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    Oddly aloof, eating eggs, laid an egg without a shell (Speckled Sussex)

    We have a small flock (4 hens) that we keep on about a 1/4 acre pasture/woods that is just theirs. Our speckled sussex is about 7 months old and had been consistently laying about 5-6 eggs a week since about 5 months or so. Lately, her behavior is much more aloof (not from us, but from the...
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    Keep Rooster/Cockerel or Cull?

    So, we got an assorted batch of chicks from Murray McMurray. We ended up with 5 very obvious cockerels, 4 of whom, at 4+ months, some were becoming a bit ornery with us and certainly not friendly with the hens. We culled 4 and kept the 5th, hoping to breed some more baby chicks/hens in the...
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    Two Black Chickens, one cockerel, one pullet

    These are two 15 week old chickens I got from Murray McMurray. 1. The first one (Unnamed) is a cockerel whose breed I am unsure of. I am considering keeping him as our flock rooster. I am wondering if he is a Minorca? He's got the white spot behind the head and has a rose comb (or, at...
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    What kind of cockerels and which one to keep?

    We started raising a small flock of chickens and got a straight run of chicks from Murray McMurray last October. So, a bunch of cockerels. We want to keep one of our roosters to a) provide some protection/alert for the hens (we have hawks in our area) and b) have a few more chicks/hens (with...
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