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    Comment by 'Tico Chickens' in article 'Building A Treadle Chicken Feeder'

    Hi. This looks great! Will a treadle feeder also keep rodents out? We live in Costa Rica in the mountains have a problem with mice and rats, and maybe larger animals at night, but at night I could put a weight on the lid or something. or is there another bird/rodent proof feeder design that you...
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    Gender

    Hi all. I have a mixed flock of at least partial Brahman breed chickens (at least that's what I was think they are, lol). Can anyone assist me with a gender id for this white chick. I can't recall the age. I was hoping for pullet, but our gardener thinks cockerel. Let me know if a better photo...
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    Chicken acting like she’s laid

    No, although with one the 5 day recipe i guess I did. it sat in wine for several days. Will try to remember to rest it the next time.
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    Did I just stop broody hens so easily?

    Sounds like a great idea! Problem is our hens are sort of "wild", and sit all over the garden. But I will try to get these two in cold water just to start. Thanks for the suggestion!
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    Chicken acting like she’s laid

    Hope this isn't hijacking the question, but regarding culling, we have culled cockerels and older hens, but haven't had much luck with making them tender, no matter how long we've cooked. I even followed a 5 day long coc au vin recipe found on this forum. Any advice on that?
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    Broody hens

    Hi. i have a flock of mixed brahmin breeds that are all fairly wild - I live in Costa Rica and they have a place to sleep indoors, but many of them prefer to roost in a mango tree. There are 2 hens, maybe about a year old, hard to tell, who insist on sitting in same spot in garden all day...
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    Red Wine & Old Roosters AKA Coq Au Vin

    Am in the process of trying this with 2 young roosters - we had a lot due to an unfortunate gender distribution when the girls keep sitting their eggs. We've culled others before and tried making regular soup or stew and it's flavorful but always tough and stringy. So hopefully this recipe will...
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    Sexing mix flock chickens

    Here are some photos. The flock free ranges during the day, so not very easy to photograph each one without duplicating. It's very difficult to identify ages by size because there are some 5 month old chicks (hatched January 1) that are larger than the hens who sat on the eggs. There are about 7...
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    Sexing mix flock chickens

    Thank you!
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    Sexing mix flock chickens

    Good point!
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    Sexing mix flock chickens

    Great, I'll post pics. Another person said to do so in the Breed and Gender forum.
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    Sexing mix flock chickens

    Thank you, I will do that.
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    Sexing mix flock chickens

    Hi all. I live in Costa Rica and have a mixed flock of chickens. The alpha rooster is a gorgeous (probably) Brahma mix named Hank. The girls are a range, all a great deal smaller. There are some 5 month olds that were hatched from eggs from Hank's brother and Brahma hens. Unfortunately, the...
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