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    Fertilized egg?

    Free range chickens are the happiest. They love to explore
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    Do you spoil

    I'm also the head roo. I've had wolves on the property also coyote also. So they have my protection
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    Do you spoil

    They are part of family. For real. We name our birds. I have some fly up into my arms. Love them
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    What are your opinions on free ranging?

    Always free-range. It's unfair to them to lock them up. I see this alot. A neighbor keeps birds locked up in a very very small Coop. They are sad when this happens. My birds would run in the woods and in the garden. Always fun. And when we sit on porch they come and sit with us. Sometimes in our...
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    Have the chickens, now I need a coop. Please help!!!

    The First one is way to small. My wife and I purchased one that an actual human or two can fit in it. At the time I crossed it about 800 dollars. But it was also safe from animals from the outside coming in. It had a windows in it and it had a ramp to go walk up but we also had a fence that when...
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    Rooster? Raising Chicks?

    I had hens that crowed before. Not all the time. Raising chickens for 11 years been fun. So the maybe rooster isn't?
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    What’s the obsession over egg shell color?

    Also my silkie eggs may be small but yes taste wonderful.
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    What’s the obsession over egg shell color?

    I have 2 easter eggers. They lay green eggs. The yellow yolk is very rich tasting. Also my other hens lay brown eggs. You cannot buy the same brown eggs in the store. Mine taste way better. It's how you feed and take care of your birds
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    Breda Fowl thread

    Beautiful birds
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    how to get rid of a hawk killing my chickens

    I had a silkie rooster do that. It was smaller than the regular rooster that ran and hid.
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    Official BYC Poll: How Do You Keep Your Chickens Happy?

    When I call them yes they talk back
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    Official BYC Poll: How Do You Keep Your Chickens Happy?

    Keeping them happy is to let them be chickens. Free-range. We have lots of room. Also large coop. I hear lots of folks on here saying their chickens are happy. But with my experience I don't always see that. They are like my children. I spoil them.
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    Disappeared without a trace

    I had a coon climb a 7 ft fence. And grab my rooster. Without a trace
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    Angry Vulture Living In Our Garage. How to get him out?

    I see them twice a week in our yard/park. We get wild turkeys ducks deer,cyote.
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    Angry Vulture Living In Our Garage. How to get him out?

    Every year I would get like 5 of them in the yard. They can be big. Walk up to them they would fly. I actually fed one once. It was cool.
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