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    RIR rose-comb Heritage Rooster- AVL, NC

    Well, you couldn't do with a better Roo than Gordy with kids around. He's so docile and tame. I've had roosters chase my kids with ill intent in the past- they can be boogers!! Just make sure you get full sized hens for his flock- he's really big. hope you saw the photo i posted a couple days...
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    RIR rose-comb Heritage Rooster- AVL, NC

    according to google maps, it's 112 miles via I-40 just uploaded a pic of Gordy. what's your flock situation?
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    RIR rose-comb Heritage Rooster- AVL, NC

    Hi Neighbors! I'm hoping to find a new happy home for Gordy, (or affectionately, Gordo) is a docile, gentle giant of a Rhode Island Red Rose Comb Rooster. We've switched breeds, going with smaller hens who can fly after losing all of Gordy's flock over the past few months to a still mysterious...
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    RIR rose-comb Heritage Rooster- AVL, NC

    Gordy (Gordo) is a docile, gentle giant of a Rhode Island Red Rose Comb Rooster. We've switched breeds, going with smaller hens who can fly after losing all of Gordy's flock over the past few months to a still mysterious predator. They've been free ranging and closed up at night. He's used to...
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    Hatchery vs. Local Feed Store

    The question from me is not so much what varieties are available, or how soon I can get them- it's more about the ethical treatment of the animals- including the hens that lay these hatchery eggs (local feed stores almost all get theirs from commercial hatcheries), the handling of newly hatched...
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    Chickens who HATE snow?

    I can relate. We moved to Asheville NC in July, brought a small flock of young chickens with us from Savannah Ga. It was a rainy cold summer, then the first snow hit before Thanksgiving- they wouldn't budge from the coop. we've now had about 4 snow storms, this past week being the worst...
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    Small Breeders VS Hatcheries

    Michael, I agree with your idea of the best we can do as consumers is to boycott what we don't agree with- regardless of what it may be. That is the biggest reason to encourage our friends, neighbors and communities to localize food production, support local farmers over grocery imports from...
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    Small Breeders VS Hatcheries

    Thank you all for your thoughtful responses! What I'm understanding as the upshot of this topic is that there are two main concerns to watch out for in buying stock: one is disease prevention (hatcheries) and birds bred for resistance to disease (breeders); and two is to look for breeders who...
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    Small Breeders VS Hatcheries

    As I understand and define these terms for myself: Hatcheries are more likely to be a large production, and not necessarily (or even usually) a humane operation in terms of how the laying hens that produce the fertile eggs are treated or the humane disposal of the roosters that comprise 50% of...
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    Greetings fellow chicken keepers

    You're living the lifestyle I dream about! can't wait for warmer weather! I think I have bear blood in me- I just want to hunker down in my den right now!! hope to meet you soonish :-)
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    North Carolina

    Thx, looking forward to spring chicks and warmer weather!!
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    North Carolina

    Hello NCarolinians- I bought some property near Asheville this past summer. Looking for the chicken community near me. Give a holler if you'd like to connect :-) I'm north and west of West Asheville, one mile outside city limit.
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    Greetings fellow chicken keepers

    I've been keeping chickens for 26 years. Started with Bantees on a rural Isl off the SC coast near Beaufort. Then moved to full sized hens when I moved back to town on an island suburb of Savannah in 1996. I began a face book page for Savannah Backyard Chickens in conjunction with Savannah's...
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    YO GEORGIANS! :)

    Just joined up- add me too!!
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    Hello From North Carolina.

    Hello Tim and Anne, I'm so excited to find you!! I've recently bought some property in Asheville and brought some chickens with me from breeders I know in Savannah. I refuse to buy from the "big" guys!! I've been instrumental in getting folks in Savannah keeping chickens in their...
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