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    Rooster Contest!

    This I Riley. He is BO x Dom. and is an awesome rooster! This is Roger, the son of Riley but he has an Ameracuana mother. He also is a very awesome rooster. He was hatched in Feb. 2014.
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    Chicken name help?

    She kind of looks like a mix between a Buff Orpington and Black Austrolorp to me.
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    Cleaning Routine Brooder and Beyond

    My mom has a garage apartment that no one was living in so I put about 4 layers of newspaper down in the bath tub and put my 12 chicks in there. I have a chair by the tub with my heat lamp clamped on it that I can raise or lower as needed. I just recently put the feeder on a pole going across...
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    How do I get my chicks to go into their coop?

    I would suggest making them stay in the coop for a couple of weeks with their food and water so they get used to being in there. Then put them through the door making them go down the ramp into the run or where ever you are letting them forage. Chickens are not stupid creatures like some may...
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    Some advice please?

    If you can have a rooster where you live, why don't you just order some white orp. pullet chicks and a black australorp roo and raise your own instead of buying eggs? You could use your incubator to hatch the fertile eggs and get more chicks to have for eggs or sell the chicks. There's no...
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    Wanting to incubate eggs. Seeking advice

    I have the Little Giant (I think that's the name) from TSC. I do have the egg turner in mine and seriously suggest getting one unless you are home all the time and can remember to turn the eggs 2-3 times a day. I would also suggest setting more than 6 eggs so you have a better hatch rate. I had...
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    Golden Laced Wyandotte Thread!

    I crossed a BO rooster with black australorp hens and got hens that look very similar to the GLW. I'm hoping they will lay jumbo eggs like their mothers do.
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    Black Australorps or Jersey Black Giants?

    Do the Jersey Giants have the green sheen on their feathers also? Someone dropped six chicks off at my mothers house in a tractor supply box. It said two of them were the "featured breed". I went to TSC to see what their featured breed was and it said Black Giants. The chicks looked to be about...
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    Lock Down Day! Anyone Else?

    Somehow I miscounted my eggs and had 12 instead of 11. I have had 9 hatch so far out of the 12 but one didn't make it. I helped it out the shell because it was breached. I guess I should have waited a bit longer. I will wait until Monday to see what happens before I toss the remaining eggs. I...
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    Set eggs 2/16

    I read somewhere to put a cloth in the water wells and put hot water in them to bring the humidity up. I did this and the level did go up but temp came down so I turned temp. up a little. Temp came back up but humidity came back down. I did see one egg move though. Fri. and Sat. is hatch day...
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    Lock Down Day! Anyone Else?

    I have 11 that went in to lockdown yesterday. I'm hoping I was counting right and didn't go a day early. All my eggs are "mutts" except for one. It will be a BO if it makes it. I'm trying to get some green egg layers to go with the blue and brown ones. Wish them luck!
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    What to feed chickens to lay more eggs.

    I had an old lady tell me you can feed them Rape greens and it will make them lay better. I found some seed at our local seed store and have it coming up in my flower beds. It say to plant it in the fall or spring.
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    online rooster show i will judge when there are 46 pics!

    I really like your chicken house. Did you design and build it or buy it? I'd love to have the plans for it.
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    egg washing

    I store my eggs I sell in 3 different shelves on the door of the fridge. When I start filling a carton I begin at the top left corner and fill to the right then continue to the bottom left and fill to the right again. I usually don't need more storage space because my customers come running...
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    Sponsored Post Want to share your fresh eggs? Learn about the Local Hens community!

    Don't think no one will buy your eggs because they are different sizes. When I first advertised my extra eggs on CL I stated in the ad that the eggs were different sizes and I would not separate them. They bought what ever the hens lay. My girls free range most the day and produce delicious eggs...
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