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    hen or rooster?

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    hen or rooster?

    I took this one today. sorry I didn't see your reply sooner.
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    hen or rooster?

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    hen or rooster?

    these are both supposed to be hens, however those tail feathers on the astrolorp look different. can anyone guess male or female? I am not allowed roosters in town. the sooner I know the sooner I can re-home. thanks so much!
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    Dying babies

    About 4 weeks ago we bought 6 Isa Brown chicks at TSC. Sunday we had 4 and 1 kept lying down in the gravel. Then yesterday 1 was dead in the chicken house. Today, we have 1 that is mostly dead,1 disappeared and 1 doing pretty well. Our other 6 chicks, about 7 weeks are doing fine, as is the 2...
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    Topic of the week - Free Ranging

    We have been Free Ranging for almost 2 years. I think we may be building a bigger enclosure this year. We started out this spring with 12 new babies and 16 older 11/2 yr olds. we are now standing at 3.it has been just devastating. a raccoon got in the run and killed a 6 month old, 3 newborns and...
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    Isa browns

    Since my last post, 7 of our 9 have started laying. the two that haven't yet have very pale combs and don't want to be held, as the others do. We are consistently getting double yolks from the one that started first. The rest are slowly getting bigger. We were able to break our broody hen...
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    Isa browns

    Ridgerunner, thank you. They will be 21 weeks old on Wednesday according to the person we purchased them from. The one has been laying about 2 weeks, wish I could post my pics here.they are all brown/ red with a couple that have nice little white feathers on their wings. They have not alerted...
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    Isa browns

    Even tho these are my first chickens, my partner is a long time farmer. so no, there are no roosters, kinda wish there was at least one. Thanks!
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    Isa browns

    Hello all! We have 9 Isa Browns that should be laying. however only 1 is. she started out with tiny little eggs and now she is giving us a nice big brown one daily. but none of her sister are giving us anything! they are all the same age, although some seem to be more mature than the rest. This...
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    Do Broody Hens stop laying eggs when setting.

    We have placed our broody hen in a pen by herself after trying the water dip and just moving her off the nest. How long will this need to go on? We have to break this Or into the pot she will go.
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    Your experience - how effective is electric netting for free ranging during the day?

    This may not be the thread for this, and I had planned to let it die. However,Roundup may be "safe" for your family. I however choose to do my gardening in shorts and tee shirt. without using protections that are suggested by Monsanto. And I would never subject my chickens to anything that I...
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    Your experience - how effective is electric netting for free ranging during the day?

    We do grow our own food. Almost every speck we put in our bodies. Would never use round up or anything like it
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    Your experience - how effective is electric netting for free ranging during the day?

    I am shocked to hear of the use of roundup near chickens or any food source. You might as well just buy from the store and save yourself all the trouble!
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    Hello from Ky! :-)

    I have changed my avatar to a picture of 5 of the chickens we just got yesterday! I am so excited! We purchased 13 Isa Brown chickens. they are about 9 weeks old. As we were at our house in town, we put them in bunny cages with cardboard on the bottom for over nite. they did great, except when I...
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