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    Reconsidering my chicken dreams....

    I think you misunderstood the point I was making lol. I wasn’t looking for advise. I was pointing out that compared to the waste, mess and work of ducks, my 50+ chickens are a cakewalk. I do let all my animals with the exception of the rabbits out to freerange. Just my preference to not have...
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    Reconsidering my chicken dreams....

    Just my opinion, you’ve had them for 2 or 3 yrs not clear on that. Won’t get people wanting to pay what you may think their worth and now see winter coming as a problem. Not getting that, you can get tired of raising chickens and do something else. That happens all the time, but I would never...
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    Reconsidering my chicken dreams....

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    Reconsidering my chicken dreams....

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    Official BYC Poll: Crumbles, Mash, or Pellets?

    Mine eat crumbles. I tried giving them pellets, because I accidentally bought a bag they refused to eat, after days 4 went and bought a bag of crumble they acted like they have been starved to death. Mine don’t make messes and waste.
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    How do You Collect Eggs?

    My favorite egg baskets are the ice cream buckets with handles. I had found one, then had to buy ice cream for grandkids so got a second. I do put a small amount of bedding on bottom just to keep them from rolling. That can be anything you have on hand. Pine shaving, crumbled paper, bubble...
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    Culling a long time rooster. Is there a better time of day?

    mine would stalk us to attack. So I went outside and stayed off to the side knowing he would follow me waiting for me to turn my back to him. When there were no henS around and he stayed to watch me, I took that opportunity to put him down. we raised ours from days old and he was gentle and...
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    Kosher King as sustainable breeder

    I got kosher kings this year. From what I understand. If I keep some hens to use for chicks they won’t breed true with my kosher king roosters. My question is do they produce eggs in any number that would be worth keepin a few hens or do they end up being like the Cornish. I have some other...
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    Pullets or cockerel

    As long as she’s a girl she can crow all day long. Lol. My old rooster did the egg song all day. Lol.
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    Boy or girls

    Sorry for the double post. After I hit post, it came up with a blank title. I thought I did it wrong and did it again.
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    Pullets or cockerel

    That you I was hoping one of them was. The lighter one was the one I saw trying to make a screeching crowing sound and had me worried. I figured out the GLW was a cockerel and have a pullet.
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    Pullets or cockerel

    My Ameraucana are 9wks old. Thought I had two pullets, the darker one comb is definitely bigger and darker. But could’ve sworn I saw the lighter one trying to make a crowing noise. When I saw the darker one looking more like a little roo accepted I had a pair. But seeing the lighter one...
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    Boy or girls

    The other dark one towards the back is a gold laced Wyandotte that is a cockerel
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    Boy or girls

    My Ameraucana are 9wks old. Thought I had two pullets, the darker one comb is definitely bigger and darker. But could’ve sworn I saw the lighter one trying to make a crowing noise. When I saw the darker one looking more like a little roo accepted I had a pair. But seeing the lighter one...
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    Breeding kosher kings

    I have kosher kings first year I’ve done them, I’ve been doing Cornish cross a couple years. I was thinking of keeping a few for breeding. My rooster choices would be white jersey giants, brown leghorn or gold laced Wyandotte. The white Jersey is the largest wasn’t sure if it would be recommended
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    Do people lie about how many eggs they get??

    I have 14 hens I will get up to 10 a day or as little as 4. It’s usually 7-8. my Best layers are my black sexlinks.
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    Egg stealers

    They can be strong willed to where they want to lay there eggs. Lol When I built my coop we put in 10 nesting boxes so they would have enough. They all go in the same box. I actually had one sitting on top of another’s head yesterday trying to lay. The one under her, was setting on 9 eggs. I...
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    Egg stealers

    Beautiful babies trying to help. Lol. I would keep them in the coop and run for a short while so they establish new laying habits. I had a couple times that my egg count was down I kept them in the coop and run a day and things would get back on track.
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    Egg stealers

    I would take offense to your comment, it was rude
  20. Bcolpetzer

    Emotional support needed to kill mean rooster

    We use the cones, let them rest a few moments to settle down. Then with a gloved hand hold their head covering their eyes. Slice with a sharp knife, it’s very quick with no bad reactions. I also worried when we decided to raise meat birds that we would chicken out about doing it. Truth is when...
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