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    Ok what about this one?

    could be copper black marrans. Very cute I have a couple just hatched myself. They only have feathered legs if they are french marans so its a possible. Mine have a single comb though so don't know if that would rule it out.
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    Things you never said until you had chickens.......

    i am loving this thread, chicken nipples is the funniest and i had never even realised how funny it sounds until i read it on here. Mine are in the post and i can't wait now to be able to skip through the house when they arrive singing yippee my chicken nipples have arrived. stop pecking my...
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    Mama Hatched out 5 Chickens and Left The Other Eggs - I Don't Have An Incubator

    Sorry but its probably too late. Broody hens often give up on unhatched eggs after a certain amount of time. There is the school of thought that thinks mum knows best and that they probably weren't viable. 21 days is the normal incubation period. if there is no cheaping from the unhatched...
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    am i right in thinking all but one are roo's? :( poulle de bresse

    hi I was just wondering how many turned out to be roos and if there was a noticable difference in their tail length. I have just hatched 5 Bresse and one is most definitely a boy. he is bigger and has a slight colour to his comb and his wattles are starting to show (he's 3 1/2 weeks). But...
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    Introducing Dogs to chickens

    Doogie - a patterdale cross and reformed chicken hunter Doogie playing with his mum Spice - and some very unimpressed chickens
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    Introducing Dogs to chickens

    We have 2 patterdale terriers, we had them before we got chickens and one of them had even caught a neighbours chicken and killed it when he was a puppy. Having read posts on here and various magazines etc i made my hubby build a run that was like fort knox with electric fencing and a double...
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    Orpington Contest

    Thanks, it was great seeing everyone elses pictures and getting to show off your own to other orpington lovers.
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    Orpington Contest

    Quote: oh that one of them sleeping together is adorable. I love the splash one she is gorgeous.
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    Orpington Contest

    ooo I do love seeing everyones pictures and getting so show off some of mine. Here they are: My big girls, imelda and tangerine (19week old buff LF) Slater is my man of the house, a bantam chocolate orp i hatched myself in feb he is so sweet and loves a cuddle. Also a bantam and only 16...
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    Teenage chicken troubles

    ah its so hard to choose isn't it. Its a shame you're not able to get in amongst the boys. Both times i've had a pen of boys and been only able to keep one, i have made my choice and then changed my mind by the time the culling day comes. Both times i ended up keeping the one who is friendliest...
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    In need of feedback.

    lovely page and beautiful pictures of your gorgeous birds.
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    "Practice" Egg Song?

    yes, they do practice. I recently had a bantam orpington start laying and she spent about 2 weeks singing and sitting in boxes before she finally got the first one out. And sometimes mine do it when someone else has laid or someone pushed them out of the nest box before they are ready and...
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    cockerel or pullet?

    my vote is pullet. I have a bunch of crossed hatched about the same time and all the boys have big wattles and combs. the girls combs are varying shade of pink/yellow but there is a distinct lack of wattles. fingers crossed for you
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    Finish this sentence: "You know you're addicted to chickens when..."

    oh yeah and when you walk into a very important meeting with loads of high level officials trying to look like a professional woman who deserves to be there and the chief of police (who you have met twice) asks "how are your chickens doing?"
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    Finish this sentence: "You know you're addicted to chickens when..."

    Quote: i have had a few near missed. lol. that is so funny. read all the posts and agree with them all. But Annie you hit the nail on the head for me.
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