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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    Thanks. When things aren’t so busy, I’ll get a few extra chickens. Maybe some chicks or some young hens of a broody breed. Then I’ll select a worthy rooster…and we’ll see what happens.
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    Hey all, Time passes quickly. It was a rough winter weather wise up here in Maine this year. We had a spring Nor’ Easter that brought down a good dozen big pines around the property. The clean up has been arduous. My gentleman (in the pic) rooster passed away in January suddenly. He stopped...
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    Well hey there fellow Mainer! Thanks for poppin in. :woot

    Well hey there fellow Mainer! Thanks for poppin in. :woot
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    Dropped an egg in the coop, feeding frenzy ensued

    Hey BYC folks, So, I have six Black Dorking hens and a rooster. They are all 11 months old and appear to be molting. This afternoon during my afternoon egg run, I dropped an egg in the coop. Before I could blink, one hen grabbed the largest piece of shell and ran like Franco Harris out to the...
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    Currently have six Black Dorking hens and a very colorful Black Dorking rooster…though I believe...

    Currently have six Black Dorking hens and a very colorful Black Dorking rooster…though I believe some Red Dorking genes are evident, he’s a handsome, intelligent and very well behaved young roo that takes good care of his hens. I am making plans to make this flock grow through self sustaining...
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    Rooster to lose both legs: Quality of Life?

    That’s a tough story…to be honest, I don’t get emotionally tied to my chickens to where anything other than processing it for the broiler would come to mind in a situation like that. In my honest opinion, that rooster is done. It would be the humane thing to do.
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    Chicken Breed Focus - Dorking

    Hello Dorking people, this is my first year with chickens. I’ve always wanted to have chickens and at 60 yo I’ve finally done it. I chose Dorkings after researching the best tasting dual purpose chicken. They are in a nice Amish coop and I built them a nice sized run. I started with 25 birds And...
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