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    Anyone near Smithfield, NC want my chickens? Free!!

    Quote: My husband got transferred to a different site for work and he doesn't want to commute over an hour each way. We found this house and love it and were told it didn't have an HOA since it's a 50 year old neighborhood. We put our offer in and then it turns out there is an HOA except it...
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    Anyone near Smithfield, NC want my chickens? Free!!

    Quote: I've already tried that twice, but keep getting my ads deleted because you can't list "pets" on craigslist. Yes, I know most chicken owners love their chickens like pets, but I feel like chickens can be dual purpose and not used as a pet at all. Anyway....craigslist didn't work out...
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    Anyone near Smithfield, NC want my chickens? Free!!

    ALL ads must be in our Buy/Sell/Trade section, please.
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    7-8 week old Rhose Island Reds

    I need opinions!! I have 3 rhode island reds approx. 7 weeks old. Two of them have bigger, redder combs and are taller. The other one has a much smaller more yellowish comb and is shorter and a little bigger in the breast. I got all three at the same time and they are all for sure the same...
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    Hi!! from NC!!

    Welcome! I live in NC as well, South Piedmont. And I am also new to chickens. We have 9 chicks all together although we started with 4, added 2, lost 1 and then added 6 and lost 1 more. It's been a roller coaster thus far!! I think you will find these forums very helpful, I spend a good...
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    ****Please tell me if you think these are roosters****

    I'm not experienced at this at ALL, but they both look like pullets to me. Are you sure that they are only 9 weeks old? Maybe they are older....that might explain the very red combs? Their stature just looks henish to me. But again, I'm new to chickens and all 9 of mine are probably Roos...
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    Help!! Agressive chick.....pullet or roo??

    Quote: Yeah, I cried this morning when the hubbs woke me up and told me. I've only had my barred rocks for a few days but I am attached to all my chickys and I hate seeing helpless animals die.
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    Help!! Agressive chick.....pullet or roo??

    Well, Little Brown needs a new home. Things seemed to be going smoothly with him/her in with the others but this morning we woke up to one of the little barred rocks dead. We've moved Little Brown to the other crate again and are trying to figure out what to do with him/her. I just can't keep...
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    more pasty butt Q's....

    We had that same problem with a 2 week old RIR, my husband took a Q-tip with warm water and just kind gently worked the hardened poop off. We had waited a couple days hoping it would fall off on its own, but it did not. The Q-tip method didn't seem to hurt the chick although she chirped like...
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    Help!! Agressive chick.....pullet or roo??

    I am having a problem with one of my Rhode Island Red chicks being super aggressive and I'm a bit concerned that she is actually a Roo. I got 4 Rhode Islands about 3.5 weeks ago, so they are about 5 weeks old. From the very beginning one of my chicks was different from the other three. Not...
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    Boy oh' Boy I sure have some roos...

    Is that necessarily Roo behavior? I have 4 (4 week old) RIRs and they all do that. I thought they were just checking out the situation and seeing if I had any treats. Are mine all Roos? Gina
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    chicken newbie

    Hello all! My name is Gina and not only am I new to these forums, I am new to chickens as well. I live in Smithfield, North Carolina with my husband and two daughters ages 2 and a half and 10 months. I am a stay at home Mama and would like my children to grow up with animals and learn how to...
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