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    Intro

    It doesn't per say, however a lot of new people don't do their homework, and some new people might not know that Cornish Crosses are meat birds. My guess is they were trying to be helpful! Welcome to Backyard Chickens!
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    Coming back!

    Thank you!
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    Coming back!

    My name is Andrea and I live in southeastern Ohio. We moved from New Hampshire (where I grew up) to our dream farm in Ohio in 2014. We brought our original flock (14 chickens) with us! I had chickens as a kid in 4-H and never thought I would have chickens again. Little did I know! My brother got...
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    8 week BLR Wyandotte gender help *Updated Photos

    The Splashs are beautiful! We have a couple that are not very nice cockerels and we have one that we are going back and forth about whether it is a pullet or a cockerel. If it is a pullet, we will keep her for sure! I love the Splash coloring....I just love BLRWs!!!
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    8 week BLR Wyandotte gender help *Updated Photos

    I love BLRW.... I just lost my most beloved hen (my avatar photo is Tilly!) a week ago to a raccoon! Your girl....and yes I believe she is a pullet is already a Blue.....and yes, she is a Splash! Enjoy! She is beautiful!
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    OHio ~ Come on Buckeyes, let me know your out there!

    My family, along with our 14 chickens, 2 horses, 7 Nigerian Dwarf Milking goats, 6 Holland Lop bunnies, 2 cats, 2 rats, 1 Collie, 1 conure and 4 children, moved to southern Ohio, Jackson County, 2 years ago from New Hampshire. In the 2 years we have been here, we have llost 2 chickens to dogs...
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    Prolapsed Vent

    Thank you! We tried 3 times yesterday with Vaseline as a animal husbandry book suggested. I will get some preparation H today when I am out and try that. Keeping our fingers crossed and praying!
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    Prolapsed Vent

    Does anyone have any experience with a hen with a prolapsed vent? We discovered our almost 2 yr old Golden Laced Wyandotte presented with a prolapsed vent this morning. We have tried a couple of times, after cleaning it, applying antibiotic ointment to push it back in place....sadly we have not...
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    Miraclz5s Member Page

    Finally, we have baby chicks! We have a motley little crew of 15 for the moment....don't know how many will be hens and how many will be roosters, only time will tell! Our chicks are being added to the rest of our crew....1 buckskin Quarter Horse mare, 1 sable collie, 5 bunnies, 3 rats, 1 cat, 4...
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    Large Fowl Cochin Thread

    I posted this message in Raising Chicks, but unfortunately, I don't think a lot of vetrans go there....so I am asking all of you! I have cochins and a few other breeds...my dilemmna is that I have a group of chicks that are 4 months old and a group of chicks that are 2 months old...I have heard...
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    Large Fowl Cochin Thread

    Having just gone through the same thing TWICE....with our batch of 4 month old cochins and then again with our 2 month old cochins, unfortunately I am pretty sure you have roos. I feel your pain as my daughters and I were all devastated! Out of 18 cochins altogether, we sadly only ended up with...
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    introducing chicks...

    We have 7 chicks who are about 4 months old and we have 7 chicks who are about 2 months old. I want to put them together as I feel the younger ones are big enough....however I would like some input on how to do it. I have family and friends who have introduced new chickens at night by just...
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    Large Fowl Cochin Thread

    We live in NH....we have not had great luck with our cochin odds....first round of 9 straight run cochins....roosters 7-hens 2.... second round of 9 straight run cochins....roosters 6-hens 3....we thought we had it the other way around....gave 2 HENS away...only to discover ALL the ones we kept...
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    CHICKEN SWAPS OF NH SWAP LISTINGS

    Could some one post upcoming dates and locations for swaps....we were gone for almost 2 weeks on vacation and discovered that 2 more of the cochins we thought were girls are in fact roosters!!!! UGH!!!!! Anyone have a buff cochin pullet.....REALLY want one!!!!! Was heart broken when we decided...
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    Large Fowl Cochin Thread

    Quote: I am not an expert....but he is very handsome!
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