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    Yellow yolk...HELP!

    Yeah I was hoping my chickens would eat the peas as well, but they picked them out every single time! I tried. I got this recipe off of a blogger I found on Pinterest and I'm glad I switched due to the feedback I received today. It sounds like it didn't have enough of the nutrients needed for my...
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    Yellow yolk...HELP!

    Wow thank you so much everyone who took the time to give me some advice! I appreciate all the advice and definitely feel more at ease with the color of their yolk! :-)
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    Yellow yolk...HELP!

    We got our chickens Spring 2015. When they first started laying their yolks were a beautiful deep orange. I was making my own feed for them which consisted of: 19 cups split peas 14 cups hard red wheat 12 cups barley 10 cups millet 8 cups oats 1/2 cup kelp 1/2 cup garlic powder It started...
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    Barred Rock hen or rooster??

    Thanks everyone for your replies, even though it wasn't what I wanted to hear haha We do have a good home lined up for him, thank goodness. We are just waiting for him to start crowing. I'm prolonging the goodbye! I think I'm still in the denial stage.
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    Barred Rock hen or rooster??

    Thanks for your response. So you agree with everyone else, mine is a cockerel?
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    Barred Rock hen or rooster??

    Thank you so much for your reply! Beautiful hen by the way!!!
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    Barred Rock hen or rooster??

    @PyxisThanks so much for you response! So bummed. This is our 3rd go around with a barred rock and it's a cockerel Just curious, what does it mean for a cockerel to be double barred? I'm new to the whole chicken thing!
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    Barred Rock hen or rooster??

    What characteristics tell you it's a cockerel?
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    Barred Rock hen or rooster??

    I am having trouble deciding on if this is a hen or rooster. We got the barred rock on August 22 so almost 3 months old. What do all you chicken experts think? And why do you think it is one or the other? We can't have roosters in our residential area so really hoping we don't have to get ride...
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