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    Need Rooster advice

    Im having the exact same issue. I have four golden comets almost a year and the two bantam cochins 7 months. I have a golden laced wyandotte that was sold to me 6 months ago as a girl but is indeed a rooster. He has gone crazy!! And all in the past week or two since his crowing got better. Im...
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    I can't get over my first cull

    I had a few sick chickens about a month ago. (I have 5 golden comets-were sold to me as RIR,need to change a few things on BYC- 2 Cochins and 1 wyandotte) All of them seem to be back to health now, but one of the reds just couldn't pull it back together. She had a nasty cough, watery poop, and...
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    Chickens were sick,stopped laying,now they're better,still no eggs

    A few weeks have passed and 7 of my 8 are back to normal. I've got eggs everyday again. BUT...there is one RIR, Rosie, that just can't seem to shake whatever it is. She has this bark (sounds like an old lady cough I've been saying) What could possibly linger this long?? I've got her separated...
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    Chickens were sick,stopped laying,now they're better,still no eggs

    It's been a crazy week. Last Sunday I noticed that three of my five RIR were "gurgly", blowing snot bubbles, and sneezing. We got some medicated feed and Sav-A-Chick for their water and I am so glad to say that all the girls are back to normal-except, they still aren't laying. I moved my reds to...
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    Dreams do come true...

    ... When you least expect it. Since I wa a little girl I have wanted to raise chickens, but my dad said they smelled so i was never allowed. When my husband and I (6.23.2012) were looking for a house to move to, we found one in the mountains with a coop!!! The landlord said it hadn't been used...
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    New to this- what age should I start with??

    It turns out, my landlord had some extra RIR that he's looking to sell. He hatched them this spring. I was up today to see them- they are beautiful! Thanks for the replies. I thought it over and figured I would start with older chickens and then next spring when I have more experience I'll start...
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    New to this- what age should I start with??

    I just moved out to the country and there happened to be a vacant chicken coop in the backyard!! There's only one thing to do...I've been doing my reading but I'm just not sure what age chicks I should get. It's staying about 90'-75' right now and the coop is probably a few degrees warmer. I...
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