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    New Rooster Newbie Questions

    So, before, when we had all hens, we'd store the eggs on the kitchen counter, and they'd sometimes be there for weeks before getting eaten. Does this need to change now that they could be fertilized?
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    New Rooster Newbie Questions

    We've always kept hens, but this year, when one of the chicks turned out to be a rooster, we decided to keep him. Now that we've got a rooster in the flock, is there anything we have to do differently? If the eggs we collect are fertilized, do we have to store them differently? Eat them...
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    Lets count to a million

    28,386
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    Pecked in the eye by a chicken??

    But it would have been one delicious tamale! She's started laying now, so she's working off her debt in eggs.
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    Pecked in the eye by a chicken??

    I wrote up my "pecked in the eye" story here: http://milkbarnfarm.tumblr.com/post/127087759171/a-dinosaur-tried-to-eat-me
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Anyone wanna guess what kinda chicken laid this one?
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    Pecked in the eye by a chicken??

    Yesterday my adorable little Sicilian Buttercup flew up to the back of the chair I was sitting in. This is not unusual. But this time, as I was turning to look at her, she pecked me hard in the eye. It hurt like hell, but I shrugged it off and went to bed. Today my eye is swollen shut and is...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    First Egg from Dorothy the Dominique, just 5.5 months old. Full story here: http://milkbarnfarm.tumblr.com/post/125688099426/our-first-egg
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    Ended Coop Page Contest #6 - Win a $50 BYC Store Gift Certificate!

    My humble submission: The Milk Barn Garden Coop
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    The Milk Barn Garden Coop

    Hi! I'm Derek. My wife and I live on 2 acres outside of Portland, Oregon, and this is our first go at raising chickens. We call our place the Milk Barn because the house was built as a milking barn for cows in the 30s before it was converted into a house in the 60s. We used the Garden Coop plans...
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    cutest chicken names!

    Quote: Thanks! I'll let you know when we get there. :-)
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    O HAI

    Thanks for the warm welcome, y'all! BYC has already been so helpful. Thank you!
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    cutest chicken names!

    We decided to go alphabetical with our chickens, so we can remember what order we got them in.
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    O HAI

    Hi everybody. I'm Derek, coming to you from somewhere outside of Portland Oregon. My wife and I have a small 2 acre farm. And we just got our first chicks! They are: We are so excited about our new chick adventure and happy to become part of the community.
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