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    BLRW - Please tell me I have at least one pullet?!

    they all look like roos to me - pullets/hens do not have the longer saddle feathers these boys are developing. the one has a more upright tail too - usually indicative of a roo. sorry - just means you need more chickens...
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    are the Orpington hens the best choice to be broody and be mothers?

    I have an 8 month Buff Orp that has just gone broody I do not want her to be broody. It's December. I live in Northeastern Ohio. It's cold. It's about to go bitter cold. What is this mother clucker thinking? Last night I had to turn her upside down off the eggs she was "guarding" as she...
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    Going to the processors today YEAH!!!!!!!

    I process my own birds - I completely control the entire process and I know how clean my birds stay and I know how the carcass is taken care of after the deed. There is huge personal satisfaction knowing you control everything - when it's YOUR food!
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    Prolapsed hen

    Quote: It is never easy but is part of our responsibility to take care of them in the best of times and the worst.
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    Prolapsed hen

    Quote: My hen lasted quite a few days - the problem is that she is laying and continues to "re-injure" the prolapse daily as she strains to lay an egg. You can't make her stop laying. It has to be excruciatingly painful for her. Sadly, the nicest thing you can do is put her out of her misery.
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    Prolapsed hen

    I, too, had a prolapsed hen. I tried the Prep H - I tried the warm baths - nothing worked. I took her to the Amish to have her put down as I could not bring myself to do it. There is not much hope for a prolapse. Even if you are successful, the probability for a recurrence is there and...
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    OMG - Is Connie a rooster?

    Connie is now Donnie
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    Is it true life begins at 40

    Age is just a matter of mind. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter!
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    What is the best way to dispatch/slaughter chickens?

    By the way, room temperature is only intended for live birds. Once they are dead, they need to be refrigerated or iced or you will have spoiled meat.
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    What is the best way to dispatch/slaughter chickens?

    I process my own meat birds - I kill them by chopping their head off and letting them bleed out. Then I dunk/swirl them in 140 degree water with a little dish soap which helps loosen the feathers (so I'm told). Dunk a couple minutes until the tail feather pull out easily. Not too long or you...
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    Am I the only one disgusted by "Black Friday"?

    We did not participate in "Black Friday" trying to get deals. We did go to P. Graham Dunn in Dalton Ohio for a free all you could eat sausage and pancake breakfast where the pancake griddle guy was flipping pancakes out to the crowd and you had to catch your breakfast. I think just as many...
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    Sad day at Butterbean Acres

    So sorry for your loss. Hawks are merciless - one tried to make off with one of my Ameracauna pullets last year - she weighed too much to carry but is forever blind in her right eye from the catch.
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    "Farm Fresh Eggs Are Pooped On" R U Kidding?

    I never expected so many funny responses - thanks everyone... it's just hard to believe that people will choose ignorance over education and think that if something comes from the store they don't have to consider where it came from. I actually found the video of the chicken laying the egg very...
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    All 3 bantams died. Desperately trying to find the cause...

    Don't know for sure but they could have been stressed from the move and the weather. Babies are funny like that. Sorry for your loss. It is always hard to lose them. Unfortunately, I think being without water helped
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    drawings: good enough to sell? *pics*

    I think you could... not sure what kind of money you are looking to make but make sure you watermark or put some kind of copyright logo over the middle of your print if you put it on the network. You would be amazed how many people will "steal" someone else's work and sell it too. You have a...
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    Light Brahmas

    Quote: That's what I think too. They have beautiful feminine heads - the boys have a coarser look - bigger head. You have some beautiful eggs on the way
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    My first ever deformed chick. Pics may be disturbing!!!

    That was creepy... in a fascinating wierd kind of way... but I must admit... the more I studied the pictures the more grossed out I got... I have had a chick that hatched and died shortly after because it's abdomen was deformed and it never absorbed the egg yolk. But nothing comparable to...
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    How many people eat there chickens on this form

    I have layers and raise meat chickens. When it is time to cull the egg layers, I tearfully put an ad on Craigslist and rehome them - their new owner can do what they wish and hopefully they get to live a long life without having to worry about production . I just can't eat my sweet little...
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    All 25 Hatched!

    That's incredible... congratulations... nothing more fun than a new hatch of little fuzzy butts
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    Dog Experts, What Would You do if...

    First of all, I am scared to death of dogs I do not know. If a strange dog or even an known dog comes on my property, it is a threat to my birds. I have no problem becoming agressive and I have no issue shooting to kill. It is an irresponsible dog owner that has no clue where their dog is and...
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