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    Cute, cute, cute...barred over white cochin!! ***PICS***

    I'm going to assume that when you guys are saying barred roo your talking about a barred rock rooster? Haven't learned the lingo yet. I was just going to start a post to ask if you could cross black cochins and barred rocks. Didn't know if the eggs would be to big for the cochins or not. But...
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    Financially speaking, is it worth it?

    Kudos!, Chillin With My Peeps. I have not had mine for long, but our family is doing this for self sufficiency and to stick it to the factory farm. I already have three people that want the eggs (not till I have enough for my family!). To have eggs/meat for my family that I know where it is...
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    how long do I keep the hens penned up?

    That is the best idea I have heard, keeping a hen in the pen. I know my father in law has a shooting preserve and the pheasants and quail will come back from acres away back to the flock. I have noticed how the rooster is the one to always make the first cluck and the hens come rushing over to...
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