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    Great Pyr and Chickens?

    Hi everybody! Thinking of getting great pyreneese to guard the girls (winter brood) who are getting ready to move into their new coop/ yard area. Now, I am thinking of adopting rescue dog (or dogs). So, here is the question: how does one take, say a 1 or 2 year old dog, and convince them...
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    Lucky Morning

    Sitting on the couch, eating a bowl of cereal, when husband looked up and saw FOX cutting uder the pasture fence. Ran to all guns sitting in various corners of the house and NONE were loaded. I watched FOX as he looked for something in the form of ammunition...by the time he got back, FOX #1...
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    Husband Fails Chicken Math!

    Halleluia! Husband called me in last night to help him order HIM some chickens for spring! I just picked up 5 BO's 2 weeks ago while he was away on a hunting trip, and wasn't sure how he would react...well, fortunately HE IS HOOKED!! Whoopee! He ordered him TWELVE to be "his own chickens"...
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    Hen or Roo?

    Hi all, Trying to figure out if this little one is a hen or a roo. 8 week old Buff Orpington. No crowing yet. New to chickens. I have absolutely no idea! This is "Lucille Ball" (name may change after this post) "She" is the one in the middle...Hope the images come through!
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    First Dirt Bath!

    Ahh! My sweet little darlings went out today and figured out how to scratch a hole and take a dirt bath! (7 week old O's) The sun was shining and warm so I took them out to the dog log (minus dog) and sat with them for a long while. They lolled in the sun and scratched themselves out a shallow...
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    When can I tell if I have roosters or hens?

    Hey, I bought these baby buffs at 6 weeks of age from the neighbor. (7 weeks now) Even though they are "chicken folk", they told me that they couldn't tell for sure if I was getting hens or roosters...so now I am wondering at what age will I be able to tell? I am noticing changes in one of...
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    Age that Babies can go outside?

    Hi Gang, I have my 6 week old buffingtons in the basement. I have been letting them out into an enclosed sunporch on warmer days. I am wondering if they can go out into the regular coop (no other chickens) at 8 weeks? I had read that they should have their adult feathers by then, but that will...
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    New to chickens in GA

    Hi Folks, Happy to have found this site as I am the new (proud) Mama of five new six week old Buff Orpington baby girls (hopefully). Went to the new TS store and bought a book on raising chickens and a week later, my neighbor conveniently had a sign out on the road "chickens for sale". The...
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