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    Buff Orpington, Australorps, Welsummers and Plymouth Rock??

    my buff orington frequently lays eggs up to would you believe 4 ounces is this normal,do most all buffs lay this size eggs,thanks ,sue
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    Comment by 'sue ragan' in article 'How To Raise & Process Chickens for Meat - Tips & Pictures'

    thanks a lot if he goes into a trance it seems more humane,if i get many cockrels i will have to do this i still dont know if i can,but this way seems humane,,,thank you sue
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    need easter egg chickens-help me

    i would like to order some chickens that lay pastel colored eggs to give my grandchildren,the neighborhood children and their friends,what is the name of these chickens and where can i order them?thank you,,,,sue
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    Home Feeding Ideas and Solutions Discussion Thread

    thank you so much we feel better about not overfeeding now,the rir seem to be holding their own now with the older chicks,the rooster we got with the older ones is so good about keeping things in line and making sure no one is picked on and the new ones (2) seem to respect his authority ,thanks...
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    Comment by 'sue ragan' in article 'How To Raise & Process Chickens for Meat - Tips & Pictures'

    we want to know if someone can tell us how to humanely kill and dress chickens if we get to many cockrels and at what age?thanks,sue
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    Just another island chicken farmer. . . .

    hi silkie mom i have 39 chickens that i love very much,23 reds 4 golden buffs 2 black orphingtons and 6 white of which i am not sure,i would like to get 4 silkies,i hear they go broody fairlw well but they are so beautiful i am afraid they will get dirty if i put them in the coop with the...
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    Home Feeding Ideas and Solutions Discussion Thread

    we have 39 chickens,i hope you can give me some information we are new at this,we raised the 23 rhode island reds from one day old we have 2 roosters,altho it was supposed to be a straight run,we already had 13 that we bought grown,we are afraid to let them free range on our 10 acres ,afraid of...
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    Comment by 'sue ragan' in item 'Rhode Island Red'

    we bought 25 2 turned out to be roosters,we love them and baby them we got our first baby egg yesterday,how exciting,we cant wait for more ,you are right they are spunky,we have a 6 ft fence and they fly up 2 the top and jump out,i will try the idea about shaking the corn kettle,in all we have...
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    Comment by 'sue ragan' in item 'Coturnix Quail'

    are these the same quail you dress for the freezer?
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    cross bred chickens

    yes definatly,go to lowes,get a book called keeping chickens,actually cross bred chickens are more productive layers and ,given maize(corn) are almost self basting table food and they also will go broody which the pure breds rarely do.
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