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    Rooster in with the hens

    Quick question: Is it ok for the rooster to be left with the 2 hens that are sitting on eggs? He is extremely aggressive with me when I have tried to go in to check on them. Will he hurt the chicks when they hatch?
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    Rooster and hens

    I have a funny question. My mother hen Sue, had 3 chicks survive a hatch last Sept. It turns out she had 2 hens and 1 rooster. I went out one morning and Sue was sitting on about 10 eggs! She did get up and move so my assumption was she had just been laying or something. But what if they do get...
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    Starting a new flock.

    I was just wondering what the common consensus is as to what is the best breed to have in terms of good egg layer, good meat birds and able to sustain their numbers. I am looking at 6-10 birds to start with and hoping to have a steady flock of 8 to 10 once they settle in. My 'coop' and I use the...
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    Hi, joined looking for answer.

    Hi, I have been raising chickens for 5 years now, primarily meat kings up until last year. I decided to try egg layers and started with the brown egg layers. Then a friend gave me 9 chicks ,in the fall, that where a few different breeds that he had and until they grew we didn't know what they...
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