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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2013

    Wow. I hope my girls never get to looking that bad, lol. Poor chickie.
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    Rooster Behavior

    Before last night there were just 2 hens and 2 roos in my pen. Once I took out the one roo I actually added 3 more hens that are 4 months old. I'm hoping that since the dominant roo got his butt kicked that he'll stop being aggressive to me since I saved him from being ripped apart and the new...
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    Rooster Behavior

    I came home from work yesterday to find out that my two roosters, (brothers and have been together since hatching and are 14 months old) decided they were going to beat the crap out of each other. My father went to water them after lunch and they just started going at each other. They did this...
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    Please help me understand meat eaters not wanting to process a chicken!

    I was raised hunting and was taught you clean, butcher and eat what you kill. My parents have a small farm on our land and raise cattle, pigs, goats and chickens. When they first got the calves, we made them into pets and when it was time to take the to the butcher it bothered me and then when...
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    Red Star Chickens

    I have 2 Red Star hens and they are exceptional layers. I live in North Alabama and our winter was lows in the 20s. I have gotten eggs from each hen daily since they were about 4 months old. The eggs started out medium and have gotten to extra large size with hard shells. They are very docile...
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    Hello from Alabama

    I am a newbie at raising my own chickens although my parents have been raising them for many years. Last weekend my husband bought me and our 5yr old son two 1 week old Red Star pullets. They are so sweet and my son loves to just sit beside their box and talk to them for hours on end. These...
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