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    breed? I think it's a gold laced Wyandotte?

    Great thank you! And now that you say it I think I remember that is what I was told when I got the chicks!
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    breed? I think it's a gold laced Wyandotte?

    can anyone id this bird? thanks!
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    Chicken pool and spa

    ducks need a pool not chickens! they'll turn it into a toilet.......
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    Bock bock pew!!!!!

    I use a thick layer of oak leaves in the run, gives them something to scratch through and keeps their feet clean of mud and poo. It should give you plenty of "brown" to bring it into balance it will take time though.
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    Shade Plants That Are Chicken Friendly

    I'm about as far away from you that I could be but still be in the same country so I can't speak for what will grow well in your area. However nothing that they like to eat or really anything at all is likely to grow in the run. At least in my run the landscape changes daily, they can bury a...
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    Speckled Sussex pullet or cockerel??

    They look like hens to me! here's a pic of my 11 week old SS roo next to an ameracuana that I'm not sure about yet. You are right though only time will tell!
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    Ameracuana (i think!) Hen or roo?

    here's a pic of it and the SS roo sizing each other up.
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    Ameracuana (i think!) Hen or roo?

    10 or 11 weeks
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    Ameracuana (i think!) Hen or roo?

    Hey all, been ages since I've been around! Got a "rainbow flock" after a couple production red flocks already know that one of the speckled Sussex is a boy but I'm new to ameracuana. Is this thing a roo?thing a roo? Sure acts like it!
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    8-wk old chicks piling up in the coop

    Normal mine did the same. Pretty cute chicken pile, now they are all on the roost.
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    Can I feed strawberries to my chickens?

    Mine eat everything. When I let them out of the run in the afternoon they follow me around as I lift boards for them to eat all the bugs. One of the boards had a field mouse that was immediately used for "field mouse football"! He didn't last long. Here is a picture of them helping me shuck...
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    How many chickens do we all have? 60,083 and counting.

    I have 9. 67,084
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    Cape Cod chickens!

    I swear if chickens were the size of ostriches nothing on the planet would be safe! Can you imagine looking out your front window and seeing a rogue flock running down the road playing football with your neighbor! Sounds like a really cool "B" horror movie though.
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    Cape Cod chickens!

    Yesterday was opening day of scallop season the hens had a blast helping my shuck my bushel! They were pulling the "eyes" out of my hand and playing football with them. They loved the pea crabs and when the bucket filled up enough they just helped themselves! I wish I had a video of the one that...
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    Treats

    Look at the top of the "Feeding & Watering Your Flock" forum for a sticky with many pages devoted to this subject.
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