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    asking about mosquitoes, again.

    I took a look at your coop and run- wow! That's adorable. I love it- particularly the murals. I have to admit I'm a little jealous! Ours is fairly utilitarian (craigslist-ed panel dog run; 10x10), and It's in the corner of our yard, so I didn't feel like I needed to make it pretty, although the...
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    asking about mosquitoes, again.

    Alright, I've read tons of older posts regarding mosquitoes and chickens. We have a small backyard flock- four hens. They lay, we're happy. Right now, they have a little three sided coop, which opens into a completely screened in run. They are totally protected from all manner of bug and critter...
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    CENTRAL FL SWAP MEET!!!!! See post #720 for new thread

    Quote: The Roo is spoken for but the pullets will be coming for the ride and they should start laying any time, I've seen one of the girls checking out the box a few times, so it should be very soon! Yay! I'm so excited! Burrito Brothers and Key West Chickens all in the same day! Now all I...
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    CENTRAL FL SWAP MEET!!!!! See post #720 for new thread

    Well, then, that changes everything. Maybe it was the long legs that threw me? Hmm. Nevermind...
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    CENTRAL FL SWAP MEET!!!!! See post #720 for new thread

    Oh, OTG, I meant to the husband! Our little pair of EEs aren't laying yet, and that's ok- at some point they're going to. I just wonder if the key west girls are much on laying? I don't know, and I tried to check, but got nowhere fast. Aren't they bantams? I mean, I guess you can eat just about...
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    CENTRAL FL SWAP MEET!!!!! See post #720 for new thread

    I want to come, and if we make it I'll be bringing my EE roo that was supposed to be a hen along. I'd really like for him to have a home, one where he won't get eaten... but all things being equal, he just can't live here in residential Tampa. I'm really, really leaning towards coming home...
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    Oh, no. EE roo? (now with pictures!)

    Bluey- no problem! Ken- he could be the twin of mine- they're practically identical. Everyone- thanks so much for the help. If one of my hens had to be a rooster, I'm glad we could figure it out now (before he started crowing). We're able to spend some time finding a new place for him, one...
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    CENTRAL FL SWAP MEET!!!!! See post #720 for new thread

    Oooh, how lucky of me to have found this! I'm in Tampa (but with two carseats in the back of a Tercel, so no carpooling here) and I'd be HAPPY to drive to G'ville if someone is interested in a EE cockerel. I know it's not anything terribly exciting, but he can't stay in our backyard. I have...
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    central FL- EE cockerel

    Any interest? He's very handsome, about ten weeks old:
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    Oh, no. EE roo? (now with pictures!)

    This is what HE says about it...
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    Oh, no. EE roo? (now with pictures!)

    Crap.
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    Oh, no. EE roo? (now with pictures!)

    OK, here are the photos. I tried to get chicken feet, but didn't do so well, so here's a head, a tail, and a pair of chicken butts. Hope they help in terms of determining Pixie's fate.
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    Oh, no. EE roo? (now with pictures!)

    I will post a photo as soon as the battery in the camera charges... but until then, here's my question- Do hens ever have green iridescent tail feathers? Curvy ones? Or is that really a roo-only thing? The 'hen' in question is about ten weeks old, black and white, and stands taller than the...
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    chicks in FL

    Nope, no lamp at all. They seem to be pretty happy with the current situation, which is inside at night and outside for the day. They're in mostly shade and our highs have been low-mid nineties. I have them in their run today, sort of. I took the top off the gerbil cage and set it directly on...
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    chicks in FL

    I have three EE (pretty sure, but sold as Ameraucanas) pullets. They're about 2 weeks old, I guess, judging by their size. Totally guessing, using photos online for size reference. Very cute. They're living right now in a gerbil cage, and I take them outside in the morning and they hang out and...
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