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    Help! Rotten egg or partial chick in my sweet potato casserole.

    I am making sweet potato casserole for our church's Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. I boiled fresh sweet potatoes for this and had everything mixed. I was adding the eggs and cracked one that looked like a developing embryo or was rotten. I wasn't sure, because I grabbed a spoon and quickly...
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    The pleasant atmosphere of old feed stores...

    So our family was sitting around the table tonight talking about how the atmosphere of old feed stores is so great: Creaky wooden floors that you can see through, along with the smell of feed and seed. Our favorite one was demolished a couple of years ago, but we still have two in our area...
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    Do your customers want white eggs?

    I wanted to get some Leghorns this week to add some white eggs to my basket. I already have light brown, aqua and olive. I should be getting some Cuckoo Marans next week from a good breeder - so those will be my dark brown additions. A friend of mine said that she is getting rid of her...
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    EE cockerel has ear tufts like Einstein! (pic)

    Yesterday I noticed that my 6-week-old cockerel, Sam, has ear tufts like Einstein. I did some research and found that this is an Auracana trait. I hatched Sam and his 5 siblings from eggs in which both parents were EE. The other 5 chicks do not show this trait. They all had the same roo...
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    Wart-like growths on toes of 6-week old EE (Pic included)

    :/My 6-week-old EE (I think pullet) has wart-like growths on her feet. Her 5 hatchmates do not show similar symptoms at this time. We just went through fowl pox with my 4 month old chickens, but they are far separated from the younger chicks. I have been wearing one pair of shoes and tending...
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    I need an awesome duck recipe.

    My daughters helped some friends process meat birds yesterday and came home with 3 chickens and a duck, already processed of course. Since I have just one duck, I want to prepare it in some tender, succulent way. This family's chickens are tender and juicy (Cornish X), and the duck is some...
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    Hens or roos? What mix is the buff?

    I hatched these chickens 4 months ago. The red & black one is Buff Orpington over Australorp. The buff-colored, barred one is BO over ??? The moms were the brown egg layer assortment from McMurray Hatchery. The BO/Australorp has me befuddled. It has always had a big comb, but its two...
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    Who has experience with a fowl pox outbreak?

    My 12 beautiful mutt chickens are going through a nasty case of fowl pox. It makes me really sad because I hatched these chicks 4 months ago, and have babied them. I know the pox is spread by mosquitoes. I have been reading about betadine and yogurt, etc. So far my case appears to be dry...
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    Cockerel to pullet ratio - Why was I so heavy on roos?

    Four months ago I hatched 15 beautiful mutt chickens - large laying breed crosses. Dad was a Buff Orpington, and the moms were BO, RIR, Australorp, Lt. Brahma, etc. Anyway, I thought for a long time that I had a majority of pullets. In the last month or so, it has become evident that I had...
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    7 Large, Healthy Roosters Need New Homes-S.E. Louisiana/S.W. Miss.

    I have 7 beautiful, large-breed roosters who need homes in Southeast Louisiana - also near the Mississippi state line. These roos are about 4 months old and are crowing. They are hearty mixed breeds, all having a Buff Orpington dad and various large laying hens for moms (Australorp, RIR, Lt...
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    Hello from Southeast Louisiana

    Hi, all! I have been lurking here for a few months and have finally gotten smart enough to join. This website has been so helpful. Two years ago we sold our last home and gave away our 20 or so chickens (after having chickens 9 years). Due to various circumstances involved in moving and...
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