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    Do you have a rooster

    He's beautiful!
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    Going to try and hatch grocery store chicken eggs!

    Usually, store bought, commercially grown eggs are not fertilized as there is no rooster in the hen house. There are 3,000 hens or more in each chicken house but not one rooster. I think it is cool that you want to try this, and please don't think I want to discourage you. I love...
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    4 legged chick Clover

    What may have happened is that the chick was a twin and it absorbed its twin. That happens in human twins as well. It is rare, but does happen. So instead of a Siamese twin it has four legs. Interesting. I had a male duck that would not leave my hens alone. One of the chicks came out with a...
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    Help! My wife is mad at me for feeding the chickens pizza!

    Chickens are scavengers, they eat everything that they like EVEN styrofoam containers. It won't hurt them to eat the stryofoam as a matter of fact. I had written in a question (which made it to the magazine) the answer was that no one knows why chickens eat it but they do and it's ok. As far...
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    Rooster Training Advice

    Thank you for this....I got a good laugh from it.... :-)
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    Rooster Training Advice

    Well, said. good advice. Most of my hens would allow me to pick them up, until I got a roo, now they listen to him...LOL...even though some of them still allow me to pet them, when he's not around of course.
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    Should I get a "guard goose"?

    I drive school bus. Two mornings ago, I saw 3 geese and 2 ducks crossing the road together. Later that afternoon the same group were in a creek about 2 miles from where they were in the morning. I'd say they adapted together pretty well since they were together all day long and walked the 2...
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    ⠀ 30 day challenge.

    I signed up for the 39 day challenge. Requested the coupons.... never got them. Now, I get an email saying to install a printer to get the coupons. It won't install. I am getting frustrated. What is going on?
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    How many Hours of Light do Chickens Need?

    If you have a light on you would get 7 eggs a day, if you have 7 hens. I sell my extras so it is worth it to me to have the light on for the extra couple of hours.
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