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    Aggressive Rooster

    I got a flock of 10 birds free because someone was moving. one of the roosters is rather aggressive. He attacks me if I get too close to the hens unless I have food and those spurs don't feel good. He is pure black copper marans, with feathered legs. He is also the father of the other 3...
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    Speckeled Egg

    I got my first real speckeled egg today. I have Gotten them before, but the spots were very small and barely noticeable. I am wondering if it is from one of my pullets or from one of my older hens. Older hens are Rhode Island Red, Barred Rock and White Rock. One of the older hens was...
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    Is this a Roo?

    I think I have a young rooster. Can someone please confirm. It is production red just over 3 months old. Starting to see what appears to me as saddle feathers. The feet and legs are larger than my RIR that are 1.5 years old. I heard one of the young ones try to crow but have not seen it for...
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    Egg Laying

    I have 5 hens. 1 Leghorn (white egg layer), 2 Rhode Island Red (Brown Egg layer) that are 20 weeks old and 1 Barred Rock (Brown egg layer), 1 Marans (dark brown egg layer) that are 16 weeks old. Started getting eggs 2 weeks ago. Since last Friday (7 Nov 2014) I started getting 2 brown eggs...
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    Letting quail free range with Chickens

    I am building a fenced in chicken run and vegetable garden. It will be 10 x 24 and 8 feet tall. I will be fully enclosing (sides and Top) it with chicken wire. Was thinking about doing 3 chickens and a small flock of quail. Would this be work out or would the chickens try to keep the quail...
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