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    What is this breed is this Chicken?

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    Mail-Order Chicks on Their Way but I am confused???

    A great choice mix of chickens. Different coloured eggs and appearance They say generally it is prudent to house chickens of the same age together You’ve got that right Who is a cockerel will become apparent after 6 weeks
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    Comment by 'Piton' in article 'What to do with your extra eggs'

    Could you not boil up the eggs and feed them to chickens being grown simply for meat such as Cornish Rock?
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    Topic of the week - Chicken run management

    I thought wood shavings could cause respiratory issues.
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    What did I Buy?

    Donald Trump dressed as a chicken
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    What did I Buy?

    Remind me of Donald Trump
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    What did I Buy?

    Possibly silver laced wyandotte
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    Should I find new rooster?

    Maybe the chemistry between the Rooster and the hens is wrong. He is quite simply not their cup of tea,
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    Topic of the week - Chicken run management

    If possibe try a chicken tractor. youtube chicken tractor
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    Free Range Poultry Farming in Australia

    see Utube video
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    Battery Hen Rescue-Free Range

    What happens to the battery hens when they are gotten rid of. Are they just terminated and composted, sold on for dog food or sold to the Waldorf?
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    Battery Hen Rescue-Free Range

    Rescued was the term used by my Neighbour. And indeed "rescue" is a highly emotive word. I believe they were going to be terminated and possibly become part of the compost heap or maybe crocodile food. I think the term" Rescue" appeals to people and possible elevates their ego to the level of...
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    Battery Hen Rescue-Free Range

    How did you treat them for worms and lice? Did they die earlier than chicken that have been free range all their life? Interestingly Dolly the cloned sheep did not live very long because she was essentially cloned from old DNA. Obviously the chickens would not be cloned but possibly bred for...
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    Battery Hen Rescue-Free Range

    One of my neighbours a few years wanted to start keeping poultry. She got 4 battery hens that had finished their battery hen lifespan , had been rescued by a charity and given free of charge to suitable homes. Apparently the hens were in poor condition on arrival. But with tender loving care and...
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