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    Perry the rooster

    my son adopted one of my red broiler chickens.......he is blind in one eye.......he is the tamest rooster i have ever known, sits wherever my son puts him and will stay there for hours eats out of his hand, and even took a nap with him one day. his name is Perry.....this is how i found him...
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    Skinny blind roo.....help please

    I have a 20 week old Red Broiler roo that is blind in one eye. he was always hiding from the rest of the flock when younger but seemed to grow at the same rate so i didnt notice anything until it came time for freezer camp when everyone was rounded up and i noticed he was skinnier than the rest...
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    Keeping chickens & turkeys together?

    i keep a tom and two hens with my chickens, and i have too roos in there, after some confusion over who is supposed to mate with who they seem to have figured it out ad pretty much stay to their ownkind, the only problem i have is one of the turkey hens doesnt like one of my roosters and if he...
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    aloe vera

    THE article actually says that the leaves are safe to eat, they just usually arent,"Essentially, the leaves of aloe vera are often for external uses only, they are not meant to be taken in. But with the study of Bejar and Colapo, it’s now clear that it’s safe for animal intake." they in fact...
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    clipped wings

    THAT SHOULD BE GOOD FOR MOST CHICKENS WITH CLIPPED WINGS HOWEVER I DO HAVE ONE ROOSTER THAT NO MATTER HOW SHORT HIS WINGS ARE HE CAN STILL GET ABOUT SIX FEET IN THE AIR, HES A VERY ACROBATIC EASTER EGGER
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    barrng question?

    he is not that great of quality when it comes to his barring, just a backyard bred roo from a friend, one chick is from a RIR hen, one from a OEG hen and one from a RIR/BO hen
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    barrng question?

    mine bred with a RIR hen. the offspring is dark barred like a barred rock hen would be but the comb and wattles are slightly larger than the rest of the pullets from the same hen, different roo i have a new batch of chicks that are only three days old, there are three chicks abviously fathered...
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    barrng question?

    I have a barred rock roo, i know the color diference in purebred barred offspring, my question is i the chicks are of mixed breed but barred from ther father, will the roos still be white with black stripes and the pulllets be more black with white?
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    broody turkey questions

    dont worry about jacking the thread, this is the same thing that happened to me. my solution was to seperate them, my coop wa easy to do this with, i was able to build a pen around the turkey, she started sitting on 15 turkey eggs and i ended up with five turkey eggs and six chickn eggs, i gave...
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    broody turkey questions

    I should probably mention that the other hens are not an issue any more since i have built a pen inside the coop with outdoor access for turkey hen. she is on her own inside this pen. it would be just her and babies.
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    broody turkey questions

    OK so i have a turkey hen sitting on eggs, after some issues with a hen trying to steal eggs and another hen laying more in the nest, I went to candle the eggs last night and discovered two pipped and the rest in various stages of development but all look ready to hatch within the next 4-5 days...
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    mystery predator

    IT was the the middle of the day, and ive never seen an owl around here, i realize they do exist but have not seen one around as we have quite a few eagles since we are near the river, as for the rooster, I suppose thats possible but my roos have never been aggressive with the hens, and they...
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    mystery predator

    i free ranged my chickens all year last year with no problems, the other day i let my hens out with their appointed roo for the day and one dissapeared by noon, didnt see it for three days, then it shows back up with symmetrical wounds on each side right behind its wings, our property is covered...
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    strange acting chick

    i have a six week old black austrolorpe chick that is acting weird. i recently let it loose in the coop with the other chickens, they have a place to get away from big chickens, and food and water access away from big chickens, all the other chickens are perfectly fine. a couple of days ago it...
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    Can I play the Pullet/Roo game? Buff Orpingtons and Barred Rocks

    x2 the buff orpingtons def look like pullets
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    Cutest easter pic ever, IN MY OPINION LOL

    my son has insisted on having his hair like that since he was two, funny thing is hes terrified of adult chickens
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    Any ideas on breed?

    the yellow one could be a white leghorn they are all yellow when hatched
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    2 weeks old, what could she be?

    it looks like the chick i bought from my local feed store as a red sex link, they are a pretty reputable feed store
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    Cutest easter pic ever, IN MY OPINION LOL

    My three kids with our newest batch of chicks
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