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    Supposed to sexlink pullet and leghorn

    Ordered my chicks from a local hatchery and took the option of having them dropped off at a local hardware store instead of being delivered at the PO. The hatchery is only 40 miles away but due to corvid wasn't open for in store buying. Okay so I order 24 sexlink pullets and 6 leghorn pullets...
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    Not what I ordered but what I got the corvid conundrum

    I ordered chicks from the Hatchery then picked them up at the local Hardware store The whole transaction was disappointing since I ordered and paid for 24 red sex link pullets and 6 leghorn pullets What I got was 22 sexlink and 5 leghorns plus 1? First instead of leaving them in the marked...
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    My chickens hate me!

    Meal worms are a chicken moms best friend that and a 5 gallon bucket or something to sit on. I raised 67 chicks this spring and had a large enough area to sit and hand feed meal worms it only takes 1 friendly hen to teach the others your not going to harm them, curiosity is your best weapon as...
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    upcycled sheep shed and no mess nesting boxes

    I downsized the farm and upsized the amount of chickens I will be keeping, since the large animals are now gone to new homes I decided to increase the size of my flock and get some breeds of chickens I have admired. Since I would be needing a coop to handle the extra chickens I looked at...
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    Comment by 'Boudicea Farms' in article 'Happy Chooks Welsummers'

    It seems I lucked out and all are pullets out of the 24 ordered 8 were cockrels and I dodged the bullet by picking the ones with the defined chipmunk coloration so happy that it wasn't a wives tale, not that a welsummer roo isn't a magnificent creature, I just don't keep a roo.
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    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or A Cockerel? Click Here!

    Having issues telling if my rhode islands and Austrolorpes are he's or she's here is a pic of some of them they were hatched the 2nd week of march these are 2 of the rhodies, none have much in the way of comb wattle development.
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    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or A Cockerel? Click Here!

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    Comment by 'Boudicea Farms' in article 'Happy Chooks Welsummers'

    I have a 10 year old welsummer hen named pet, she enjoys being carried around and still lays, yes at 10. I get about 3 eggs a month sometimes all in a row and sometimes 1 a week. She took no lay no stay seriously but she has a home forever since she is a pet. I was able to find welsummer chicks...
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    Golden Laced Wyandotte, Hen or Rooster?

    I think at 8 weeks its too hard to tell,also buying chicks as pullets is a crap shoot I bought 67 chicks this spring 50 pullets the rest straight run, I ended up with 10 roos in the pullets and only 1 in the straight run chicks, different breeds . I thought at 8 weeks I would be able to tell...
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    Pheasant aucracana chicken cross, Male pheasant wooing auracanua chicken from a no rooster flock

    I have a handful of laying hens for egg production, I do let them free range for a better part of the day. I have one auracauna hen who disappeared for a better part of the week and thought she was a goner. The last few mornings I have spotted her eating scratch with the rest of the flock and...
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    Have chickens but new to Turkeys

    feel free to tag along,picked up the babies today only 6 the AD said they were 7 weeks old turns out more like 4 just now getting their feathers. They look so small in their shed and I have been checking them hourly. Trying to get them to feed has been interesting to say the least, they ignore...
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    Have chickens but new to Turkeys

    I getting some turkeys tomorrow, going to the breeder of Heritage birds to select 6. Don't know a thing about raising turkeys but have had great success with my chickens. Spent this week building a run and shed, bought a waterer and feed. I was told to buy the gamebird feed, and limestone, I...
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    Which "Pocket Pet" is best?

    I had a whistle pig, he was fun but required a large pen and didn't really care to be handled, my friend had 2 rats I actually bought them for her girls, they both knew their names and would come when called, they also knew a few tricks, they were both blue rats and lived for a long time for...
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    Introducing new birds

    Read the post link on the chicken psychology blog, pretty interesting, I now have 8 pet chickens I guess the rest decided that they were missing out on the fun, my friend came over to see my pet chicken and when we went into the run all 8 of the newbies ran to our feet and squatted, kinda...
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    I am totally getting discouraged about keeping chickens...

    I don't have issues with local ordinances, thank goodness I live way out in the county where everybody has live stock, but shortly after I bought this place my neighbor who is a quarter mile away (my closest neighbor) came down to inquire what kind of animals I planned to have. I raise south...
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