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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Hey pennsylvanians! I have posted a free-to-good-home ad in the other forum for my three hens. I have an unexpected move looming a couple of months out, and will not be able to take my girls with me. They are 2.5 y/o, one is a speckled sussex, one a blue polish, and the other a production...
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    3 wonderful, healthy hens - SE PA 19473

    Hi! I have found out that I have until mid-July to move out, and I won't be able to take my ladies with me. These three are great layers, and are just now about 2.5 years old. One is a speckled sussex - Valerie, one a blue polish - Pepper, and the other a production red hybrid - Red. Valerie...
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    Processing as cat food?

    Good news, thanks! What sort of prey animals do you raise for your pets' culinary delight? Also, where in PA are you? We are in Montgomery County.
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    Processing as cat food?

    Ok, I've been doing searches here and elsewhere for a bit now, and I can't seem to find my answer. So, here's my question: Months ago, two of my chicks were thought to be young pullets, and turned out to be cockrels. Oops! We just got our first complaint from the neighbor about the crowing...
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    Anyone in Eastern PA have these breeds? Also breed info on smaller lf

    I have had a small breeding project in mind for a while, and am interested to find out if I can acquire one of the roos I want to get started with locally. Disclaimer: I know that I'm asking about rare breeds, and am talking about a breeding project with them not being matched to the same...
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    Post Your Best Joke!!!

    This is my favorite from my 8 year old nephew: So, I was talking to a polar bear and he would say, "How have.... .... .... you been today... ... ... ... I've been fine but... ... ... ... I have been real... ... ... ... busy" with long spaces of silence between every few words. Finally, I asked...
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    Can someone point me to a thread about hens not laying in summer?

    I didn't find a good thread on a quick search, but something you didn't mention is your nesting boxes. Hens need to feel safe while laying, or in many cases they just won't. I have had to lower one nest box lower to the floor to get two of my girls to lay. They just plain didn't like the...
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    Of Course...

    I have two who, when they were smaller chicks, would hop up on my shoulders if I squatted down. I would regularly leave with poo on both shoulders, and they are no longer allowed to sit there!
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    What every High School Principal SHOULD say: (I agree)

    Quote: to be a productive adult one must also be made aware of other cultures his point is moot because he is leaving out a huge part of becoming a functional adult by exposing the children to things they most likely will not learn from home, this includes sociology, history, social science...
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    Southeastern PA - Ideal order tagalong?

    Is there anyone within a reasonable distance of Royersford area (preferably an hour or less?) who is ordering from Ideal Poultry? I have a strong want for a single male Jaerhon and am having difficulty finding any at all, much less any nearby! I am interested in this any time in the next year...
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    Cooing Sussex

    So my one speckled Sussex hen (Valerie, about 13 months) does this lovely cluck-cluck-coooo! The last part sounds just like a dove! I adore it. At first I thought she was nowhere near top of the pecking order, until I realized she just doesn't feel the need to assert herself very often (as the...
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    Older chicks on top?

    Hi! So I have a RIR that sort of adopted two older welsummer chicks (they're about 3.5 months now, but they were "adopted" almost a month ago). Anyway, now that they're pretty big, the more dominant of the pair has started standing on top of their mama hen, Matilda. Matilda just lays down...
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    Chicken Names- whats your chickens name?

    I have Matilda (and her dearly departed sister Gretchen) RIR Josie and Melody - red sex link Valerie - speckled Sussex Pepper - Blue polish crescent And two young welsummers that Adopted Matilda (she is less than gracious, but willing!) who have yet to be named, but might become Betty and Veronica.
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    I'm in Montgomery County (hi all!) I'm trying to find some started pullets around here, and it's proving to be tricky, at best! I am hoping to find (in order of preference, with no regard to likelihood) barred rocks, naked necks, wyandottes, or RIR, or some mixture thereof, or really any...
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    Converting a shed into a coop, suggestions are more than welcome!

    Hi thar, So, I've been given this space to keep my (future) chickens. It's a shed that, when we moved in, was where all the firewood was kept for heating the house. It looks to me like it once housed a horse or two? I've gone over the place at chicken-eye-view as best I can and am in...
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