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    Utah, Blue Ameraucana Rooster

    We live near Vernal, Utah. We have 8 pullets (born April 2015), 2 Wyandottes, 2 Barred Plymouth Rock, 2 Araucanas, and 2 Sex Links. We are considering adopting a rooster. We actually wanted to wait until next spring, but I just happened to see your post. We are older people (in our early/mid...
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    @ shortgrass: I have dreamed of being a "Selbstversorger", ever since I read John Seymour's book, in my early thirties. Unfortunately, apart from having a garden (at certain times of my life), I have never had the opportunity (or the physical condition) to be self-relient. I just always wished...
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    @ oldhenlikesdogs: Thanks for the info. Good to know that roosters don't necessarily kill each other. We don't have a rooster now but intend to acquire one, at some time. And having a reputation as animal lovers, it is quite likely that we get more than one offer to adopt a rooster. We really...
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    @ Bine: In practice, I agree with everything you say, but in theory you and I are not yet "holy" enough. :-) I have had the same thoughts throughout my life. I always realized that chickens would not live very long without us providing them with food (very difficult to come by during WWII and...
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    ...bloody meat eater." as my dear, sweet (so much holier than I) husband likes to put it. :-) Btw, all these wonderful livestock breeds give a **** whether or not they become extinct. All they care about is staying alive themselves, as long as possible. (And humans without descendants, such as...
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    SHOW ME, your diy feeders and waters

    @ MeepBeep: Thank you so much for your elaborate info. I'll try the Walmart and Smith's bakeries. Yet after what you told, I think that Lowe's buckets should also be fairly safe. I think non-food grade plastic/colors become problematic when food is heated in the containers (for instance, in a...
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    SHOW ME, your diy feeders and waters

    @ eleaserek: So you are also of German descent.--There are probably different recipes for German potato salad, depending on the part of Germany where one lives (or lived). The basic recipe I know (which was passed on from my grandmother, who was a chef) is as simple as can be: Boil whole...
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    @ Naliez: I don't know exactly when our girls started to lay because we were out of town for 3 1/2 weeks. When we returned, on September 13, we found one (pecked-at) egg, and from then on, found 1-3 eggs every day. We fired the no-good caretaker/housekeeper/pet-sitter upon our arrival, for...
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    @ oldhenlikesdogs: Thank you again. So that's what the pencil symbol is for. I had wondered.
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    @ oldhenlikesdogs: When I was a kid, my grandmother (who tended the chickens and the vegetable garden) would allow the chickens into the garden in early spring, when the garden was turned over with a shovel. (There were no tillers.) The chickens were thrilled to get to eat the earth worms that...
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    @ Bine: You are so right with everything you say. About predators: Many of our cats are highly interested in our chickens. And I occasionally let one I consider harmless accompany me into the chicken enclosure. There were no problems, except that when our cat Christmas felt crowded by 2...
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    @ Naliez: P.S. One-on-one at a time seems like a great idea. Should work.
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    @ Naliez: You are so right with "Be careful what you wish for, though ...". A few decades ago, a neighbor of ours had taught her cat to use the human toilet. I don't know how she did it, and I don't know whether or not the cat flushed. Anyway, it was great. No litter box to clean, and no...
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    @ oldhenlikesdogs: You see, I didn't exaggerate when I said that I am a computer-idiot.--Is there any way to make corrections when clicking something wrong on BYC? Posts also don't seem to have an edit-function. There is a preview-function, but sometimes, typos are only spotted later. (I have...
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    @ aart: Thanks for the correction. Our posts must have crossed. I just stumbled across the thumbs-up symbol myself.
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    @ feather13: I am sorry you had bad experiences with aggressive chickens. We never, ever did. It might be the breed. I don't know breeds too well, but I think that we always had Leghorn when I was a child. I know, however, that a cleaning lady of ours, who kept chickens and to whom I had...
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    @ jas humbert: Our chickens only eat (overripe) bananas when they don't get grapes or corn on the cob. I only remove half of the banana peel and let the chickens eat the interior like out of a boat. (I made sure that they don't eat the peel because I assume it to be treated with pesticides.)
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    @ oldhenlikesdogs: Oh, dear! I almost flagged your reply. Just found the green thumbs-up symbol on the right side. I better get new glasses. :-)
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    @ oldhenlikesdogs: Thanks for answering my question. I suppose the thumbs-up symbol is the one that looks like a red flag.
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    SHOW ME, your diy feeders and waters

    Guess what happened! When I sat down in the chicken yard, yesterday (after a few days of not visiting them because I wasn't feeling well), I noticed that 4 of our 8 girls (probably the ones that have started laying) had gained weight and were pecking on the other 4. They had never done this...
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