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    Buff Orpington or something else?

    I bought these chicks during Tractor Supply's Chick Days in April this year. They are supposed to be Buff Orpingtons, which is what I wanted so any roos I got (and I got two) could breed with the Buff ladies I already have. Half of the "Buffs" turned out to be red sex links (gotta love it) and I...
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    Black Australorop-- is this a rooster?

    I have 5 Black Australorps. One is definitely a cockerel but my 7 year old twins insist this one is, too. I'm not so sure. This second bird isn't crowing (while Buck, the rooster, sings all day long) and doesn't have the comb development the other one does. This is our rooster, Buck. You...
  3. OwlandBear

    In with the Buffs

    I had a horrendous year with Tractor Supply. I bought 10 straight run Buff Orpingtons only to discover that 5 of them were, in actuality, Red Sex Links (I got my money back on those). Then there's this little girl. She's noticeably smaller than her coop-mates (they are approximately 12 weeks...
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    Black Australorps = good mommies?

    My twin boys (age 7) decided they wanted to go in to the egg business and we bought them some Black Australorps. Of the 5 chickens (who are 12 weeks old) it looks like 2 are cockerals (I see only one but they swear they watched two of them crow). SO now the plan is to breed them and make more...
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    Why aren't my blueberries turning blue?

    I'm new to blueberrying, and I'm sure I missed a step somewhere, but my blueberry plants (I have two, of two different varietals) have had scads of berries on them for a month or more, but they aren't ripening. What do I need to know?
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    Buff Orpington Cockeral, Maybe?

    Hoping that some of the straight run Buffs I bought at TSC are roosters; any chance of this one?
  7. OwlandBear

    Too dark for Buff Orpingtons?

    This isn't the best picture, I know, but I have 10 buff babies and their feathers seem to be coming in awfully dark. I've bought buffs in the past, and they have had some brown to them at certain points in their development, but these kids seem to have more. (And yes, I realize the ones with...
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    Earth Day Freebies

    Every year I talk to the elementary school kids on Earth Day about the importance of reducing, reusing, recycling. I'd like to find some place that will donate "stuff" (reusable bags, magnets, bookmarks, etc). I'll hit up my local grocery stores, but does anyone have any other resources...
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    Meat Bird Questions

    I have been keeping hens for eggs for three years and have decided I need to start keeping chickens for meat as well. My local Tractor Supply has Cornish Rocks available, and I was thinking about getting a dozen, but after reading some of the threads in this forum it seems like a whole...
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    New Member from South Carolina

    I've raised egg chickens fairly successfully for three years. I have 19 hens and am going to start raising broilers, so may have lots of stupid questions (and maybe a little anxiety). We have a large garden, raised a couple of hogs last year, and are trying to become as self-sufficient as...
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