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    Heritage Barred Rock or Rhode Island Reds

    Looking for heritage Barred Rocks, Marans, and/or Rhode Island Reds. I can pick up anywhere off the I-85 corridor from richmond, VA to Atlanta, GA. Would rather have young pullets, but also would purchase hens under 2 years, and young RIR cockerel/rooster with RIR hens. Thank you!
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    Do chicks housed near the flock cause broody hens?

    Ok. I have been raising my chickens for a few years. The only thing I've done differently this year is to put my young chicks near the regular coup. Suddenly, I've got 2 broody hens! Is it feasible that the timing is just right for the hens, or could having the chicks so close cause this...
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    Sure is quiet here tonight

    I had wayyy too many roosters - 17, and although we usually butcher them for meat my DH has been working 12-15 hour days lately. Fourteen of the roosters were 4-5 months old, and keeping them with about the same number of hens was just asking for trouble - not to mention the crowfests that were...
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    Chickens attacked hawk

    Last night we were sitting on our deck enjoying the beautiful evening, right before sunset. Suddenly, there was a huge commotion in one of our chicken pens. All of the chickens were rushing to one part of the pen, and my husband could see something brown in the midst of the pile. He thought a...
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    Iam's Smart Puppy Dog Food - recall alert!!!

    My husband and I picked up a healthy GSD-mix rescue dog on Saturday. She was only 5 weeks old, but had been rejected by her Mom and she had been eating & drinking, so the rescue said we could take her home. Saturday night, my DH and I went through a horrible experience. Our new puppy had...
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    First one hatched!

    Yesterday was day 18 - when I was adding the water to raise the humidity for lockdown, I could hear peeps. Today, I woke up in time to watch the first chick come out of it's shell!!! Now I have one lonely little chick in the 'bator, drying out ... hoping to see more hatch out today!!! And...
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    Country -vs- city hens

    A good friend of mine called me a couple days ago. She had raised her babies from chicks, and had one who was an egg eater and had bumble-foot she needed to get rid of. She asked if she could have one of our barred rock hens (about a month younger than hers) to replace her hen, and we would...
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    Hello from NC!

    Hello, all! I live outside of Charlotte, NC, and my husband and I have chicken fever. What started as buying 10 Golden Comet pullets 3 years ago (and building a small coop/pen) has grown to raising 20 Barred Rock chickens from day-old chicks (expanding the first pen and building an additional...
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