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    NEW NEIGHBOR WOES- venting

    I have had a single rooster for over 3 years. We are living in a rural, agricultural/zoned neighborhood with many 1+ acre lots intermingled with larger plots and farms. Our township turns their heads at the ordinance for poultry, which states you need min 3+ acres for 1000 lbs of livestock...
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    Cornish cross

    I know I am pushing my luck with these guys, but scheduling does not permit me to butcher until next Sat which will make them about 10 weeks. So....that said, I have 2 males and 2 females. I have limited feedings since fairly early on due to them spilling and me being at work all day! I am...
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    Cornish cross 5 weeks

    First time for cornish cross. We have 4. They are now 5 weeks. Just moved them outside last night as the hubs finished their A frame pen. There is an under cover section and they all cuddled under last night after dark. I also have 2 same aged Tetra Tints in with them....they were brooded...
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    Cooking year and half old Welsummer Rooster

    I've been making soup of my arch enemy since we are snowed in. He's been cooking and making broth since about 9am. I took the meat out and started pulling apart to put back in the pot. I want to add some dumplings at the end. SO....he was very tough at butchering. The breast meat is...
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    Thanksgiving Chicken!

    Just wanted to share since I recently processed 3 roosters with help from an Old Order Mennonite neighbor. It was a fabulous experience and we thawed out one of the birds which my husband smoked today! Best chicken EVER! It was a 5 mo. Ameraucana rooster. We brined it for about 2 days and...
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    Culled the 'head honcho rooster' along with 2 young ones....saved one young one to take over....

    I've had a busy weekend. We started our flock with 6 original birds. Got a miss sexed male in the bunch. He was a good roo, but had issues with me and I was attacked daily with all out floggings and charges across the yard. What sealed his fate was we let a broody hatch some eggs and we...
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    Guess the sex!

    I got 3 eggs from a breeder and let my broody hatch them. I did not take notes on the parents other than they were all in blue eggs. The father was an Ameraucana and there was other Ameraucana's in the pen not all the same colors. There was also a frizzled hen in there, but I do not know if...
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    Trimming roosters claws....bleeding

    I tried to trim the tips of my rooster's claws and I nipped at least one of them. He's dripping blood in decent amounts to scare me. I had a pet bird for many years so I thought I was extra careful just to take the tips...but I must have cut at least one. I just dipped the toes in baking soda...
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    Rooster behavior....please explain!

    Our teenage roo is getting aggressive. One of our hens started laying last week. I have not seen him on any of the girls, but then, it may happen so fast that I'm mistaking it at this point (porn stars they are not! hahaha). When I get attacked...it's usually from behind. He stalks me and...
  10. Malissa

    First 2 eggs!!!

    Just had to share! Got home today from a camping trip over the weekend to find 2 light brown eggs...one in each nest box! That means one or both of my Barred Rocks are now laying!!! So excited for them. We have 5 hens (2 BR, 1 Welsummer and 1 EE's) and one ornery Welsummer Roo. They eggs...
  11. Malissa

    The little peckers moved in today!

    My husband is so happy to be done building our coop! We took the design from a book on chicken coops and modified to add the outside nest boxes. Figure we spent somewhere in the $800 range for supplies and he's been working on this for probably a month and a half. He's totally glad to be done!
  12. Malissa

    Barred Rock Hen/Roo

    Hello there! I know I already have a Welsummer roo and his comb is getting large and red. These Barred Rocks keep having me guessing....one I'm sure is a hen, the other keeps me thinking. I really don't want 2 roos since we are doing this under the radar. My neighbors said they won't mind...
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    Welsummer roo vs pullet

    Picked up our 6 chicks last Friday! They are wonderful little creatures and seem so happy. We love watching them do all their little chickie things! I ordered all pullets- 2 barred rocks, 2 welsummers and 2 ameraucana's. The Welsummer's look different. So after a little research, I think...
  14. Malissa

    Hello from PA!

    Hi there! My name is Malissa. We live in the Reading/Allentown PA area. Rural, however, ordinances say we need 3 acres for 'livestock and poultry' and we have just over 1. Spoke with authorities and was told that if the neighbor's don't complain, they don't care. Our neighbor's are...
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