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    Viva Las Vegas!

    So I talked with someone from a battery hen rescue today. They have a rescue in Grass Valley/Vacaville area. I think I may make a trip up there in September. It's quite a ways, but I like the idea of rescued hens. All the hens are 2 to 3 years old and they are either leghorns or red-sex...
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    So, what is your job?

    ^ Concrete artwork? Pictures please. I'm a teacher. I teach math. I'm actually on a medical leave of absence right for an unknown amount of time.
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    Decrowing Roosters.

    I admire roosters and would love to have one, but I am not allowed. If, for some reason, I ended up with one, I would either get rid of it or get rid of the crow. The shelter here is overrun with roosters. Giving it away to some random person on Craigslist is scary to me because of...
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    Several Questions - (Have patience with me)

    So, if I don't want them to eat the kale in the garden, I should not give them kale cast offs? We juice a lot. I have tons of vegetable cast offs from that. I was hoping that I could set them in the bet and let them do their thing with the bugs. But, no?
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    Viva Las Vegas!

    I am going to keep them inside at first. I figure if I get them in Aug/Sept. it will be plenty warm at night still until mid October. Our first freeze, I think, is around mid November. Do you do anything for them when it gets cold?
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    How long do chickens live?

    You tell him "no". And no means no. Or, better yet, send me your address and I will come and do it for you.
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    Several Questions - (Have patience with me)

    A few questions about feeding. I’ve looked through the site looking for answers and I am sure they are here somewhere, but I cannot find them. I am acquiring my birds for laying. If they need to take a break from time to time or don’t lay optimally (4 or 5 instead of 6 eggs a week) I’m okay...
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    Those of you in the heat - do you change your feed? Cool your coop?

    I live in desert and am worried about the heat also. I plan to start my flock in the fall and was thinking that next summer I would vent one of those small, portable swamp coolers into the coop during the day. It'll create a nice breeze and cool the air down 10 to 20 degrees. Maybe that's...
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    Viva Las Vegas!

    The heat is part of the reason that I am waiting too. I saw that add too, but I'm not ready yet either. I am getting antsy. I'll be sure to pass that along.
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    Viva Las Vegas!

    It looks like Belt (Fresno) and Cackle are a little closer. Belt is a wholesale hatchery, but will sell retail online. I will probably go with one of them. I called Meyer today and they said the people who sex their chicks have a 90% accuracy rate. So on an order of 25, there would be 2-3...
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    Viva Las Vegas!

    That is good advice and what I was already thinking. I looked online at Meyer Hatchery that many people on here have mentioned and they have an interesting assortment: http://www.meyerhatchery.com/productinfo.a5w?category=Chickens&grd_prodone_filter=PRODUCT_ID%20%3d%20%27APRS%27 Like you...
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    Viva Las Vegas!

    ^That's what I thought. I knew that sex-links were identifiable as chicks, but had never heard about identifying the sex by egg color. I'm glad you mentioned this. I was thinking that craigslist was a bad idea. I have been looking for a way to not buy from a hatchery, but I don't think that...
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    Decrowing Roosters.

    I've only read the first eleven pages of this thread, so maybe you mentioned this earlier and I did not see it, but who is the doctor in AZ that does this procedure? I am close enough to drive there, most likely. (I hope you don't mind me asking.)
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    You guys in the US are SO lucky! (Comparing prices to what we have here)

    That seems fair enough. Would you (or anyone) give me some price ranges for fertilized eggs, chicks, pullets, and mature hens that I would expect to pay here in the US for non hard-to-get breeds? I have no idea as to what is fair. I know that it varies, but a ballpark would be nice.
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    Viva Las Vegas!

    I hate to be/sound difficult, but I don't think I could do it. So does that mean that I have to go through a hatchery do you think? I did not know that there were sexed varieties that gender could be determined by the color of the shell. At what point in the incubation period can they...
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