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Wow! That eas a long time ago, huh? Now my flock consists of a trio of Jersey Giants. My rooster thinks he's a bantam, and my preschooler thinks he belongs to her. She has her own bantam flock of 6 pullets (varying breeds, mostly cochin, 2 porcelain bantams) and 2 silkie cockerels. Oh! My...

You have 72 hours from the point when it's completely hatched.

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Most breeds dingy start cruising until about 6 mos old. I'd expect a rir to start between 4 and 6 mos. If you want a bed that starts washy, get Egyptian fayoumi. Ours started crowing at about 5 weeks.

Looks lure a handsome cockerel to me.

they're use her all night staying warm and safe from predators. I'd bring then water at dawn and take it up at dusk.

Subscribed. I'll post some when I get a chance. Thanks for starting this post, it's sooooo funny!!! :)

I like this one. lol Oh, my. lol I think I had one like this. This is hilarious!!!!! :)

Thanks!!!

Anything coming up anytime soon?

I'm so, so, so sad!!!!! Since we moved very quickly, we didn't have time to figure out anything about the chickens. Now, we've come to the conclusion that we're going to have to get rid of almost all of them. Well, I'm selling them for $5 each. The listing is in my siggie, but anyone who...

I moved and now I have to get rid of almost all my chickens. I'm very sad about this, but DH is letting me keep a few of them. Here's what I have: 6 New Hampshire hens hatched in Sept 2014, 1 hatched in Feb 2015, 1 hatched in Aug 2015 (she was hatched from my broody hen; the older ones are...

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Did you get your broody hen?

Very cool!!! =) I like that! I'll definitely incorporate this into our coop-building plans. We don't generally have very many extra roosters at a time either, so something this size would actually be perfect. The fence helps deter predators.