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    *Buff Orpington Thread!*

    Are you sure Ernesto is a Rooster? I bought 6 BO's at the local feed store. They told me they were all pullets. As they grew two of them outgrew the others by a mile. I just knew they were roosters but they never crowed. By the time they were 6 months old they started laying the biggest...
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    Eastern Shore BYCers!

    LOL! Well I'm not on the eastern shores of the Northeast, but on the Southeastern shores of America in Jacksonville, FL. Just wanted to tell you Happy New Year. Hang in there you'll find someone closer soon.
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    Giddy from Australia

    Hi, Welcome to BYC. Hope you have a Great and Happy New Year. I live in Jacksonville, Florida and Have Buff Orpingtons, I have 5 hens, plus a mass of young pullets. You'll find BYC bunch very helpful and I'm grateful I joined. Again Welcome.
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    crouching chickens

    My Buffs are 5 months old and one that has started this behavior I could have sworn was a rooster. She is so big and markings are more like a rooster. When I pick her up after this behavior her hackles go up and it takes a bit of petting her neck to get her back to normal. She has usually...
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    how to keep Hawk from getting free range chickens?

    Thanks, for the info. I really appreciate it. I'm going to try that. Right now after our horrible experience the girls are staying in on their own. They used to almost knock the door down in their excitement to get out and roam,- but not now. They have everything in the coop to meet their...
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    how to keep Hawk from getting free range chickens?

    Putting a fake owl won't work. I lost one to a hawk yesterday. It flew right down into my run where I didn't have covering. It's open just a little bit just before the coop door. That was enough It killed one of my chickens and when I came around to find out what the commotion was about I...
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    Can Chickens drink emergen-c packs

    I just saved an article from The Chicken Chicks web site with a recipe for homemade electrolytes. I'd give you a link but I'm new here and was told I couldn't do that.
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    Bird Flu?

    I found a good article on what the symptoms are in chickens. As usual good ole North Carolina University has some answers. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/poulsci/tech_manuals/preventing_avian_influenza_backyard.pdf If this as already been posted, please forgive the repeat. I'm a new member of...
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