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    Barnyard mixes boys or girls

    6 weeks old in a couple days. I am thinking 3 are Roos. Your thoughts?
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    Free ranging and hawks - do you accept the losses?

    Seems no matter what you do you have to deal with a predator attack now and then. We have lost one girl to a Raccoon and one to a hawk in the last year. Both were leghorns, both were older girls. The rooster did get the other girls rounded up and stood between the hawk and them, also had a...
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    So far doing ok

    Almost 4 weeks ago we hatched or little barnyard mixes. Dad is a RIR mixed with Aracauna we were told. Maybe mixed with EE who really know. He has a popcorn comb so probably not pure rir. Moms are sapphire gem, silver laced wyandottes, black star, leghorns and an EE. Some are obvious others...
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    Lost one of our girls to a red tail hawk

    Well it was a sad week here, we have been caring for my departed BILs 5 leghorns (4 years old) and one RIR rooster (3 years old) for almost a year now, and done fairly well. We lost one in the beginning to a racoon while free ranging about 6 months ago, so we built a bigger run, and now only...
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    Praying for a decent hatch

    Well, tomorrow is lockdown day. Was not successful with a cheap 6 egg amazon special, should have known, bought a chickcozy, and as of today 9 or 10 eggs still show signs of life - 1 was not fertilized and was removed at day 10. Tomorrow is lockdown day, so, will be taking them out of the...
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    New Member

    Good morning, My name is Dave and I guess I am a chicken dad now. Been reading through BYC for about 6-8 months now, decided to join. Inherited 5 girls (leghorns) and 2 roos (Rhode Island Red and Americauna mix) when my BIL passed away. Had to trade one of the Roos, because they did not get...
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