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    Buttercups

    Ok, I can post a few photos now! Here are two of our three Buttercups. They are still a little shy. We've only had them since the day before Thanksgiving. Their new heated water bowl. The coop light. The coop itself!
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    Buttercups

    Looks like I am about to buy three pullets from a local Buttercup owner. Any advice for a newbie? :) Things that might be useful to know: I live in south central Indiana, Have 2 indoor-only cats and no dogs, Smallish fenced in yard, Kids are 13,11 and 9 yrs old Know lots of local chicken...
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    Australorps breed Thread

    I've gotten some really varied estimates on how big to expect a Black Australorp hen to grow. For example, Meyer Hatchery says 5 pounds on their web page and 6 pounds in their catalog! I've decided I want to get 5 different types of hen so we can tell them apart easily, for the fun of...
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    Australorps breed Thread

    Thank you aveca and happyhensny! That's very helpful.
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    Australorps breed Thread

    Does anyone here keep Australorp hens in a place that gets very cold through the winter? In other words, do I need to worry about their combs freezing? Y'all are being extremely helpful, and I love seeing all the pictures!
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    Australorps breed Thread

    Cool. I do have a pressure cooker! As far as coops go I am making my husband, techres (also a newbie here), deal with that part. He went to a class run by the Purdue extension, he's checking the web, and he's talking with friends who farm. We'll get that part sorted, I feel confident about that...
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    Australorps breed Thread

    It certainly seems that way! Thanks so much for talking with me about it. Some enthusiasts are eager to encourage me to try some completely different breed I'd not yet read about, and then I find out they are insanely expensive, or remarkably rare and therefore inanely expensive, or little...
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    Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

    Holy crow! Those eggs are gorgeous! Are all of them from Wheaten Ameracaunas? Or the first photo is the Wheatens and the second photo is from that whole long list, I guess? At any rate, wow! Quiche tonight? :D
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    Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

    I am thinking I should maybe be a lot more specific about what I think I want and need: I want good layers but they don't have to be the best layers ever. They have to be good at laying, VERY good with children, good with me, and a decent dinner* someday when they're done laying! I want a breed...
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    The Wyandotte Thread

    I am thinking I should maybe be a lot more specific about what I think I want and need: I want good layers but they don't have to be the best layers ever. They have to be good at laying, VERY good with children, good with me, and a decent dinner* someday when they're done laying! I want a breed...
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    Australorps breed Thread

    I want good layers but they don't have to be the best layers ever. They have to be good at laying, VERY good with children, good with me, and a decent dinner* someday when they're done laying! I want a breed that isn't picky, so I can get rid of table and cooking scraps. I want a breed that...
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    The Wyandotte Thread

    Sadly, I am too much of a newbie to translate all of your shorthand. Let me check. Is any of this right? SLW = silver laced wyandotte roo = rooster RIR = rhode island red EE= easter egger Rocks = ? NH = new hampshire... something? AM = Ameracauna? I've read that Leghorns aren't quite as...
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    The Wyandotte Thread

    And now I have just been told (in a Bloomington specific chicken group on facebook) that "Wyandottes can sometimes be a bit on the aggressive side." Do y'all agree?
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    Australorps breed Thread

    Beautiful birds! I am a complete newbie here, trying to decide whether to buy 5 (the maximum allowed in my town) Black Australorps, 5 Silver Laced Wyandottes, or maybe 5 Ameracaunas. I want beautiful hens with a high egg laying capability, acceptable as an eating/meat bird when they are done...
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    Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

    Beautiful birds! I am a complete newbie here, trying to decide whether to buy 5 (the maximum allowed in my town) Black Australorps, 5 Silver Laced Wyandottes, or maybe 5 Ameracaunas. I want beautiful hens with a high egg laying capability, acceptable as an eating/meat bird when they are done...
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