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    Got a suggestion for super-quiet hens in a small-lot suburb?

    I haven't read all 5 pages of comments, but I'm here to add my 7 cents (inflation, you know). I'm the household that HAS the day sleeper. We also moved to our acreage from a neighborhood who had a neighbor with two pit-bull type dogs (the HOA said they couldn't have them, but never enforced)...
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    Comment by 'imjustdelaney' in article 'Fermenting Chicken Feed: A Straightforward Method'

    I started a batch on 1/26/22. I used an organic grain/dried veggie layer mix that I buy from a farm who sells eggs to our local grocery chain. Our water is mineral-heavy well water that gets treated with a UV light as it comes into the house. By the 30th it already had a layer of Kahm yeast...
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    Organic Chick Feed

    @khalpern and @Cooky, I know this post is super old, but do you have any updates as to where you are still getting your feed, if you're still keeping chickens? I'm at the west end of Spokane Co and I can't believe how hard it is to find stuff right now. My local go-to in Cheney shut down due...
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    Review by 'imjustdelaney' in article 'What Happens When Chickens Molt?'

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    My "girls" may not be at all!

    That is SUPER! Thank you. :D All of mine were hatched at the same time, so the WHEN I've gotta catch onto. I'll get it someday! I think my new one is only a couple months older. :)
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    My "girls" may not be at all!

    Going under the assumption that I had at least two males (maybe three) I ordered some female Buff Orpingtons for delivery in a couple weeks. Then my neighbor offers me one her laying hens (1-2 eggs a day currently), an Australorp like mine, who bullies her other hens. Well, now I'm REALLY...
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    My "girls" may not be at all!

    Well, I suppose THREE just means I have more room for some Buff Orpington chicks to be added. This time I plan to go through a hatchery that guarantees (90%) pullets.
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    My "girls" may not be at all!

    Sorry about the groupie pictures. They usually huddle, so separating them out is always a challenge. But thank you for confirming my suspicions.
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    My "girls" may not be at all!

    I've been trying to upload pictures for a couple of weeks, and I finally got it. I have 9 Australorps that were all supposed to be females. I've been questioning for a while if we got the higher-than-average-error of males. I noticed some behavior today that made me think I have two cockerels...
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    What breed and gender.

    Dang it, that's what I was afraid of! I'll work on more pictures once it cools down. The run is too hot for them right now. I guess we will be learning how to process chickens soon.
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    What breed and gender.

    These are my 9 australorps. I know that's what they are (according to feed store and what we ordered), but I'm confused as to whether I should be calling my girls girls or not! I got them in early May when they were just a couple days old, so they're almost three months now. They were all...
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