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    what is a OEGB

    LOL! We adopted a little rooster years ago and named him Napolean, his feathers looked like a uniform and he stood st attention and was very small. Years later I realized he was a Serama, or niw, OEGB. How interesting!
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    Official BYC Poll: How Long Have You Been Raising Chickens?

    They sleep outside in the coop. When I got my first four chicks, I bought them at a flea market and brought them home with no coop or knowing anything about chickens. I put them in a dog cage with the heating lamps and they stayed indoors for about four months. By then I bought a small coop...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Long Have You Been Raising Chickens?

    I bought four baby chicks in October of 2013. Of the four only one, Sweetie, is still with me. She is six years old and is still laying. Sweetie sleeps in a dog cage in the house. She is the queen of the flock and goes out every morning and spends they day with the flock telling them what to...
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    2016 BYC Calendar - Your Pictures Needed!

    Sweetie and Tito
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    2016 BYC Calendar - Your Pictures Needed!

    Blackie, Sweetie and Rocky
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    Weigh in on these 6 week old chicks - hens or roos?

    Here are the two Mamas (not the black one).
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    Another New Member from Georgia

    I thought she was a Buff Orpington until I got Tito, the rooster. He definitely is a Buff Orpington. She may be a Buff Plymouth Rock. My others are Blackie, a Black Australorpe and Rocky a Rhode Island Red. I just got this from what people told me and looking them up on the internet. Thanks...
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    Another New Member from Georgia

    So they could have chicks as soon as they start laying? She doesn't seem interested in the eggs, unfortunately I am at work and haven't had the opportunity to observe what is going on. I only saw him once on her and he was very gentle compared to what I've heard. I am only assuming these eggs...
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    Another New Member from Georgia

    Don't know if I am doing this thread correctly! My questions, my Sweetie just laid her first eggs. How soon after a chicken starts laying eggs can they lay fertilized eggs? How old before a Rooster can fertilize the eggs? My rooster has been on top of Sweetie, so just wondering are they...
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    Another New Member from Georgia

    I have 3 hens and one rooster. Have the hens since they were one day old. I never thought I could love a pet as much as I do my chickens. I have lots of questions!
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