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    Anyone in WV???

    i'm located in w.v. .
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    Anyone in WV???

    you've some beautiful birds but i am actually looking for a few "full size models : ) " such as australorps, orpingtons or wyandottes which are laying or at point of lay. would like to find these soon to have them settled in well prior to cold weather creeping in. dinah
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    Hello from a new member!

    no lights...no electricity. as for leghorns, laying houses closer to the more "modern" areas there, probably had them. at least by now, years later. tickled me that this old guy's preference was the australorps. speaking of eggs, most of the vendors who were selling on the streets, were selling...
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    Hello from a new member!

    just have to share this: i spent 11 years in west africa (now ex-husband was a supervisor for an oil company then) and i'd have the driver sneak me off to the villages which were known to have poultry/egg production. always curious, i wanted to see their practices. needless to say, my showing up...
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    anyone near me?

    thanks! i think i did that already but will check again.
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    Hello from a new member!

    thank you everyone for the welcome! i understand the point made regarding the hen/rooster ratio. in the past, i've had no problem with running just a few hens w/a rooster but that seemed to depend on the breed plus a large ranging area. of course, it could also have just been dumb luck on my...
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    Hello from a new member!

    thank you so much for the welcome, michael! i can most certainly understand what you're saying in regard to the cornish rocks as i once decided to try and keep a couple and, sure enough, the legs just could not bear the body size they grew to. although, i found a couple of people actually were...
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    anyone near me?

    hey! are there any members who have chickens, in my general area, which is northwest west virginia? am located about halfway between parkersburg and clarksburg (right beside northbend state park). would love to find a local source for a couple of laying hens.
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    Hello from a new member!

    hi everyone, my name is dinah (username: dootsie) and i joined this site not long ago. please excuse my lack of using caps as i tend to be lazy about hitting the shift key : ) anyway, i'm originally from mississippi and moved to west virginia about 15 yr.s ago. for years i raised quite a few...
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