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    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    Here is lady Godiva a couple of months ago.
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    Does anyone raise Silver Spangled Hamburgs?

    This is my lovely Silver Spangled Hamburg hen, Montana, taken a couple of years ago. Here she is now. This is my new one, Dakota, who we just discovered was a rooster. He's just starting to crow. I absolutely love Hamburgs!
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    Fall Chicks: A New Experience

    The heat lamp I have is a big metal one, and we use a red heat light bulb. We hang it from the ceiling with a chain so we can easily raise and lower it, and there's no chance of it falling to the shavings and causing a fire. Chickens have been the best addition to our family; they are so much fun!
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    Fall Chicks: A New Experience

    Awwww...congratulations on your babies! That's so exciting to have 23 eggs! We have no rooster, and can't have one in town limits, so I won't get to experience that, unfortunately. I have a heat light outside, so we don't bring ours in. I've read that at 4-5 weeks, they can handle lower temps...
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    Fall Chicks: A New Experience

    I've had chickens since Spring '12. My first flock was 28, mostly meat birds, and few hens. We lost a few in the summer from the heat, but they were meat birds. It was a really hot summer that year. I still have 7 girls from that batch, who are all healthy and are laying great. I just got 17 new...
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    Comment by 'PiecesofAmber' in article 'How To Raise Baby Chicks: The First 60 Days Of Raising Baby Chickens'

    I just got my newest babies today! I got 3 Americaunas, 8 Red Rangers, 2 Cornish X, 1 Cuckoo Maran, 1 Pearl White Leghorn, 1 Brown Leghorn, and my freebie, a Turken! They arrived from McMurray healthy, active, and adorable!!!
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    McMurray Free Rare Breed Chick?

    I got 2...a Golden Polish and a Buff Cochin.
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    MARYLAND THREAD!

    Hey everyone! I haven't been on this thread in a while, but I'm happy to report that I pre-ordered 8 red rangers and 2 cornish X for meat, and 3 Easter Eggers, a barred rock, a pearl white leghorn and a brown leghorn for eggs. Chicks are coming in October. This will be a new experience for us...
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    After telling someone I did not have a rooster, they replied, "oh, you have chickens instead?" Roosters are chickens, too! :)
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    19 and a half weeks old and still no eggs :( egg countdown anyone??

    Awesome! That's a big one! :)
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    Review by '' on item 'Hamburg'

    I have a pair of female silver spangled Hamburgs. They are really close to wild birds. They like to lay their eggs outside the coop in a corner away from everyone else. They attempt to roost right before sundown, so we have to be alert because they can jump really high, and like to try to roost...
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    Review by '' on item 'Rhode Island Red'

    I love my 3 RIRs! The little one is Penny, the medium Ruby and the biggest Scarlet. They are a little loud, but loveable. They run to me as soon as I get in the chicken yard, and never seem afraid of me. If you've never had one, you must get one!
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    Finish this sentence: "You know you're addicted to chickens when..."

    when every day off you have from work you're in the backyard constantly checking on your flock!
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    MARYLAND THREAD!

    Welcome! Silkies are adorable...I hope to get one sometime.
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    19 and a half weeks old and still no eggs :( egg countdown anyone??

    Hurricane Sandy is hitting us right now, but the chickens don't care....we got more eggs today! :)
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