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    New to chickens, new to BYC...from El Paso

    Welcome!
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    Hawks :(

    It's hawk migration right now...lots of them heading south. Hopefully in a few weeks most of them will be further south until next spring, though some hawks do linger through the winter here in NH, and a few move in from further north. We have chicken wire covering the top of our run, and don't...
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    I am curious what a Black Austrlorp chicken SHOULD look like plucked

    I didnt take any pictures but we just processed a bunch of black feathered cockerals this past weekend, and they did not pluck as clean looking as a commercial white broiler "store chicken". Ours were younger chickens, and were still growing in their feathers. I think ours would have picked...
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    My Muscovy Has died I am so upset and no idea why

    No idea...but so sorry for this.
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    I'm so sad

    So sorru to hear this....
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    New Hampshire!!

    Anyone else stop by the poultry show at the Deerfield Fairgrounds yesterday? My daughter is interested in showing poultry so we stopped by to check it out. Lots of nice looking birds. Good job to everyone who put that show on.
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    Looking for a good standard breed for meat

    I also have some Dark Cornish from McMurray. They are seven weeks old and noticeably heavier than the Australorps of the same age.
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    Murray McMurray free exotic chick

    I got a black tailed white japanese bantam-Im guessing pullet.
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    Murray McMurray hatchery???????

    I'm in NH, and my parents had ordered from MM a couple of times when I was a kid. We always enjoyed trying to identify the mystery chick. My parents never had any problems with their chicks. I got my first order 11Jun12, and my daughter has enjoyed them so much. I ordered 25 chicks ( a variety...
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    New- from Maine!

    Welcome! Just wait till you get your first eggs!
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    Hi from Strafford County, NH

    Thanks!
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    Hi from Strafford County, NH

    Thanks All!
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    New Hampshire!!

    Hi All, I'm in northern Strafford County! Nice to see so many NH folks keeping chickens. I have just 5 right now. I hope to get some day olds or hatching eggs soon. I had a hawk kill one of my easter eggers last weekend. Later! ~Damselfly
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    Hi from Strafford County, NH

    Hi All, I've lurked on BYC for a couple of years, and finally took the time to join. Thanks for all the great information on this site! I have a pair of Gold Laced Wyandottes, a Light Brahma, an Easter Egger, and a Splash Hamburg I hatched from eggs about two years ago. Im getting the itch for...
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