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    Aggressive Rooster? Or Not 🐓?

    I just wanted to share a story and give maybe a little advice that might help you in a similar situation. This is currently happening in my own flocks. Everyone knows I been raising chickens and dealing with situations in my flocks for a very long time. (40+years) I have had several so...
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    Aggressive Rooster? Or Not 🐓?

    I just wanted to share a story and give maybe a little advice that might help you in a similar situation. This is currently happening in my own flocks. Everyone knows I been raising chickens and dealing with situations in my flocks for a very long time. (40+years) I have had several so...
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    This Is For Fun! Guess The Breed!

    I have always wanted to do this. Can anyone guess the breed of my beautiful little hen? I hatched her last year.
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    Flock Update for 2025

    Hello everyone just checking in and showing I am still around. Cancer hasn't got me yet, still in remission. So I wanted to show off some pics of my current flock. Enjoy!
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    Why We Raise Chickens

    I am not a good story teller or writer but this is one story that is a deep subject that is asked to anybody that raises chickens. Why do you raise chickens? I was approached by a neighbor that asked this very question. So it got me thinking about how I got started and why. I have been raising...
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    My New Coops and Runs

    Recently I had a visit from the "City" and I had to shrink down my flocks to bring them into CODE with city regulations and get a permit. I completely overhauled all my runs and coops and I thought you all might appreciate my pics to see.
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    Silkie?

    Earlier this spring I hatches some silkie eggs and ended up with some beautiful additions to my flock. I do have 1 beautiful girl that has the markings of a silkie and the 5 toes. But her beak is white and so are her feet and legs. Is this an albino? It don't really matter, but I was curious...
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    City Ordinance

    Hello everyone it has been a spell since I posted but I have been battling health issues. Then I had to deal with a new City Ordinance. I had a Animal Control Inspector come by my house and ask if I had a permit to raise my chickens. I said no never had one and been raising chickens for 40 years...
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    Chick Shortage?

    :jumpyHello everyone! It has been a great while since I have an posted. But has anyone noticed in 2023 Chicks are hard to get in Texas. Is it everywhere too? I tried going to my local stores where I usually get them and they keep telling me they sold out:th I have never seen it like this. I...
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    Follow Up to To Too Much Money for a 🐥

    I got some interest and several comments on my last post on this subject. So for 10 days I hit feed store, fairs, farmers markets and presented the same question to everyone I met. "What is too much money for a chick, or chicken?" Well it ended up as I expected. It's basically to each is own...
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    Some Chick Pics As Promised

    Here are a few pics of our 14 chicks. We took a few pics so as not to stress them too much. We Will take more later on.
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    Pics Promised! Here they are!

    We have been busy today with our flocks but here are some of the pics I been promising. Someone asked for pics of the inside of my Outhouse Coop... Here they are! Also some pics of improvements made to pond and new duck coop and silkie coop.
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    My New Chicks! Photos Coming Soon!

    When I get a good sunny day, maybe Sunday. My wife said she would help me get some photos of my new chicks. They are a little over a week and a half old and they are doing great. We got a variety so we are excited for when they start laying this summer. We will make it like a photo show. There...
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    What Is Too Much Money For A Chick?

    :confused:I am an old time chicken raiser and man the price of chicks have changed. Plus the breeds have chicks have changed. I am probably crazy but I just bought a lone chick, a Sapphire Olive Eggers for $11.50 , Am I Crazy? Was that bad? She was sitting in that pen just begging me to take her...
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    Anyone seen this cup before?

    Anyone seen this cup before? My lovely wife got it for me. I guess because she maybe loves me, but she knows I am a chicken nut 😂😂😂😂
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    Frustrating Hatchery

    I won't mention no names but it has been a tough week. But I am pretty easy going! (Yeah Right) I Ordered chicks from a local hatchery, good hatchery, been in business for many many years. I been raising chicks for 40 YEARS chicks come in I pick them up. 3 dead already,10 dead in a hour, 15 in...
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    My Outhouse Coop for you Newbies

    I haven't posted this picture in a little while and there are several new folks in our group so here goes. Ever seen a chicken coop that is made out of a double wide Outhouse!! Yes I am from TEXAS!
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    My Wife's new shirt, I like it!

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    Chickens Take Stress Away! Anyone agree!

    When I come home on Fridays I like to sit and watch my chickens just to relax. I have one hen that has been with me 10 years and she always greets me and reminds me all is well. If she can she will sit on my foot so I can't move, it's like she saying take a minute, just breath. I just hope we...
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    What the Roo!?

    Hello everyone, good to be on here again. But I had a question for anyone who wants to comment. The other night I went out to check on my girls and low and behold I had too many roosters. This real pretty roo showed up and has decided to stay. ( I searched for owner). But not real sure what...
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