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    I Need Your Opinions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please :)

    Buff Orpington's...cause i have had best luck in setting eggs with them. Then the RIR's...i like their routine behavior. Those are my faves so far. Havent deviated much from that...do have a new Americana rooster...just aquired and he adapted to the leghorn roosters ways and they are fine...
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    Chickens Suddenly Stopped Laying

    quick changes in temperature can mess with the production. I have seen that happen when weather is too hot, or gets cool fast. They adapt and get right back to it. If you are certain and have checked for diseases or illness of any sort and pretty confident they are molting....mine have always...
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    How much research did you do, before buying chicks?

    Took me about a year as well. I visited with brother-in-law and family and chics...Talked with my Dad. Read an old magazine from Successful Farming, back in the late 30's or early 40's. (Dad still had them lol) and I wanted to know how feeding and keeping chickens changed over the years...
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    What is the Name of your Chicken?

    Lucy Michelle, Black Momma, White Momma, Ricky, Kenny, Cotton, Little Lady, Sweetie Girl, Girlfriend, Tiger Mom, Sweetheart, Baby, Whatsup Girl, Chatter Girl and Noisy Babe.
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    calling any one from missouri

    Me....i am in Missouri...originally a Kansas farm girl...soil is not like Kansas, but i am loving the trees and my chickens...
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    RIR Not friendly

    i have found that my RIR's love consistency. While the other chickens dont mind change...my Reds appear to have a routine. Out in morn and walk directly to house behind me...if i veer off to the horse pasture, they stand and act like they are lost. If the rooster follows me they are slow to...
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    Your Chicken Pictures Needed For The BYC 2012 Calendar

    Wakin' to the sound of music
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    Your Chicken Pictures Needed For The BYC 2012 Calendar

    All my best friends are chickens.
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    Your Chicken Pictures Needed For The BYC 2012 Calendar

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    Wakin' to the sound of music

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    Your Chicken Pictures Needed For The BYC 2012 Calendar

    i am not seeing a link to upload my pics to this page...or am i missing the link to submit pics elsewhere on the page...thanks...outdoorlady
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    How many chicks do you have?

    I have two roosters. Are they necessary? No, I have them just because....and i have hatched my own babies successfully. Ricky is the Buff Orpington, head rooster, Kenny is the second in command and he is Americana. Ricky watches over 15 hens and 4 babies as they pasture feed. Kenny follows...
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