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    Mayday! Mayday! Need plans for a fast, cheap , secure coop!!!

    I realize that none of those words belong together, but I have a major emergency on my hands. I just resigned from my job, which means I will have to move out of the current housing in the next week with my two horses, German Shepard, 15 hens, 2 roosters, and about 15 chicks of assorted ages...
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    Chocolate and Mottled English Orpington Cockerels for Sale (Central TX)

    1 Chocolate, LF, 100% English Cockerel $50 1 Mottled (No Red), LF, Part English Cockerel. $50 Both of these birds are ~ 3 months old. These boys are really handsome and great representatives of their breed. They have been free-ranged since it warmed up, over a month ago, in a...
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    Pet Quality Cream Legbar Roo in Texas

    Cream Legbar Roo in need of a good home. He was hatched 20.Jan.2014 and has been handled from birth. He is a sweetheart, loves mealworms, and is happy to sit on your lap for some lovin'. I have been trying to justify keeping him, because of his great temperament, but he has too many cosmetic...
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    Breed Personalities as Chicks (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)

    As my chicks are getting older their personalities are really starting to show. For some of the breeds that's a good thing, for others not so much... For instance, the Marans... We hatched two and had five shipped, from a different source, in as a Christmas Present. If I had met these chicks...
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    Lavender Chicks at TSC

    At TSC today I spotted three Lavender chicks in their bantam assortment, I've been hunting Lavender Orps for the past few months, so as soon as I saw them I snatched them and the three littlest runts up and headed to checkout. Obviously they aren't the Orps of my dreams, but they are a...
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    Wanted: English Lavender Orpingtons Chicks

    Hi Guys and Gals, I had an EBay seller send me the worst hatching eggs ever and now am in desperate need to replace these duds with some chicks. Ideally, I want at least two hens and an unrelated rooster, but understand if chicks are straight run only. My Main Requirements are... Must be...
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    Thank you, Shippers (AKA Who has Lavender Orpingtons!)

    Well poot... I just received my BEAUTIFUL EXTREMELY RARE LAVENDER ORPINGTONS HATCHING EGGS 6+. :hit They're terrible, beyond belief bad eggs. If one of my Buffs laid eggs like these I would be horrified. The eggs are misshapen, too small (just a hair bigger than my Banty polish hen's), and...
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    Large Flock Keepers - Keeping Records

    This all sprang from necessity... On Monday, about five, or six, normally healthy birds came into roost with runny noses and a little labored breathing. Since my big, free-range flock is my pride and joy, I sprung into action. Our most important bird, Queen Pico, Goddess of All the Light...
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    Who sells the best EEs?

    Hi All, I'm looking to buy some EErs for Spring. My qualifications are.. * Must have variety of colors in the hens. * Must have a variety of colored eggs (Blue, Green, and Pink-Tinted) * Must be hardy birds who can free range Pictures are greatly appreciated!
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    Fertility Rate on Shipped Eggs

    Hi Guys, I've got some shipped eggs (Cream Legbars and BC Marans) in the incubator and candled tonight at Day 5 to check and see how everyone was coming along. 4/8 of the Black/Blue Copper Marans are definitely growing! 8/15 of the Cream Legbars are looking good! That's only about a 50%...
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    Testing for Splash in an EE Rooster

    Hi All, I've decided to start raising some EE's and Olive Eggers. I lucked upon what I thought was a young, white Ameracauna Roo, But after getting him home and really looking him over, I realized that he has several small, black/blue feathers mixed in. He was with another rooster who was...
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    Stopping Feather Picking in a Free Range Flock

    Hello All, We rescued two dozen production hens almost six months ago. They were in rough shape when they arrived, as far as missing feathers, but due their terrible habit of feather-picking only the most dominant have regrown their feathers. Not only that, but they've begun to pick on our...
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    Proper Ratio of Bantam Roosters to LF Hens

    Hello All, Here on the hacienda, we are gradually phasing out our LF roosters due to overmating and bullying of the hens. However, this spring we got an assortment of bantams (75% roosters of course), and we are in love with our little gentlemen. We currently have three free-ranging bantam...
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    What, oh what, could they be?

    Hello All, I have two more mystery birds for you. Tweedle Dum, the match to our free-ranging rooster, Tweedle Dee, came with a mixed flock of bantams. The closest I've found to him are the Pheonix/Duck Wing Bantams, however none of the colors really seem to match. Any guesses? This is...
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    I give up... What is she? (Grey Bantam Hen)

    Hello All, After nearly six months of searching the internet and every chicken book I can find; I have come to you, Oh Great Chicken Keepers, and humbly ask that you tell me what breed my precious Dovey could be. This little girl came with a group of mixed bantams and quickly wormed her way...
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    Best Breed of Bantam Hens in a Coop

    Hello All, I'm currently looking to add a few (1-3), sweet docile bantam pullets to a contained flock. The requirements are simple they must be generally good-natured, as a breed, clean-legged, and VERY colorful! This little flock is my personal project, like an aquarium of birds, their...
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    Keeping Bantam Roosters with Full Size Roosters and Hens

    Hello All, For the first time on the ranch we got bantams, of course several were roosters, since almost everyone sells bantams as straight run. We got a mix of silkies and assorted other breeds and my current plan is to keep a run of silkies and a run of the normal feathered bantam hens...
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    How Attached is Normal for a Feed Store Gosling?

    Yesterday, we bought a female Embden/Embden gosling to raise with our ducklings this year. The ranch owner loves ducks, having raised some as pets when she was young, so we were hoping that Frankie would be friendly. The good news is that we got our wish. She is SO attached, even more so than...
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    What are the friendliest ducks and geese?

    Hello All, I am fixing to place an order for some female Rouen ducklings. These ducks will be pets foremost, and I have been told that these are the friendliest ducks. I am also interested in some other breeds of duck, or even a goose, with quiet and friendly dispositions being the most...
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