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    Trimming a Polish's crest?

    I have a plastic net over the whole yard so hawks can't get my young chickens. I have a couple of Crevecours and I don't think they are able to see well, so I am considering a crest-cut. I have never done it before and I am nervous about doing it.
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    Buff Orpington or Buff Rock?

    I have several buff rocks at present. They are beautiful and decent layers. I got them from Ideal Hatchery in Texas. The females are terrific, the males are strange.
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    Buff Orpington or Buff Rock?

    Looks like you have one of each. Buff Wyandottes are lovely too. Buff feathers, yellow legs, rose comb.
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    Buff Wyandottes

    I do. Her name is Katherine. Can you tell me how to post it here. I have it on my phone and my computer.
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    Buff Wyandottes

    I see very little interest in Buff Wyandottes. I think they are beautiful birds that should be kept as an extant breed. I had a few, but only one right now. A problem that I noticed in some was the point of the rose comb going up rather than down to follow the head. They are not the best...
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    Minorca thread!

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    Minorca thread!

    I didn't know there was a Minorca facebook group. I will have to look for it. I love Minorcas.
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    Minorca thread!

    Wow, I had some black Minorcas from Tommy Stanley. They were beautiful, big with nice combs. My male, Charlemagne, won Champion Mediterranean at the Sussex show some years ago. I wish I still had them. Good black Minorcas are difficult to find.
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    Aggressive Rooster - Best Rooster Breed

    I have had myriad roosters. Some have been the nicest birds and others have been human aggressive. I had to re-home 2 of them because they went after my daughter when she was little. I would not kill a chicken any more than I would kill a dog or cat. There doesn't seem to be a rhyme or...
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    Aggressive Rooster - Best Rooster Breed

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    Comment by 'Richie' in item 'Rhode Island Red'

    Sorry, I didn't realize that. I thought it was about roosters and their personalities. I could see where it would be confusing
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    Review by '' on item 'Rhode Island Red'

    I think that birds vary greatly, as far as personality is concerned. I have known many Rhode Island Reds, hens and roosters, and I have never known an aggressive one. I have had many, many New Hampshires and there too, they were always nice until I did get one aggressive male, but he wasn't...
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    Sterile Rooster

    I have a New Hampshire rooster. He lives with 2 New Hampshire hens. They are really quality standard New Hampshires and I wanted to breed them. I tried 3 clutches, 2 under hens and one in an incubator. Nothing hatched and it seems that nothing was fertile. I had never heard of a rooster...
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    New Hampshire Breed Thread

    That is a good looking male New Hampshire. I don't really see where his color is off, maybe a drop light, but really nice. At least, that is my opinion.
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    New Hampshire Breed Thread

    New Hampshires (called New Hampshire Reds in England) are and always have been my favorite breed. They are beautiful, long lived, lay lots of large eggs, and can be very human friendly. I had one named Gladys, who acted like a dog. She could have been two fields away and when you called her...
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    Heritage Breed Producing Good Number Of White Eggs

    Black Minorcas,and light brown leghorns are excellent layers of large white eggs.
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    Comment by 'Richie' in item 'Jersey Giant'

    Chickens can live a lot more than five years..don't worry about that. I, too, totally prefer a broody hen to an incubator. The hens take such great care of the chicks too.
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    Comment by 'Richie' in item 'Jersey Giant'

    I have had New Hampshires, wyandottes and silver grey dorkings sit. I also had a buff rock who was a good broody hen. It seems to depend on the breed and on the individual chicken as to whether or not she sits. My best broody hen to date was a black wyandotte. My friend had a brown leghorn...
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    Comment by 'Richie' in item 'Jersey Giant'

    Jersey giants are nice birds; I have a well bred blue male and a commerically bred (from a commericial hatchery) black female. The female, one of a few I bought several years ago, is very small for a giant, actually all the commericial birds were. I am not sure why that is but the chickens I...
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    Doug Akers Breeder

    I just saw a picture of a black Minorca cockeral, belonging to Doug Akers, in the Poultry Press. What a beauty. I love that breed.
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