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    Roos always mate the same hen back to back

    Hi all! I have a rooster behavior question that’s kind of hard to even explain. I’m asking mostly out of curiosity. I have 17 hens and 2 roosters that are all 5 months old, I hatched and raised them all together. The hens are starting to lay and are finally letting the roosters mate with them...
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    First egg from hen and observed behaviors leading up to lay

    Hello all! I just wanted to share my experience with one of my hens laying her first egg and the observations I made leading up to her laying. I am new to chickens and this is just me recording my observations mainly for my own memory. I range my flock on 6 wooded acres (though they've really...
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    Introducing a new dog to 4 month old chickens

    Hello all! Kind of a weirdly specific question, but I am hoping maybe someone can give me some guidance here. I am a first time chicken owner, I hatched out chicks of mixed heritage breeds 15 weeks ago and they're all happy and healthy. I have 17 hens and 4 roosters (I butchered the excess roos...
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    Free 14 week old cockerels in Cincinnati, OH

    Hello! My friend is looking to re-home some 14 week old cockerels in Cincinnati, OH. All sweet boys, she just can't have roosters in the city. There are 3 available: 1. Easter egger roo 2. Barred rock mix roo 3. Mixed roo (maybe part EE with peacomb)
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    Free 13 week old cockerels in Dayton, Ohio

    Hello there! I am located in Dayton, Ohio (45370) and have some free 13 week old cockerels available. more info and pics of them below: I have some mixed heritage breed cockerels that I am trying to re-home that I hatched from eggs 13 weeks ago. They are sweet boys, I just have too many...
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    My experience killing and cooking young heritage breed cockerels

    I decided to make a post here about processing and cooking young heritage breed cockerels after hatching eggs and having a huge excess of cockerels, mainly for my own records but also because I haven't been able to find this specific info online so maybe this helps someone else. This is my...
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    What are the breeds of these 10 week old pullets and cockerels?

    Hi everyone! 10 weeks ago, I hatched out some eggs that came from a mix of various heritage breeds. There were small white, small blue, small light brown, big light brown, big white, and a few big green eggs. The woman I bought them from listed the breeds she had as Buckeye, Ameraucana, Easter...
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    Hello there!

    Hello all! I'm a long time lurker of this forum so I thought it was high time I joined. I am new to keeping chickens, I just hatched out my first chicks from eggs that I got from an amazing woman who has been keeping a mixed flock of rare heritage breeds for 18 years. I hatched out 44 chicks and...
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    One seven week old chick feather picking the rest of the flock

    Hey all. I need some guidance here. I have 36 seven week old chicks that are all mixed breeds that I hatched from eggs. Approximately half are pullets and half are cockerels. About a week and a half ago, I moved them from the brooder out to a mobile coop surrounded by electric netting so they...
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