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    Free 19-week old EE Roo, Chapel Hill, NC

    My apparently-EE rooster who was sold to me as an Ameraucana pullet is up for grabs. He's a beautiful, great bird, but I don't want a rooster. Well -- sometimes I waver, but practically I really don't want the noise. So far, he's nonaggressive and fairly mellow (hence his name, Mello Yello)...
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    Ameraucana roo?

    HBuehler, that is an amazing resemblence and story about your beautiful roo. I'll swap you my crower for your non-crower? :-) CKMom, I am actually tempted to keep him, but when I talked to my two neighbors when I got the chickens and told them that I was planning to only get hens, they heaved a...
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    Ameraucana roo?

    Sigh ... OK, thanks, you guys! I can take the news ... it will just make my few blue eggs from my brown-red hen even more special to me. :-) I have a couple of prospective homes ... one the small local hatchery he came from and one a larger breeder/meat producer ... he would have a fun life...
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    Ameraucana roo?

    I only got two Ameraucana "pullets," so I HATE to ask this question, but SOMEBODY is crowing at 5:30 every morning, and I don't want to finger/re-home the wrong perpetrator. My silver Ameraucana is nearly 19 weeks old, has the biggest legs of my gang of seven, has sickle tail feathers, and...
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    Chicken Wire / Hardware cloth questions for run

    After reading all the scary stories of losses to predators, I decided to use just hardware cloth for my 8x10 run. I buried it a foot, and ran 3' sections of it around horizontally, and continued that pattern over the top. I didn't know about any cool clippy things, so I tried two solutions for...
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    Chickens & a CAT??

    My chickens are 10 weeks and 6 weeks old (2 batches). So some are nearly full-sized, and some are still only about half-size. I have a secured run, and my cat lies out there in predator-mode, pressed flat on the ground, only the tip of her tail twitching, and when a chicken flutters a little too...
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    How to pet a chick?

    Thanks for the advice. I guess I felt like I was on a timetable because of all the posts that say that the only way to get them to accept handling is to start as early as possible. I know there are limitations to their "cuddlability," but I wanted to start them off right, especially because any...
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    How to pet a chick?

    Hi there, I have questions about socialization with my chicks! (The standard line "hey baby, what are you doing on Friday night" doesn't seem to be working!) Here's the deal...I have two buff orpingtons who I got at about 4 weeks old...they are about 7 weeks now and I've moved them out to...
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    New chicken owner from Chapel Hill, NC

    Hello wise chicken-people! I am the excited new owner of seven pullets: - 2 Buff Orpingtons (7 weeks now and in the coop) - 2 Americaunas - 2 Dominiques - 1 impulse-buy Barred Rock (the last 5 in a brooder in my guest bedroom) I DO have a question about socializing with them, but I will...
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    Hello from the Sandhills of North Carolina

    Welcome from another new member, from Chapel Hill, NC. I hope it works out for you with the local ordinances ... if not, be sure to write letters about it to whoever prohibits it. Chicken-keeping is all the rage right now, and I think even some HOAs might reconsider, if you schmooze with the...
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