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    Question about feeding Brooder raised babies

    Thanks guys! I ended up taking a couple fo the partitions out of the nest boxes and set up their own food and water in there. Babies are eating and drinking. Interesting new development...one of the other EEs has moved in with them. She's not being at all agressive (to the chicks or other...
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    Question about feeding Brooder raised babies

    I'm sure this is a familiar story.....on a lark I gave my broody Cochin a few EE eggs. She abandonded them after a couple of weeks and one of the EEs took over. I really wasn't expecting anything as my rooster is a BIG Cochin and I thought I read that they have fertilization issues. I guess he...
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    Nice roo comments?????

    I had a solitary big black roo, GORGEOUS bird. His ladies were taken by predators but he still hung in there for another 1.5 to 2 years before something got him, too. Needless to say, now that we have gotten serious about chickens they are no longer 24/7 free range with no coop. Anyhoo, he was...
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    First Egg! Check it out.

    Woo-hoo!!! I am so jealous!
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    young rooster mating...

    Funny answer!! Although, I believe I've read things about pheromones and such in humans that might suggest otherwise. Annnd when a human male becomes "interested" in females, is around the same time we start our cycles. In other words, you might know..you just don't know you know. As for...
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    The "I have no patience and I WANT EGGS!" thread

    I didn't think I was alone!! Quack Shack: I thought that same thing! "a watched hen.." Brindle: Same here....I am sure the heat is not helping, here in Sunny/Thunderstormy Florida. I'm not home during the day so I haven't seen them in the nest boxes, but I can tell they have been in there...
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    The "I have no patience and I WANT EGGS!" thread

    Couldn't resist! Who is else is just bursting at the seams waiting for the first eggs from their first set of babies? I have 15, a mix of EEs, Cochins, Polish, a Phoenix, and a Cuckoo Maran (I think) i got from the McMurray. They are 19 weeks old this week. I can't believe how much they have...
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    Cochin - hen or rooster? Update: Pics added

    Thanks so much guys for all the info! You all have been totally invaluable to me over the past 18 weeks. Btw, remember how I mentioned we hadn't heard a crow from him yet? Well, Hubby comes in this AM (he works nights) and says he distinctly heard a crow out there. LOL Fluffy must know about...
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    Cochin - hen or rooster? Update: Pics added

    Thank you. I really don't mind that one is a Roo...in fact, if I had to pick one to be a Roo, it is Fluffy. Should make for some interestigng babies right? Quick, dumb noob question: As long as we gather the eggs every day, we can still eat them, even if they are fertilized right?
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    Cochin - hen or rooster? Update: Pics added

    Chooks: What? You don't like me calling her blonde?? Just teasing. Thank you, I've been wondering what the real color names were. While we're at it, what do you call Fluffy's color?
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    Oh No! Do I have 2 roos?

    Just wanted to add that I LOVE the pic of the scene stealer. It looks like a pic you might find at www.icanhascheezburger.com! It so needs a caption!
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    Cochin - hen or rooster? Update: Pics added

    Bump for the update...didn't realize it didn't bump it when you edited the original post.
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    Cochin - hen or rooster? Update: Pics added

    Interesting! I certianly would not mind if Fluffy was a Roo. I'll post a pic tonight of all three of them.
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    Cochin - hen or rooster? Update: Pics added

    Haven't been on in a few weeks myself, but have been spreading the gospel that is Backyard Chickens to anyone who will listen. Anybutteringup, have a question...my "Exotic Layers" from McMurray are about 18 weeks old now. I have three Cochins, one "blonde" (forgive my ignorance of the proper...
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    Noisy girls at sunset

    I've noticed that my 2 month olds (various breeds) do not want to go in until absolute dark. I usually feed my horse right around dusk and they have no interest in coming in. So I'll go in the house for a few minutes until it is totally dark, and by the time I get back they are all in and...
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