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    Killing, Plucking, Eviscerating, & Cutting Up Your Chicken - Graphic!

    I just want to add my thanks for this thread. OMG I've been studying it for almost a year now. haha! I have five roos and three must go....I've looked at the photos long enough and often enough that I have great confidence going into this now....Truly, thank you so much. I swear you need to...
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    Crooked Back Cause?

    That pic was taken two days ago-so it is very recent. Her comb color is more like the second photo though-I did up the exposure on the top one to show her feathers better, but the color gets lost when doing that. I got her the first week of March, the other two EEs are laying, but have only...
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    Crooked Back Cause?

    Thanks so much! :) I have been reading up on it since you mentioned that, as my first thought was OMG what if trying to lay an egg kills her!!??? Looks like she may be OK in that department-she just hasn't laid yet-but my other girls have only just started, so I won't freak out yet. :)
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    Easter Egger club!

    I love my three EEs. Here they were in the very beginning of March: Labamba and Chubby Cheekers are EEs (Peggy Sue turned out to be a welsummer rooster so has been renamed Peggy Dude) Lollipop is my other EE who turned into an awful eyeball pecker so has been renamed 'Hen'nible. Chubby...
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    Crooked Back Cause?

    Thanks! I'd not heard of that one yet. I definitely won't let her reproduce then, that is IF she ever lays...She is just the sweetest little thing
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    Topic of the Week - Aggressive Roosters: What is the best way to handle them?

    :) This is my first experience with roosters. He is a Welsummer, and far bigger than the other one (we got two straight run and of course both are boys).. In the chicken world, he probably isn't THAT huge, but in my little backyard flock world he is a giant. haha! This is a full pic of my son...
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    Crooked Back Cause?

    I have a hen (from this Spring's chicks) that has grown into a crooked little girl. She seems perfectly fine-just a bit askew. I never noticed anything wrong as a chick-just as she got older her tail seemed to be a bit to the side-but since she never had any issues other than that I didn't...
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    Topic of the Week - Aggressive Roosters: What is the best way to handle them?

    I wound up with five roosters from my Spring chicks.... Mr. Ed wound up being a bit of a stink. BUT he was my favorite roo because he was so HUGE and awesome with the ladies. Soooo I put on my long sleeves and wrangled the little bugger. He fought like a warrior and I held on. After about 10...
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    Comment by 'dragonbird' in item 'Silkie'

    Oh my gosh he sounds like he was a hoot! So sorry for your loss! I haven't tried trimming their eyeball fluff yet...I've been planning on it, just haven't gotten around to it yet. :)
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    Silkie thread!

    I sure hope you are right! I am glad Marco is still with us too. He's become quite the little trickster-and amazing he was the 'runt' and he is way bigger than Trump now. :) Funny how that works out sometimes.
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    Silkie thread!

    Oh my gosh what a sweet name! :) I sure hope you are right about Wampa. If even only one is a hen I'll be thrilled. :) Trump has become quite the lovey. Completely stupid as all get out-but the sweetest little thing.
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    Silkie thread!

    Hi everyone! I am very new to silkies-I lucked into getting four free this past March (very beginning of March so we are almost four months old now)...I am so in love with these things it is crazy! I didn't even WANT them...EVER. BUT I justified it by figuring I'd use them to hatch out newbs...
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    Review by '' on item 'Silkie'

    First of all, I only got the silkies because they were free to me, and I want to eventually be able to use them to hatch out my other chicks. I never expected to be so enamored with them! What sweeties they are. They don't see well, and because of that, if they are with other chickens they...
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    How To Pick A Roo?

    You are correct...here is a baby photo! haha! (Lolipop is Mr. Ed)
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    How To Pick A Roo?

    Thanks for that info! I didn't know they chased them around first thing until they were all...used...it is very efficient! haha! I've had them all since they were chicks-I had them quarantined for 30 days prior to letting them go in the separation area in the coop so they could all get...
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