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    Needs to go ASAP - Golden Laced Wyandotte Rooster

    I have to many roos and this boy is getting onery to the others. He is good with us and tolerates the dog, he just wants to be top Roo to the girls and is trying to force the issue. If you're interested please let me know ASAP and we can work the details out. I really don't want to have to...
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    URGENT - Crop problems with a picky eater

    This is the first experience I've had with a "sick" chicken and I need some advice. I have a GLW that for the last 2 days is staying away from the other birds, she never sits but only stands, has a poopy backside and holds her tail down. We segregated her this afternoon. She immediatly ate...
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    Broody In the winter

    I have read several threads about how to break a broody hen. Well my problem is that I don't have a light place that I can stick her. Also if I lock her out of the coop I lock all the others out as well. I remove any eggs I find on a daily basis. I don't want her to try and hatch them out...
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    winter babies

    I'm not sure where to post this so I'll try here. We are new with chickens and this is our first winter. We have one hen that has become broody and won't leave the favorite nest box. I've been snatching the eggs from under her because I'm afraid if they hatch they won't survive the winter. I...
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    another aging question

    Okay I know there has been several discussion concerning this but I haven't found an answer to my very basic questions! When you age them in the fridge do I cut them up first or leave them whole and break them down later? And additionally do I wrap them up like they will be when they get...
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    Just set date for butchering

    I'm a complete novice at this so I need some help. We have never raised chickens and the time is coming for the first thinning of the flock. We really don't need 8 roo's for 18 hens! So we have set a date to take them to the butchers but I'm not sure on what I need to take with me and what to...
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    Greetings from No. Idaho

    We just moved up here from So. Cal for a much simplier life and started with chickens. We have Golden Laced Wyandottes, Dominiques and Buff Orp's. The ravens like the Dominiques so we've lost a few of them. I've never raised any farm animals and it has been decades since the hubby has. So to...
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