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Does the Apple cider vinegar make the eggs taste any different??

I have had several roosters,most Rhode Island reds and one lakenfelter, who I got as baby chicks from online hatcherys. I treated the roosters just like the hens and for some reason they ended up being mean. I finally got a nice Rhode Island Red rooster and he is Big, I got him from someone who...

How many people have a nice rooster versus a mean rooster?

I live in west greenwich ri and had an dog attack and the town dog officer came to my home and said if the dog comes in my yard again i can do whatever i need to do to protect my chickens or any livestock i have. If the neighbor doesn't keep hid dog out then he (the dog) may not come home again.

what do you call a r.i.r.rooster with a austrlop hen?

just had a dog get into my chicken run and kill one of my r.i.r. and injure another. I had to get the dog out of my run and when i did it ran off,after checking my flock i noticed another r.i.r. was walking funny. After checking her i noticed a hole in her back, but otherwise she was o.k..I...

I agree my neighbors dog can bark all night,my rooster stops when it gets dark.hummm.

Mrs K has it right for most people who keep chickens, I think starting with chicks is the way to go (for me at least). If you have the time its nice to start with chicks, your family can bond with them and watch them grow. Well whatever you decide good luck and remember you have everyone here to...

thank you for the help,my wife moved the chicks tendon from the side of its let to back behind its leg and used a bandaid to keep it in place and a day later the chick was walking on its own.

Can someone please help me my egg just hatched 1/10/14 and its thighs and legs are out to its side.is it splayed legs and can it be fixed.

me and my 11 year old daughter just decided to try to make an incubator and have our male rir and our two females fertelize some eggs.Well that started on dec.14 and now we have action! egg has a chip out of it and now we hear peeping!!!

great info. and pics. this page helps a lot,we are trying to hatch out some of our own chicks for the first time and we weren't sure what to look for,so thank you for the pics they helped us so much.

can they eat the shell as well as the seed?

The other day in a city near my town I watched on the news about the city passing a ordnance o.k. to have hens,and then a week later the city decided in ban chickens.The news crew went out in interview people in the streets and one guy was asked whats wrong with having chickens and he said you...

over two feet of snow and temps. down to about 20 f and got 12 eggs out of a flock of 12.

I live in West Greenwich R.I. and have 12 red sex linked hens and I am getting an average of 11 eggs a day!

Great info, I just wanted to let you all know that I use lawn clipping in my run it gives the chickens something to do and after a week or so I just rake it all into my compost pile and replace with new grass clipping the next time I cut the grass.