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    First hatch!

    This is my first time allowing a Broody to sit and raise chicks....actually, this is my first broody! Three of the 8 hatched and all are doing well so far. Much nicer than brooding in the house :-)
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    Chick Pic thread

    We just had three hatch yesterday....
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    Poll: Statistics on the fate of "spent" layers

    I personally have never culled due to production. Being a small animal vet, I have euthanized one sick bird and treated a few others. I have both layers and pets in my flock and find that just yearly replacement of the few birds I may lose to illness or predators keeps my production stable...
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    Share you Rooster pictures here :)

    Gorgeous Roos! This is cupcake...he was supposed to be a pullet, hence the unfortunate name.... He has turned out to be a great rooster so he gets to stay
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    Please post your chicken dogs!

    Benny has never bothered with he chickens and is even tolerated by our huge buff orpington roo!
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2013

    My Easter eager is going through her first really hard molt this year as a 2 year old.... Hopefully she'll be back to her normal diva self soon... Pre molt Today hiding in the coop on a drizzly day ( or hiding her shame , hard to say )
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    It's that time of the year again....

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    To get a dog or not to get a dog....

    My JRT has been around the chickens for 3 years now. Wouldn't guard them but never cases ... Sometimes I think he thinks he is a chicken.. The rooster even tolerates him well
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    Why do you love your rooster?

    Mine is growing into a lovely , respectful rooster...the girls love him!
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    Egg in an egg

    I have a three year old Delaware that did that three times her first year of laying....
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    How many people have buff Orpingtons

    I have six, but this is my favorite...
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    What is your friendliest Chicken? What breed is it?

    Ours are a toss up between a buff orpington and barred rock. Both love to sit on laps and are great with visiting nieces and nephews....super chicken ambassadors!
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    Pullet or Roo???? I'm having an anxiety attack!!!

    This was my accidental cockerel BO at 3-4 weeks. I think you have a pullet
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    Beautiful spring day to take the camera out...

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    Does any one have a BO roo from mt healthy?

    One of my pullet chicks is most decidedly a roo. I am in a position to give him a chance so was wondering if anyone could comment on the temperament of a mt healthy BO roo they may have known in the past. He will eventually ( with his 6 brood mates) be introduced to seven mature hens on a...
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    Chicks like to sit on my head!

    Out taking pics for the gender section And next thing I know.... This is a super friendly bunch of chicks, particularly the barred rock
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    Think law of averages finally got me! BO cockerel?

    He is about 4 weeks old now.... I am allowed Roos so will give him a go I guess. He is with six like aged pullets right now and in the fall they will be introduced to a group of eight mature hens ranging between 2-3 years of age. They live in a fenced paddock about 1/2+ acre so would be nice...
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    Overall survival rate?

    Over three years I've raised only twenty chickens. Only lost one chick at 3 days old, just didn't thrive... Two batches were mail order and the one lost from the last batch was feed store.The rest all survived easily into adulthood. Lost three adults to hawks
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    Growing like a weed , but no feather's ?

    I had one of those, she eventually feathered out and was perfectly normal...
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    Post your abnormal egg pictures!

    Here's mine... An egg within an egg!
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