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    Let that Rooster Crow 🐓

    This is our current rooster. He is about 1.5 years old. He is a French Wheaton Maran. I had bought 12 chicks, straight run, 8 black copper marans and 4 french wheaton. There were 6 roos in all but only one was french wheaton. The roos all looked exactly alike except the french wheaton had...
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    Changing Coops

    I do it the same way every year and never have a problem. I have a small coop where I put babies and a large coop for adults. When they are about 2-3 months old, I decide they are too cramped in the small coop and make the change. I wait until they've been in bed for an hour or so and then...
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    DIY HUMANE way to Kill Slaughter Chicken (Stun-kill, Gas)

    Well I have to say you guys have made me feel a lot better. My husband just left with 8 of our chickens including one gorgeous rooster to take to his sister's and process with a bunch of their chickens. I am a city girl and my husband was raised in the country. I have learned to love fresh...
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    can I stop broody hen, if so, how?

    Just my two cents here. . . I had two bantam hens (of some unknown variety) who went broody. I'd read many places that you just keep disturbing them, pulling them out of the nest, stealing the eggs, etc. These gals were broody all summer, despite all our efforts. My husband and I were both...
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