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    Possible New Rule to ID Every Chicken

    Quote: This is just not true. Come on.
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    Possible New Rule to ID Every Chicken

    Quote: Well, in its current incarnation, the farm bill is the epitomy of Big Brother, so...
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    My Buff Orpington Roo (new pics updated)

    What a beautiful Roo! If I am ever able to get one, I'll definitely get a BO!
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    When do they reach full size?

    Austalorps & Orpingtons get very larg-- 6-8 lbs for the hens!
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    If you had to choose just 2-3 hens: help me start!

    Yes, that's what they mean.
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    When do they reach full size?

    My girls are about 12 weeks & about 1/2 to 1/3 the size they will be full grown. They look like fully formed hens, only smaller & their wattles aren't completely grown out or colored in yet.
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    craigslist?

    Last week I met up with a gal who I found on craigsslist who was selling cornish x's she had raised-- they were all dressed & frozen-- I bought 10 of them. Yum!!!
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    Meat Birds?

    Most likely your "meat birds" are Cornish X's-- they are specifically bread to grow very fast & be harvested at 8-12 weeks or so. They grow so large that they have health problems & usually do not survive very long. They might lay if they make it that far, but they are not "layers" & no one...
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    livestock 101 - How are the factory hens doing?

    Aw, thanks for the update! Please keep us posted regularly-- I think we're all rooting for them to get healthy and enjoy being real chickens!
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    Anti-Chicken people - a vent

    Does she eat eggs & chicken from the grocery store or a restaurant? Now those are some seriously dirty chickens! :mad:
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    Picked up my factory hens....pictures and story

    Any updates? I've been thinking about your girls. How are they adjusting?
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    Yum! I did GOOD! ;) I just want to share!

    I just met up with a gal yesterday who I found on craigslist & bought 10 of her processed chickens that she'd raised. We ate one tonight & I have to say it was darn yummy! It tasted rich & chicken-y & it felt so good to know we were eating a bird that had been raised well and healthily! I don't...
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    Loophole Allows Chickens

    I think a lot of people associate keeping chickens with poverty and/or immigrants-- like "we don't have to keep chickens anymore"-- does that make sense? They think they are dirty & smelly & low class. It's sad, really.
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    Picked up my factory hens....pictures and story

    The poor hons look exhausted! I stopped eating store eggs soon after we got our birds. There is a farm just down the road that sells eggs & I can see their hens running around outside happy as can be. I am also in contact with a farmer who is going to raise & process meat birds for us... it's...
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    The Feed Store........

    I went to the feed store a couple of days ago & they had... leghorns, sex links, lacewing wyandottes, rirs, australorps, orpingtons, cochins, silkies & some others, but you know? I was not the least bit interested in bringing more chicks home to start all over again. I'm happy that my 6 girls...
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    Babies first day out with momma!

    Beautiful!
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    Something got my babies, I'm pretty sure a dog

    I'm so sorry! My girls are about 7 weeks & I would be devastated too!!!
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    In loving memory....Sherry Davis

    I'm so sorry you lost your mother. May the memories you have help you through this difficult time.
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    Foggy morning pics

    Wow! Beautiful! And so different from where I live! Thanks for the pics.
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    My cockatiel is laying more eggs than my chickens!

    I was told she lays eggs when I adopted her. I have no idea if the eggs are hollow or not. Good to know about he egg shell. I don't think she will eat it, though. She only eats millet. How long should I leave the egg in there?
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