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    Breed??

    I just rescued these. The niece of a neighbor bought them at a TSC (they were no help, plus it was in April when they were purchased and I don't know which TSC) without permission or a plan, etc. I'm sure they were cute and cheap so it seemed a good idea at the time, lol. Anyway, any guess to...
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    Is anyone selling chicks?

    I would love to buy some chicks, Easter egger, olive egger, or Polish -- but can ONLY take hens. Anyone out there selling any, or am I best off using a hatchery?
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    First foot injury: advice, please

    I have only been in this 18 months and this is my first injury. I came home and my dog led me, whining and excited, to a boat propped up next to the barn (Hooray for Anthony the Wonder Dog! I never would have found them if he hadn't told me where they were). Beneath the boat was rolls of...
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    Tolerance versus acceptance :)

    I have a small flock of 6 I bought last year (2 sex links, 3 RIR hens, and one accidental (woops!) RIR rooster. They free range on 100 acres and only use their coop to sleep at night and lay(we close it after they roost at night, open it early each morning). I bought 2 Easter Egger hens in early...
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    Introducing Bantams to standard sized flock

    I have been reading posts related to this, but would love to hear any more advice. I have a small flock of free ranging RIRs and Sex Links. Only 6 altogther, one of the RIRs is a roo (wasn't supposed to be!). I recently bought 2 Americauna chicks, but when one died the next day we certainly...
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    How many is too many for my set up?

    Hey -- New to this, bought 6 hens for eggs in April. One turned out to be a roo, which is fine as we live on a 100 acre farm. This is our set up: We bought a coop at Tractor Supply that is supposed to house 2 to 4 chickens. All 6 use this as a roost just for sleeping at night, and they are not...
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    Uh-oh

    Bought my very first chickens about 4 months ago, Bought all hens, for layng. One that my daughter named 'Squatch (we have a family joke about Sasquatch) has gotten much bigger than the others, and is clearly on top of the pecking order. This morning 'Squatch very cleary articulated...
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    Australorp or sex linked

    Hello --I asked the store where I bought my hens what breeds I have. They said my black ones are either Australorps or Sex-Links. They have red/brownish breast featers (kind of underneath, when you look close enough) and definietly have a green sheen. Does eather of these things distinguish them...
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    Howdy from Kentucky :)

    Hi all: My name is Alice. I am an RN and exercise physiologist working in a small university. I am married to a wildlife biologist (Steve). and have a 10 yo daughter (Bray). We live on a farm but I'm a city girl (we have kind of a Green Acres thing going on). We have 3 cats and a dog, and have...
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