  so the 2 brown ones at the new ones. misty is the grey one. so i would love name ideas for the new ones i like things to do with the forest or water or fire, like misty’s male was names fog. again i would love ideas
- 01/21/2018 at 4:30 PM
  Muchelle
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  Oh man chickens! I used to have pet chickens they’re so cool <3
- 01/25/2018 at 8:46 AM
  Blue Moon
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  thank you!
- 01/25/2018 at 10:09 AM
  Luna
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  I really like the brown hen . Forest names: Dixie, Sequoia
- 01/25/2018 at 10:34 AM
  GarfyTheLop
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  I was thinking because of the forest theme and the fact they’re brown they could be named after trees?
  Is that a little too obvious? Haha I kinda like it, so like Alder, Hawthorn, Hazel, Oak, Willow?
- 01/25/2018 at 1:46 PM
  Bam
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  Chestnut, Maple, Juniper Dryad. Puck. Robin Goodfellow.
  
  They’re so pretty
- 01/25/2018 at 4:56 PM
  Blue Moon
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  sorry is should have said that my parents made me name them the night we got them the female is Rain and the male is Hickory. my parents wanted to name them Beech and Ash (pun intended)
  but i love the suggestions
  
  @bam thanks!
  @garfythelop not too obvious at all i was considering willow for the female!
  @Luna thank you i really like her too
- 01/26/2018 at 8:41 AM
  Bam
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  Rain and Hickory are beautiful names =)
- 01/26/2018 at 9:36 PM
  jerseygirl
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  They are. I really those names. My only suggest was Fern. I obviously I like Maple too, because of my bunny, Maple (RIP).
  BM, you can save some name ideas for any new hens.
  
  I use to have 2 isa brown chickens called Saffron and Sienna. Jersey used to go down and greet them through the fence every day. : )
- 02/02/2018 at 10:10 AM
  Blue Moon
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  i was thinking fern too but it just isn’t her personality, i like maple too. and i will defiantly keep these name as future reference. in other news my incubator is up and running with 2 eggs in it so far. one is most likely from my Red Cochin, the other is most likely from my wheaten Old English Game Hen i also think there is a second egg from the OEG. chickies will most likely hatch on the 21 of February
- 02/03/2018 at 1:57 PM
  MountainBuns
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  I owned chickens before! That is great, good for you!
- 02/03/2018 at 4:50 PM
  Luna
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  How exciting! Be sure to post some piccies of the chickies .
- 02/03/2018 at 6:34 PM
  Blue Moon
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  signs of life in 3 out of 4 eggs when candled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  the egg that i cant see anything in has a thicker seeming shell than the other. i have a fifth egg I’m waiting to put in the incubator until i get another 1.
  
  I will defiantly post pics when the chicks hatch
- 02/03/2018 at 6:46 PM
  MountainBuns
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  Aww, so cute.
- 02/17/2018 at 2:23 PM
  Blue Moon
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  the first egg is due to hatch on the 21st!
- 02/17/2018 at 7:51 PM
  MountainBuns
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  Yay! Can’t wait to see it!
- 02/17/2018 at 8:33 PM
  LongEaredLions
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  I have always wanted to own chickens, though I know very little about them. I held one once–it was soft. LOL.
  Beautiful chickies!
- 02/19/2018 at 4:54 PM
  Blue Moon
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  lol chickens are soft. chickens are fun and fairly easy to take care of. thank you they are super dirty now from rolling in mud. seriously.
- 02/21/2018 at 10:59 AM
  Blue Moon
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  one of the eggs is hatching another is getting ready to hatch and one is due to hatch!!!!!!! YAY!!!! i will post pictures
- 02/21/2018 at 12:54 PM
  Luna
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  How exciting! Wow, you were spot on with predicting the hatching date a couple weeks ago.
- 02/21/2018 at 4:40 PM
  Blue Moon
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  lol thank you but, no i wasn’t, an online hatch date calculator was. either way this egg was supposed to hatch tomorrow.
- 02/22/2018 at 4:04 PM
  Blue Moon
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  i don’t know if it is a boy or girl yet! but it is adorable. i will post more pictures later
- 02/22/2018 at 5:12 PM
  Blue Moon
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  here it is! all fluffy and dry
- 02/22/2018 at 8:22 PM
  MountainBuns
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  Omg, So adorable! What a puffy little guy! What breed is he/she?
- 02/23/2018 at 2:44 AM
  Blue Moon
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  it is a cochin hen crossed with a Belgian bearded D’Anvers rooster. a second hatched! it isn’t fluffy yet so i will post pictures later
- 02/23/2018 at 8:58 AM
  Blue Moon
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  here they are, the one on the left is the newest! old English game crossed with the D’Anvers rooster
- 02/23/2018 at 2:50 PM
  MountainBuns
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  Wow such unique breeds! I wish you the best on your chicken adventures!
- 02/24/2018 at 6:43 AM
  Blue Moon
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  thank you!
- 02/24/2018 at 8:06 AM
  Luna
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  Congrats! They already look like they’re ready to run around and get into mischief .
- 02/25/2018 at 4:23 PM
  Blue Moon
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  omg yes! the first that hatched (ducky) is such a little dare devil Lol
- 03/15/2018 at 9:35 AM
  Blue Moon
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  here are the chicks, the chicks in these pictures are only five out of the nine that hatched
  
  ducky is now 3 weeks old
  
  sparrow is now 3 weeks old also it was the second to hatch
  
  goose was the fourth to hatch and id 2.5 weeks old (the third chick that hatched passed away)
  
  magpie was the fifth to hatch and is 2 weeks old
  
  this little chick hatched early Monday morning
- 03/15/2018 at 2:36 PM
  MountainBuns
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  So cute!
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