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    Where to get orpington/silkie/easter eggers/... in Canada?

    For posterity: I cancelled my order with DC heritage Poultry after I researched them on the Web and found out how terrible they are - from cruelty to infection. I ended up getting some from a local guy from Kijiji and some from Performance Poultry. At least no hard evidence against them as...
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    DC Heritage Poultry - has anyone used this breeder?

    Thank you everyone for sharing this info. I had just put an order today but will call and cancel. What a shame. Can anyone suggest an alternative? Is performance poultry any good? Other suggestions appreciated.
  3. kianoosh

    Where to get orpington/silkie/easter eggers/... in Canada?

    Kept looking around. For heritage breeds, I found these so far: http://www.performancepoultry.com https://www.dcheritagepoultry.com
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    Will chickens that grow up together still bully each other?

    Thanks for your inputs. We only have a small yard. I'll see what I can do to expand the run area for the chickens - maybe make it 2 story.
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    Adding new birds to an existing (mean!) flock

    For some reason I didn't get any notification for the updates here. Thanks @aart for the detail info. My chickens never got along since then. One of them was bullied so hard that I decided to put her out of her misery. I am replacing the entire flock this spring, and getting some less aggressive...
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    Where to get orpington/silkie/easter eggers/... in Canada?

    I live in Southern Ontario. All hatcheries I checked out online only carry a few standard breeds: Rhode Island Red, Leghorn, ... Like www.freyshatchery.com, pretty close to where I live. I cannot find anywhere to get sexed day old chicks of breeds such as Silkies or Orpingtons or Easter eggers...
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    Will chickens that grow up together still bully each other?

    By the way, let me share my experience for whoever interested in those breeds I mentioned. the Red Cross chickens are egg laying machines, superb quality and quantity - each laying ~6 per week in summer, ~4 per week in winter with no artificial light, in southern Ontario. They are a bit...
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    Will chickens that grow up together still bully each other?

    I have a small urban coop with 4 chickens (4'x3' coop + 4'x10' run, no free ranging), so chickens fighting and bullying has been a real problem. I had two of a breed called Red Cross (cross of Rhode Island Red with Columbian Rock), and then I added two Columbian Rock Crosses - through proper...
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    Adding new birds to an existing (mean!) flock

    I have two adult chickens, 11 month old, lovely, playful, excellent layers, and I have two 2.5 month olds. Raised all of them from 1 day olds. No rooster. To get them introduced, I had the two young ones live next to the two older ones but separated by chicken wire, since they were 1 month old...
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