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We are obviously new at the chicken thing. We only know what we were told by the people that sold us the chickens. They only started crowing in the last 2 weeks and it was pretty lame crowing at that. Then last night and today the black one went crazy and found his groove. I only came on...

Thanks everyone! We ended up with 4 roos. We just had a nice gentleman come and take them to raise and we are now looking for a few girls to fill the gaps left behind. We sure do love this forum. Thanks again.

If somebody could help us out a bit we would be most appreciative. We bought 10 "guaranteed" pullets at Easter time. Now at about 16 weeks here are what we thought were a RIR hen and a Australorp hen??? What do you think? They both crow. The Australorp crows like a pro but the RIR sounds...

Thanks for that info! They have been a lot of fun to watch as they grow up.

Started this coop about a month ago just after we brought home 10 Easter chicks. All of the design and set-up is stuff I got right here on BYC. THANK YOU THANK YOU. This website has provided us all of the info we have needed and more. Every time we need help or there is a "problem" we run...