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    What to do with my roos......

    Last year, I bought 8 pullets from TSC and ended up with 3 pullets and 5 cockerels...sigh. Later that year, one boy went to a 4-h kid and we bought 11 more pullets from McMurry. We weren't ready to cull, but we've had 13 chicks hatch over the winter. The oldest 5 are in the coop in a 'play...
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    Baby chicks in subzero temps

    Our hens have decided that January/February in N Maine is the time to hatch chicks. We've had 5 hatch two weeks ago and we brought them inside to a dog cage in the kitchen. We have a large box in the barn that we built out of old window screens last year, but its too big to bring inside...
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    Adding to our little flock

    So, we just got into chickens in April. We bought 8 pullets at TSC and we were quite content. Well, as newbies usually are, we were quite surprised when 5 of our pullets ended up being roos. This led us to quite the dilemma. 3 hens were not enough to supply eggs for our family of nine. I...
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    Sigh, hens or roos?

    So, newbie here. On April 19 I decided to go to TSC and get 8 'pullets'. I was told they were all black austrolorps. I know now that at least one is not, she's a BR. There are at least five of the eight that I am suspicious that they are roos because of their tail feathers. Any guesses?
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    Newbie from Northern Maine

    After retiring from military life, we've moved our family of nine to N Maine!! We've only been here a few months, but we've already started 'spreading out' by buying 8 Black Australorp chicks. They're doing great, 2 weeks old. Getting ready to build their run and convert part of converted...
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