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    Need help with breed

    That is what my chickens are for as well. I am from az and never really thought about the soil out there until i moved to northeast Texas. We have black land. My garden last year really inly produced okra and cantaloupe. This year my garden is over an acre. The only thing i have found to...
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    Need help with breed

    Silly question.... when do hens usually start to lay? Are they all different in timing? What do you do about an internal layer?
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    Need help with breed

    What does internal layer mean?
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    Need help with breed

    The top pick is identical to my mary and rose. They have that red spot on their beak (one is more red (rose) while the other is a brownish-red (mary)). The feathers on the wings match as well. So far they are very gentle. In fact those two and Daisy (white one) are the most docile out of the...
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    Need help with breed

    They look like baby fluffy penguins to me. Two of the black and white ones have black beaks and bigger nostrils. Would that mean a different breed or even different sex?
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    Need help with breed

    Thank you so much. As I had said before. We went home not knowing any of the breeds. Im glad I got the RIR and australorps right. Two more questions. I heard that chickens pick on silkies because they look different. Would I be able to eventually mix in silkies? And I also heard RIR get very...
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    My new baby chicks

    It was marked assorted pullets and the employee that was grabbing them acted like he could already tell wuth some breeds but at the same time, he didnt even know what breed was what so not sure i trust him. But the bin itself was marked "assorted pullets"
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    Need help with breed

    Finally got a picture to upload after trying several devices
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    Need help with breed

    ok I got the photo uploaded.@BackyardMarana
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    Need help with breed

    I was searching for araucanas to replace the ones i lost recently due to tornadoes and stray dogs. Unfortunately there was not any place that had any. I decided to just go to atwoods and get a different breed for now. They only had a group of mixed chicks left. The guy working didnt know...
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    My new baby chicks

    Hi. My name is Ashley. I had 6 chickens that were about 8 weeks old (araucanas) and unfortunately we had a tornado which broke the latches and stray dogs got to them. After a couple months of mourning (not your typical chicken mom, i get TOO attached) i decided to try again. We couldnt find any...
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