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  1. WTCH Ho Dog

    Goodbye Old Girl

    When she didn’t greet me this morning, I just knew. She was in her sleep box, but she was not sleeping, not in this world anyway. When I lifted her off the box, there was a single, perfect egg, the first in many months, and the last. Her gift to me in parting. I buried her in a garden bed. She...
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    Hunchback Roo

    In the clutch just hatched in August, there were 6 chicks, 4 pullets and 2 cockerels. Sent one of the Roos home the other night, but the other one….yeah. He’s slated for the pot anyway, as I don’t need a roo, don’t want a roo, and one of my neighbour’s makes awesome chicken tacos, but still...
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    Cockerel? Or Still Too Early?

    Hatched 19 August, 12 eggs under a broody hen. 6 hatched, 4 didn’t and 2 just disappeared. Figure I’ve got 2 boys but open to comments
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    Hi BYC

    Long time lurker, coming out of the coop to ask a question. I’ve had chickens off and on since the early 70’s, and now ranch cattle in the Coast Range foothills of western Oregon, between Corvallis and Eugene. I have 7 hens (no roosters), all around 3-4 years old. 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Black...
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