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    Murray McMurray hatchery???????

    I've read that they have excellent customer service, but we didn't know for sure that they were roos for several months (we're new to roos). By then it didn't seem right to call. We received the chicks Feb 2015, so it's definitely too late to call now. lol I'll keep this in mind for our next...
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    Murray McMurray hatchery???????

    I've only placed one order, which was Feb 2015. 17 white rock hens 3 white orp hens 1 white orp roo 1 freebie We ended up with 7 roos - 6 that were suppose to be hens. I know there's a chance of having a chick turn out to be a roo even when you order hens, but 6 of 20 is way too many...
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    Sponsored Post Considerations for Keeping a Rooster

    I've had 5 roos through the years and the silky was the only one that attacked us. I now have a bantam cochin that is really sweet and takes good care of his girls. (He is housed with the girls) Another benefit to having a roo is that he keeps the hen pecking to a minimum. As soon as the girls...
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    Mixing bantams with Standards?

    As the months have passed... My bantam cochin is the dominant roo of our mixed flock, with his two mixed-sons being the underdogs even though they're larger than dad. The two standard orp hens are just starting to breed and they've have chosen the dominant roo to breed with (the cochin bantam)...
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    Mixing bantams with Standards?

    It sounds like a standard roo breeding with a bantam does not cause the egg to be larger - is this correct? I want to get a couple bantam cochin hens for my BC roo, but I'm worried my orpington roo will breed with them and the egg size will hurt them. The bantam birchin cochin roo has breed...
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    Hard-Boiling Bantam Eggs?

    Thank you for the Alton Brown link! I'll give that a try. I've always boiled eggs (d'uccle and standard size) for about a minute, then turn off the heat, cover, and let them sit in the water for about 9-10 mins - or when I remember them again. Dump the hot water, fill the pot with cold water...
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    I have an unplanned Roo but he is such a sweetpea I want to keep him. Will he hurt the hens?

    I've had several flocks of hens over the years and just got my first roo, so I'm not especially experienced with roos, but my flock seems much more at ease having a roo to watch out for them. That said, he's a bantam cochin, so he's half the size of the girls once you get past all his feathers...
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    Hen hatched 2 eggs then abandoned the rest of nest?

    I think the light should be closer, and cover the opening more. We use this set up for a brooder and the chicks are very cold if we have the light this far out of the box. Honestly, the chicks like the light on the ground, but that could be too close considering the eggs can't get away from the...
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    eating your pet open discussion

    Getting back on topic, no, I don't eat my "pets", but I have chickens that are pets and chickens that are destined to be dinner one day. I do what I can to not get emotionally attached to the ones that will be harvested. (You can see I still have trouble with the usual terminology.) Hubby raised...
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