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    New Budgie

    Here he is. He's been very sweet so far. We've probably been over-stimulating him a bit.
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    New Budgie

    We just got a budgie for my almost 8 year old daughter. He's a sweet bird and we are on day 2. We are home all day (I homeschool my two children) so I know he's not going to get bored around us. However, it is day 2 and the little guy still isn't really drinking a lot of water (that I can tell...
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    Game rooster breed?

    Possibly? It was 2.5 years ago ha! My memory isn't that good!
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    Game rooster breed?

    I'm positive he's a cross. When the guy told us what he was he used about 4 different names. I just google "gamefowl" and he doesn't ever look like any that I see.
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    Game rooster breed?

    We are close to Hattiesburg, so quite a bit south from where you're headed!
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    Game rooster breed?

    He is not very tall. His body is about the same size as my standard breeds, but his legs are definitely short. He could be a bantam. That was the reason he ended up at my house - he was too short to breed.
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    Game rooster breed?

    The guy we got him from raised crazy-breed game roosters- and he gave us a mouthful of what type/line he was. We just can't remember any of it.
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    Game rooster breed?

    Thanks! Yes, we think he's a pretty fella!
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    Game rooster breed?

    We got this rooster a couple of years ago, and we were told what sort of mix he was. But at the time we were just starting out and barely knew what a Rhode Island Red was. So, any idea what this guy is made of? Here are some other pics, I had to zoom in so they may be a tad blurry.. Thanks...
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    8 month old wyandottes not laying

    The coop is open, they have sunlight in it. The coop never affected my first set of hens.
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    8 month old wyandottes not laying

    we don't let them free range but a couple of hours at most, so they are usually in the coop. We are giving away our rooster soon bc he sees my children as a threat, so we are hoping that'll help.
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    8 month old wyandottes not laying

    We got a small batch of Wyandottes (and a few others but they didn't make it) and added them to our flock of older birds. We got rid of a few of our older birds because they were 4 years old and had decreased their laying to nothing. Now, one of our new birds is a rooster. So we have two flocks...
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    2 Roosters vs 6 hens?

    I have a flock that I am decreasing. I'll have 6 hens and 2 roosters. One of the roosters was added to the flock as a chick and is pretty low on the pecking order (most of the old hens peck him). Will that be okay since he's never been in competition with our original roo?
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    Chickens not laying eggs- help!

    :) I meant the length of the molt. Ours have had consistently molts, but each one seems to last a little longer.
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    Chickens not laying eggs- help!

    Yes, my older birds have already started losing some feathers. Do their molts increase the older they get?
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