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    alternative to commercial chicken feed?

    I feed my chickens cooked oatmeal with corn and berries and fruit and pigeon food. Do you think that is unhealthy for them? They eat oatmeal every day. I only have the two birds, and one "hen" has turned out to be a rooster. I love him dearly, but am wondering how I will keep him since I...
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    Backyard Chickens in Michigan Winter

    Hi, my name is Edie. I have had a few chickens in the past, one was killed by our dog, another given to a sanctuary. I now have two five month old birds that my daughter brought home. We discovered this month that Peeps is a roooster, or a crowing chicken, not sure which. Red seems to be...
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    Hubby told me that hens can crow!!

    My chicken crowed yesterday. I hoped she was a chicken. Is it for sure that shes a rooster because of a couple of cock a doodle doos? Her name is Peeps and her buddy is named Red. I think Peeps is a leghorn, with brown on the wings and neck. She or He has no spurs to speak of. Got him her...
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