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I have a beautiful 6 month old BCM who has flown at me twice. I don't want to have to get rid of him but do not want an aggressive rooster either. Today my husband caught him with a net and I walked around holding him under my arm and kept pushing his head down. Hopefully this will teach him not...

Quote: Gorgeous eggs! I love the color.

Quote: Thank you! She is 21 weeks + 3 days. I have 3 more BCM and hope they will be laying soon too. I think they may be a week younger.

I got my very first egg yesterday! I an new to raising chickens and we just finished the coop. The egg is from one of my Black Copper Marans. She has already laid her second one today.

I am new to raising chickens and got my first egg yesterday! It is from one of my Black Copper Marans. She laid another today so we are on the way to having lots of fresh eggs.

Mine love fresh blueberries. I pick a couple of handfuls and start dropping them in the pen and they go wild. It's like watching a comedy act with them chasing each other. I'll hold out a berry and they will jump up and take it from my hand. Our berries are almost gone so they won't be getting...

Leftover French fries yesterday and a chicken carcass today.

We are building mine now. It is going to be Cackleberry Cottage. My dad always called eggs cackleberries so it will remind me of him.

Quote: My daddy always called eggs cackleberrys too!