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    Chickens as house pets?

    I have house chickens, they are bantam and only a few months old. During the spring/summer/fall they go out for several hours of outside fun time so they can do their chicken thing and at nights/during the winter they have their own room in the house. It costs me a couple hundred a month for...
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    Murray McMurray Hatchery?

    I ordered a variety of bantam breeds last Sept. Of the 23, 7 passed away in the span of a week. Being a newbie chicken owner I'll take the blame and say some may have been due to my inexperience. Of the 6 frizzles 1/2 had the double frizzle gene. OMG. It's bad. Poor things. I don't think I'd...
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    How do you cope with getting rid of your roos?

    That's true. I read a lot of the posts here before I got my chicks and told myself I woudn't get attached. Didn't work. HAHA. If I lived in a secluded area with lots of acres then I wouldn't think twice about having a seperate "bachelor pad" away from the hens, I believe some people here have...
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    How do you cope with getting rid of your roos?

    I am grateful I was able to find them homes where they won't be dinner. Frizzles and polish are a little hard to find in my area so I think that may have had a bit to do with it. And of course they were raised in the house and given so much attention that they crave attention and like cuddles...
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    How do you cope with getting rid of your roos?

    I live in a subdivision so can't have roosters. Currently have them in the house so they won't disturb the neighbours. Anyhow, I've found homes for them and they leave this weekend and I'm so depressed about it. believe it or not, I'm actually going to miss the crowing. It's kinda cute they crow...
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    First Eggs!

    Sweet. It's a relief to more or less confirm they are all hens, I'm shocked I got so lucky since they were stright run. The one of the four I thought might be a roo I caught sitting on a newly laid egg a few hours ago. That being said, I still have another 6 confirmed bantam roos that are 4...
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    First Eggs!

    I went on vacation over the holidays and came home to 13 eggs!!! I'm a newbie chicken owner and these are my first chickens and eggs. I'm rather disappointed I wasn't here when they first started laying though. The pen has 4 bearded silkies in it and I suspect I may have all hens. I have some...
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    Peepers arrived yesterday!

    I'm sorry for your losses. I received 23 from McMurray last week. 6 passed, but it appears the remaining 17 will be fine. It's so hard to see the little guys die. :(
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    Newbie chicken owner

    Thanks! I first attempted to buy my birds locally, but didn't have a whole lot of luck getting a good mix of breeds. I'm not sure if it's like that in your area, but here in New Brunswick it pickings is slim. I'm glad I found McMurray hatchery, hopefully I'll have a good amount of hens from the...
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    Newbie chicken owner

    Thank you everyone for the greetings and advice. It appears the dying has finally stopped. I lost 6 of 23. The rest are thriving. One, which seems to have taken on the alpha bird role (it's a Japanese bantam) rules the brooder, it'll wait till they are all asleep and then wake them all back up...
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    Change.org/Petition to shut down my pet chicken hatchery

    Petitions like this make me shake my head at the ignorance of people. Dozens of people went on that thread on FB explaining why shipping chicks is reasonable yet two posts later someone is baffled why chicks can be shipped without food or water. They just need something to be outraged about. It...
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    Newbie chicken owner

    Thank you everyone. I'll have tons of questions I'm sure of that as the days go on, I'm sure of that. :) The chickens are currently in my house, I hired someone to come over next week and build them a nice coop. I'm sure my 4 older birds will be excited to get outside. Like y'all had...
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    Newbie chicken owner

    The one that passed away and the one that I think I'm about to lose, both look good. I examined all of the bird when I transferred them to the new pen from the carton and they all seemed to be in excellent health. I made sure they all drank when put in the pen so they seemed to be interested...
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    Newbie chicken owner

    Hey all! I'm a brand new chicken owner. I have 4 silkies (2 splash, 1 white, 1 black) who are two months old that I bought from local farms. I also just received an order from McMurray farms of 23 chicks. I ordered 20 and they added a few extras. After two days in the post I picked them up...
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