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  1. careybeau

    Egg colors

    Thanks, Yes, we took care of the dog problem, only now we have a ton of puppies to find homes for. I didn't realize really randy dogs can jump over a 4 foot fence to get to the girl! I thought she was "too young!" Guess not. The eggs look just like yours! When I looked up Ameracauna breeds they...
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    Egg colors

    Thanks! I'll go look up that breed. He may be the rooster we ineptly named "Gandhi." he was mean, so we ate him. Now I really want a silky! My sister in England has one and I am so jealous! Thanks! Carey
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    Egg colors

    I've had my chickens for a year and a half now. I started out with one of those "deals" from Murray McMurray. 12 out of 25 made it and then my chicken population blew up to over 40!!! We had a dog come through and kill all but 16, which are all children of our original bunch. What's bizarre is...
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    Is anyone married to a non-chicken lover?

    My husband tolerates them now that I've built a coop--the ugliest coop in the world! My kids like them. I used to let them free-range but the chicken poo really got on his nerves. We also had a dog come through and thin our herd (from 40+ to 16) while getting our dog pregnant. Anyone want a cute...
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    I have too many chickens--what to do?

    LOL! Yes! You can have too many! Especially when they seem to keep cropping up! I just talked to the lady at the feed store and she told me to take some pictures and post them there. She said there are people always wanting chickens. I think we will still have to eat some! The feed store helped...
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    I have too many chickens--what to do?

    No, although they wander into our garage. We haven't had any eaten or killed by other animals. Thanks! I think I might try Craigslist, although these guys are all "mutts"--they're a combo of a Dominque rooster and either barred rock hens or RIR's. If anyone lives close and wants some--let me...
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    I have too many chickens--what to do?

    HI, I started with 25 chicks from Mcmurray hatchery a year ago. About 15 made it. We had 3 ornery roosters that we ate. Then, for fun, I incubated some eggs, 6 more chickens. Then two mamas laid on their eggs-12 more chickens! Then a mama went broody (without us even knowing--we have 8 acres and...
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    New chicken Mama

    Yes, she's the only one in there. It's actually a wooden box that we put up on a table for a chicken hutch. The hens would just lay their eggs in there. She's the only mama. The rest don't even go in the coop--they roam around our yard (much to my husband's dismay!). There's two that are pipping...
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    New chicken Mama

    I just went up there and there's 2 more out! So 8 and 2 other eggs pipping! This is addictive!
  10. careybeau

    New chicken Mama

    Hi! I am overrun with chickens! I incubated 6 chickens (now teenagers running around my yard) plus I had 12 and now I got a surprise from one of my hens! She's been sitting on a clutch and yesterday I went up and they were hatching! I can't count all of them yet, but so far she has 3 yellow and...
  11. careybeau

    Mean Polish rooster

    Thanks ! We decided to get rid of him. We have 3 roos left and 2 are Rhode Island Reds and one is a Barred Rock. I'm hoping that they won't start acting up. This one started acting up after we got rid of the meanest rooster we had named "Gandhi". We ate Gandhi but I don't think we'll eat Jimmy (...
  12. careybeau

    Mean Polish rooster

    I have a really mean Polish lilver laced rooster. He was really friendly until about a month ago. Now he flies out of the coop, chases me and has even spurred me. i've tried all the methods of making sure I'm "head chicken" but I'm worried he's going to hurt one of my kids. It's too bad because...
  13. careybeau

    bedding in brooder--what to use?

    I've been using paper towels ( my chicks are only 3 days old). Tomorrow I'll switch them to wood shavings, although it gets funky pretty quick! I just bought a huge bag of wood shavings from tractor supply for 5 bucks. They said not to use cedar because they'll eat it and it will poison them, I...
  14. careybeau

    Who is pipping and waiting right now??

    We just had 6 babies last night. Only one seems to be having problems. They are so cute! This is the first time I've incubated chicks. They're a real mixed bunch. My chickens ( I got the eggs from them) were one of those bargain assortments from a hatchery. We have 9 hens and 4 roosters and the...
  15. careybeau

    Intervention: Helping Your Chicks Hatch

    Hello! I'm new here and just incubated some eggs from my hens (we have 9 hens and 4 roos). All 6 of them hatched and I intervened with no knowledge and probably a lot of luck because I probably should have left well enough alone! They all turned out fine except for the first one who has a birth...
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