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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    I overheard this last spring at a TSC. A woman buying pullets asked how they get only one sex in a bin. The TSC employee told her that the hatchery hatched only females one day and would hatch males on another.
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    My Fingers are Thawing...

    Welcome to BYC. Chickens are addictive :)
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    Run and mud

    I used pine shavings. I'm in Michigan and it is wet more often than not. I am pleased with the results. It also gives the chickens something to scratch around in.
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    What's your coop/free range area? Post pictures!

    Thanks. I wish i had better pics. That one was taken with my phone.
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    What's your coop/free range area? Post pictures!

    we have 2 acres and the chickens free range from 11 am till dark.
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    Something got into my coop last night! what could it be?

    I also had four other ducks in the pen at the time.
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    Something got into my coop last night! what could it be?

    Racoons eat the head neck and crop and leave the rest. I had that happen to one of my ducks. Sorry.
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    Malpositioned chick, looking for advice

    Thats good. Even three out of four is a victory in my opinion. Good luck on the last one.
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    Malpositioned chick, looking for advice

    I recently had a chick that had the same problem. I completly removed the shell where the air cell was. I kept the membrane moist and pulled some membrane away but stopped where i could see blood vessels. The chick had a leg over its head and could not zip the shell. It made a large hole and the...
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    Cockerels are sexually immature male chickens. Pullets are sexually immature female chickens. Roosters are sexually mature male chickens. Hens are sexually mature female chickens. edit for spelling.
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    What can I plant to vine up my run?

    I am also intrested in this. I was going to plant sunflowers on the south face of my run this year, but a perenial would be better.
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    Consistently thin egg shells in 2 year old hen

    Is she on a layer feed ration? Do you have hard bottom nest boxes? Maybe add more nesting materials if you are getting cracked eggs.
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    My brother inlaw and his wife were visiting. I was packing up a fresh dozen eggs and asked if they wanted them. They said Nooo. They couldnt eat brown eggs that came from chickens in my backyard. We had some store bought white eggs that had been in the fridge for a couple of weeks. So I asked...
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    Chicken "mutt" club!!!

    Daddy was a Brahma and mommy was a red sexlink.
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    Can you eat fertile eggs?

    I set seven eggs from four hens that were laid over two days. One of them was infertile. I have heard that about them being fertile for so many days, but in my experience the more the they are together the better the fertility rate.
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    Can you eat fertile eggs?

    I was born in 1980, so yeah that went over my head :). What you said made me think of the movie Twins. They have an Arnold and Danny thing going on. The little guy acts like he is twice as big as the big one. He has a lot of attitude for a little bird. WWhat
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    Can you eat fertile eggs?

    You will know when the roo wants to start breeding by the noise. The roo will try to grab a hen anyway he can. This usually upsets the hen quite a bit. With some practise your roo will get the hang of it.
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    Can you eat fertile eggs?

    My big roo doesn't try to breed with my bantams. My bantam roos do breed with my standard hens though.
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    Can you eat fertile eggs?

    Love that hairdo ArtGirl. Looks like he has some attitude.
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    Can you eat fertile eggs?

    I am not sure. I got the eggs from a coworker and threw them in the bator. I got two black cochin roos, one cochin hen, one hen i am not sure of, and big baby.
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