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    Show your outrageous, oversized, misshapen rooster combs!!

    This is Fritz. The lady I got him from said he is part Frizzle and has thrown frizzle chicks. I don't know, because he took almost a month to mate with any of my hens or act like he wanted to be in charge so I think he was pretty young when I got him. He's so tall and regal now, and LOVES his...
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    How to help my hen adapt to life with one eye

    Saturday was an eventful morning. I got up at 8:00, and all the chickens were doing great in their run. At 8:10, my son went out and gave them fresh water and feed, and collected the eggs. At 8:30, my husband calls me to the back door and says, "Why are those chickens pecking at that red hen's...
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    So angry! Neighbor is an IDIOT!

    Sounds like your neighbor and mine should get together and live somewhere AWAY from us chicken owners! We lost our best and favorite hen this week to my idiot neighbor's dogs that get out on a regular basis. I called the police, they referred to animal control, who came over, took statements...
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    Lost my best hen today

    The hubs and I started our chicken adventure back in February, working our way up to 3 Black Australorps, 5 White Plymouth Rocks, and 5 Red Sex Links. We built their coop inside our shed, with a doggie door to an enclosed outside run. We were worried about our neighbor's dogs, and today, were...
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    Need a processor near Cincinnati, OH

    Yeah, there's no way I could, or would want to, do it myself. We will have 9 over the next couple of weeks, and I have two small girls who would be disturbed by doing it in our backyard. There's some things I'm willing to pay for - and keeping my girls from seeing something like that, is...
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    Need a processor near Cincinnati, OH

    We are a week or so away from butchering a few roosters. I don't find much info when I Google for processors in my area, so I thought perhaps someone here had a processor they like near Cincinnati? We are actually about 30 minutes east of the downtown area, so northern KY or within 30 miles of...
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    We have our first egg!

    Ha! No, ours are Irish named for the most part, so we have Lucy, Bridget, Clare, Fiona and Rori. Lucy laid another egg today - but she didn't use the nesting box again, so we have to fix that. But it is a beautiful brown egg!
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    We have our first egg!

    We got our first egg yesterday too! One of our red sex links, Lucy, laid it by the coop door. We didn't have the nesting boxes up yet - she's only 15 weeks, so it wasn't on the to-do until today. Needless to say, hubby was out making the boxes last night. He scrambled it this morning and made...
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    Tractor Supply Assorted Pullet, but what is she??

    I have 5 of the same bird. I'm thinking they're White Rocks. I was so hoping for Leghorns, because they're a more frequent layer, but my 5 girls are pretty friendly; not too flighty. But they look exactly like yours.
  10. Seamus, our Wyandotte Roo.

    Seamus, our Wyandotte Roo.

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    I think I have a roo...

    Well, then he really is named Seamus. If he turns out to be a loud boy, he may have to find another place to live. But we'll see how he does; he's a good looking man already!
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    I have named my chickens

    When I was young we got two hens from my mom's friend. We named them Rachel and Rhonda. A few months later, we added another hen and a rooster. They were Rodney and Ruby. We had them for maybe two years, and then Rodney and Rachel had Ralph. And that's where the story ends. Rodney and Ralph...
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    Can They Stay Outside

    We put ours out two weeks ago. They were about 5-6 weeks old and pretty much feathered out. We DID run a power cord out there to put a lamp in their coop and we keep it on most of the time. However, the roost is away from the lamp, and they are happier on their roost than under the lamp. I have...
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    I think I have a roo...

    Well, we started with 6 pullets. A couple of weeks later, we got 6 more chicks from TSC. We got 4 pullets and 2 Wyandottes, which were straight run since they were that week's featured breed. I'm pretty sure I have myself a rooster from those two. They're about 7 weeks old now, and check out...
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