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    The Silent Rooster

    I have an Indio gigante cockerel, between 6-8 months old, who has never crowed. I thought at first that he was being overshadowed by my other roosters, but I only have the gigante flock at the moment which consists of himself and an assumed four ladies. I am 99.9% sure he is male, based on comb...
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    Outdoor year round parakeet aviary

    I currently live in Virginia, where the weather does change, but winters are somewhat milder than other parts of the country. I might either be staying in Virginia or moving to New Hampshire. There are a couple of zoos around here where they have parakeets in an outdoor aviary, where people can...
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    Flock for sale in Virginia

    Unfortunately, this is something I have to do because of an upcoming move. As with most in life, my living situation has changed unexpectedly. I have to sell my flock of chickens. It is a mixed flock, with several different breeds. I have: a satin silkie roo, a polish roo and hen, an ayam...
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    Bresse and copper marans cockerels

    I have two beautiful well behaved boys, but unfortunately they are two roos in the making too many. I don't have enough hens for all the males I was blessed with this year. I am in Virginia, not looking for anything other than good homes for these boys. About their only downside, for full...
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    When Chickens Explode.

    Like many others, I was somewhat in the path of some terrible weather. Thankfully no real damage to any of my cages and coops. Just buckets of disgusting mud. The ground just can't soak in any more water. Add that to the fact that I live near a lake, and you get the soggy picture. I have some...
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    Sometimes I Like to Torture My Boss

    I'm going to preface this by using the phrase that makes my mother cringe. I was raised by psychologists, in a barn. So, my humor has always been a little...special. This morning, I had the perfect opportunity to torment my boss. I sent her this picture and text before coming in to work...
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    Deformed Feet, How to Make Comfortable in the Long Run?

    This is not an injury or an emergency. One of my Indio gigante chickens was born with very deformed feet. His breeder said he had trouble coming out of the egg, and she was unable to help fix his feet. He is not yet six months old, and looking to grow a lot larger. He gets around fine, jumping...
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    The Artists are in the Coop

    This work of art took the collaboration of three chickens. The blue was Edie, a red sex link (I think? No idea really), purple was Elizabeth, a phoenix, the yellow was a as yet unnamed Indio gigante chick.
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    Did Some Art Today.

    I have an idea I want to put down on canvas, so I started it today. Only problem is, I'm not much of a painter, and I didn't know that any of my ideas would work. Like adding glitter as the paint is drying. Discovered one thing didn't work like I wanted (thin blue layer over all the background I...
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    The Big Ones

    So I am dating a city boy. Me being a farm girl, well, I was worried. At first, he was skeptical about the chickens. More than willing to help me move cages and sorrowing with me when any losses occurred, but not all that willing to pet them or interact with them more than feeding and general...
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    Spur Covers NOT For Fighting?

    I have been contacted by a therapeutic riding facility about bringing some chickens for their equine assisted therapy. I know, chickens are not horses. But they wanted to introduce a few different animals into the mix for those suffering from various mental and physical needs. I used to...
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    Possibly misinformed by the breeder.

    I was given a 55 flowery hen chick as an extra, and told that it was a female. For sure, because of the auto sexing of the breed. Since it did not truly matter to me, and it was unexpected to have been given this chick, I did not do too much looking into if she was right or wrong. I have a time...
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    Welp, My Easter Egger Is Broken.

    I recently picked up two Easter egger hens. One supposedly egg laying age, one not quite. I've had them before. In fact, my first egger was broken, too. I haven't had any eggs from the new eggers, until today. One single egg, which in a flock of one mature hen is pretty standard. There is also a...
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    BJD's Anyone?

    Just wondering if anyone else on this forum also collects ball jointed dolls (BJD's)? I have several, but haven't done much with them in quite some time. Thinking I'll have to pull them out and see which chickens want to do a photoshoot.
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    Help with identifying breed and gender, possibly too young?

    So one of my hens laid this egg. Can anyone identify the breed and gender for me? Lol, kidding! This egg was laid by one of my girls. All of whom I was under the impression laid brown eggs, with the exception of the pheonix. But her eggs are a lot smaller than this one. And she laid one the...
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    Opposite of Rooster Aggression

    I have two roosters. Both supposedly silkies, although one of them is regular feathered. I got the regular fellow first. He was raised on a farm with very little human interaction. When I got him, I had some serious issues with weasels and he ended up a lone survivor. Mostly because he was still...
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    My "pet" Vulture

    About a year ago, a young vulture fell through the top of my chicken run while I was off to the hardware store getting material to replace the wiring. It was a very polite bird, just sat there while the chickens huddled in one corner away from it. When I got home, I managed to get in the cage...
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    A Not So Christmas Miracle

    I have two stray cats outside who I have taken into my care. Because I have four cats in the house, they live outside. But with a whole garage to live in if they do desire. Beautiful brown ladies, one short haired the other long haired. About three years after they showed up, another cat did as...
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    Any Interest in a Roanoke Virginia Meet-ups?

    I would love to get together with other chicken enthusiasts in the area. There are many restaurants we could go to to talk chicken, or even turkey if we were so inclined. Or we could even try to set something up for a swap of sorts?
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    Razor Wire?

    I have suddenly had something, I haven't been able to figure out what, exactly, kill four chickens. I believe it may be a raccoon, as three of the four were just missing heads. The fourth was just gone without a trace. I reinforced the roof to my runs, wrapped smaller gauge wire around the...
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