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    Comment by 'OrpLover' in article 'How much does it cost to raise backyard chickens?'

    Oops. Don't know what happened there. Anyway, I believe you shouldn't decide whether or not to keep laying hens based on the cost of eggs from your chickens versus the cost of commercial eggs, which contain bad things for you and yours (see second paragraph--now in my first post, which I can't...
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    Comment by 'OrpLover' in article 'How much does it cost to raise backyard chickens?'

    I wanted chickens for 30 years. Many of those years I lived in locations where it wasn't possible to keep a flock. Whenever I did live somewhere that I could have chickens, I was discouraged by people telling me the eggs cost much more than if I had just bought them in the store. Well, finally...
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    Our rooster has a broken spur and we need advice on what to do.....

    Thank you! We need to take the spur off ourselves then. We can do that--well, we've never done that before, but we have to learn sooner or later. It's such a relief to know it's not serious and we can handle it ourselves. You made our day, FrizzlesRule. Thanks again. Ray and Kate
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    Our rooster has a broken spur and we need advice on what to do.....

    Two days ago our 10mo old Buff Orpington rooster was injured when a board blocking our other rooster from his view fell over. It wasn't the board that injured him--he attempted to fight with the other rooster through the chicken wire. By the time we realized what had happened his feet were cut...
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