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    No eggs

    Hi everyone, I have two flocks of birds. They share a coop, but generally separate when they free range into two flocks. I have my hens which will be 2 in the spring and I have pullets that were hatched in March. Last year's hens (BO and BR) didn't ever really stop laying once they started last...
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    Keep or butcher the old rooster?

    I have 20 chicks that I will move out with the rest of my flock in about 2 or 3 weeks. The trouble is that I have a meanish rooster out there now. I have to take a shovel in when I feed because he doesn't often attack me but he does it randomly and I have to protect myself. The reason I...
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    Meaties Newbie

    I've had DP birds for a couple of years now. I was thinking of just getting some DP roos and processing them for meat, but after doing research on Light Brahmas and White Rocks, etc. I am wondering if it would be just as well to try Cornish X. The reason I'd prefer to do DP is that I am...
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    Dead chicken

    I went out to feed tonight and found one of my BOs dead in the corner. Not a mark on her (except for some feathers plucked out which I think the other chickens did since she could have been there for hours). She didn't have a broken neck or anything. She appeared to be just lying there based...
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    A couple of broody questions

    I have a BO that I think might be broody. There is one (and I can only assume it's the same one each time. I really don't know). Anyway, she is always slow to hop down from the nest to eat. Tonight she didn't come off of the nest to eat at all. She made a noise at me when I put my hand in...
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    We did it! And a cooking question for you.

    We processed our first rooster a couple of nights ago! My mom kept telling me that it was going to be horrible, but it wasn't too bad. It took us about an hour (we are some serious newbies), but honestly at least 10 or 15 mins of that was us waiting for the water to get hot enough. The...
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    Looking for some gender help please!

    Hi everyone! I'm wondering if you could help me sex a couple of Buckeyes and some BOs. I suspect that I have three Buckeye roos, but I only have heard one of them crowing. Actually, out of the entire group of 19 I have heard only one crow, and I ordered strait run of both Buckeyes and BOs...
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    straight run

    Hello everyone, I have some SR BOs that are about 18 weeks old. I got them so that we could process a few and see what we think of processing chickens ourselves, but I also needed some egg layers. I know I should process them around 20ish weeks, but the problem is that I have no idea who is a...
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    SR Hatchery stock Buckeyes

    Looking for some gender help here please! Henry or Henrietta? Fred or Frederica? Charlie or Charlene? Frank or Francis? Jeremy or Jessica? Hope these angles work, they did not want to cooperate
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    BO and Buckeyes

    I got some SR BO and Buckeyes. How old should they be before I post pics to find out what genders I have? They are over 2 weeks right now. I've never had any roos before, and these guys are flighty as can be, much more so than the pullets I have had in the past.
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    Cackle Hatchery shipping prices?

    Hello everyone, I am trying to place an order online for Cackle. Their catalog says that shipping is $15, and I know I paid that for 15 chicks last year. I am trying to order 20 chicks and the price for shipping started at $17 something and as I added chicks it is now up to $20.40 for...
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    What to do with survivor

    My idiot dog got in and killed almost every single chicken I own today. I was able to find one lone survivor. The coop is a mess, she clearly can't go back in there. Right now I have her in my barn. It's very open, there is no way to coon proof very well for the night. She's in there with...
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    Pecked egg

    I have one pullet (don't know which one) who lays her egg and then pecks one little hole in it. It's happened a couple of times now. I guess I need to get some oyster shells in there. In the meantime, since this egg just has one little hole and the membrane is in tact, I'm wondering if I can...
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    BR roo or pullet?

    Hi all! I have some chickens hatched May 17. I had been hoping that my little packing peanut BR was a roo, but never saw any signs of roo-ish behavior or looks (but what do I know??). Still have never heard any crowing. But then a couple of days ago I suddenly noticed that one of them has a...
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    Paranoid

    I realize that my 15 chickens are at 21 weeks and it's not entirely unusual that no one is laying yet. But I'm paranoid that they have started (or will start) but will eat the evidence before I find it. I don't have time to chicken sit to see if anyone is laying, and I can't really hear them...
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    Starting chicks now?

    I live in Southern Ohio, and am considering starting another batch of chicks now. I want to do it now because I can coincide the pullet months with the winter months when I wouldn't be getting many eggs anyway. But if I start when I'm thinking of starting, I will be putting them out around...
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    Rooster age an issue?

    I have my eye on an 11 month old Buckeye rooster. My pullets (I have fifteen) are all about 5 months old. Will this age difference be a big issue? I'd like to have the roo for protection and breeding, but these girls aren't quite laying yet (hopefully any day now, though! ) I guess he would...
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    Breeding meat chickens

    Hi everyone, If you have some patience with a newbie, I have some questions. I began my egg layers this past summer... I have 15 including Barred Rocks, EEs, and Golden Comets. (Waiting for them to begin laying any week now!) Next year I'd like to start on meat chickens. I probably will...
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    Need a rooster

    Hi all, When I ordered my chicks, I got a bonus "packing peanut," and kind of expected it to be a rooster. My chicks are now 16 weeks old, and I don't see any signs of any of them being roosters, so now I'm searching for one. My grandpa has some he is willing to get rid of, and he has a nice...
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    Only feathers left?

    Sorry, I read the stickies, but if there's any info on just feathers being left, I missed it. My chicks stayed out in their coop for the first time last night. This morning, 15 of them are clucking along as if everything is just fine, but one of my golden comets is missing. When I looked...
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