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    Comment by 'Captain Awesome' in item 'Golden Sex Link'

    Just PM'd you some pics as adults. Cheers!
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    You have a picture in the cross beak forum that has a white chicken with a black near its tail...

    You have a picture in the cross beak forum that has a white chicken with a black near its tail. The white chicken is on the right of the cross beak you were showing. Can you tell me what breed the white one is? Jeff
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    What do we have here?!

    Not sure. The woman at the mill said that a local farmer brings in the chicks each spring. Couldn't get much info from her.
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    What do we have here?!

    Hey everyone, Got some chicks in the spring from the place that grinds my laying mash here in Utah. The bin wasn't marked and the woman at the counter couldn't tell me much about them. Anyone have any idea what this pullet could be?
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    Will foxtails harm my chickens?

    I've done a number of searches on here and elsewhere online but can't find a definitive answer. My Utah backyard doesn't have grass (hopefully sprinklers will be in at the end of the summer) and has a lot of foxtails. I keep them mowed down but they are still there under the mowing level. They...
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    Introducing baby chicks to hens

    I found a great article about flock integration at the McMurray Hatchery blog! http://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/tags/flock-integration-series
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    Introducing baby chicks to hens

    I have 6 Golden Comet hens that are eight month old. They have been great birds so far! They co-exist with the dog really well. They are great with the kids also. But....When I introduced the flock to a 5 week old Andalusian chick they switched to attack mode in mere seconds! They were puffing...
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    I think I've just made a huge mistake...

    Good ideas! Thanks! Everything turned out all right. Nobody lost toes or anything. I was a bit concerned because I hadn't noticed that behavior from my first batch of Golden Comet chicks.
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    Chickens won't roost after change to coop!

    Whew! I went out tonight to shut their door and found all six of them up in the upper roost where they used to go. Seems like they got used to the new arrangement up there finally! Only took a week to do.
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    I think I've just made a huge mistake...

    So today I bought 3 Blue Andalusians (4 weeks old) and 3 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes (1 week old). The Andalusians are three times the size of the Wyandottes but I put them in the same 4x4 area hoping they would get along and they did! That is until I decided that they needed a little treat. I...
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    Comment by 'Captain Awesome' in item 'Golden Sex Link'

    They are brown eggs somewhere in between medium and large (compared to the large white eggs I used to buy).
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    Review by '' on item 'Golden Sex Link'

    I have 6 of these Golden Comets. They are great layers. It is February and cold here and they are averaging 4-5 eggs a day. Summer should be even better. They are friendly, non aggressive, and very curious. They don't peck or harass each other. I really love watching them interact with each...
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    Chickens won't roost after change to coop!

    I'm a bit worried! I changed the coop around a bit last Saturday. I moved their high roost over a bit away from the wall (too many dribbles down the wall!) and added another couple of 2x4 pcs and made the roost up there a bit more roomy. I also put in a new feeder which required the moving of...
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    Hens squatting for me?

    My Golden Comets will do that sometimes also. I usually see it when I'm stepping around them really closely. I thought they were just flinching and not wanting to be stepped on by the much larger creature!
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    Dog, Fish, and Mealworms...

    Hey everyone! Dog: My 6 Golden Comets share a run with a large docile golden retriever. They do pretty well together unless the chickens are going after the dog's food. Then he'll growl and snap at them. Of course they are way too fast for him! Today my son fed the dog in the middle of the day...
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