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    Can you have just one hen?

    She did that broody thing with a couple of eggs in the spring too. But she would come out on occasion then to eat and poop. This time she didn't come out at all for 3 days. I hand fed her and then just said enough and pulled her out and put her in the grass. She started clucking like they...
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    Can you have just one hen?

    I really don't want a slew of new babies going into winter. Just like having only a couple chickens and if she can be ok I would wait until spring to get eggs or new buddies. With just one chicken or two they come in and sleep in a dog crate in the kitchen. Spoiled I know.
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    Can you have just one hen?

    I've had 2 hens for a year now. They were pets really but the eggs are nice too. I lost one...she just died for no reason I could tell. Now I have 1 hen. She comes in the house and visits, chases the cats and dogs and is pretty fiesty. She's a 4 yr. old buff orp. I've had since she was a...
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    Purina or Blueseal?

    I use Purina for my chickens although I like Blue Seal for my goats. I think the chicken I use is Flock Master but I transfer to a barrel and don't have the bag so am not positive. They prefer it to our local mill's feed as well as the Blue Seal.
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    Which one is the lavendar orpington?

    I guess that's why I thought it must be a lavendar because it wasn't black and no one ever says you get a blue out of it. Now the question is who's lavendar split was it? I remember watching it hatch and being so excited it wasn't black. Sure wish I had banded them when they hatched.
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    Which one is the lavendar orpington?

    Well now I'm going to have to rethink spring eggs. I had purchased another dz. of mixed orpingtons from someone else which was suppose to have lav. as well as buff and BBS but the lav's were scrambled when they got here so I threw them all out because the carton was really smelly, but it seems...
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    Which one is the lavendar orpington?

    The tops of both of the girls feet are slate colored but the lighter girl has yellow on the bottoms of her feet which you can see when she walks.
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    Which one is the lavendar orpington?

    Well I love them both and my rooster is BEAUTIFUL. I think he looks like yours TOH. He follows me around the yard and has the best crow for a 4 month old. 1/2 came from you and 1/2 came from Miss Prissy. I got a great hatch and these were what I kept. I didn't want to be overrun just yet...
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    Which one is the lavendar orpington?

    I got a bunch of eggs this spring. One was a lavendar but the rest were BBS. The lavendar hatched but I didn't band it and now I can't tell it from one of the blue hens that hatched at the same time. The only difference is that one of the two hens that both look like they could be the...
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    BBS Orpington Roosters free - Va.

    I'll try to get some taken today and post this evening.
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    BBS Orpington Roosters free - Va.

    We have about 9 roosters from hatchs in April/May to give away. These are from Miss Prissy's and Tuff Old hen's lines. Many are splash and a couple are blue and one black. All are nice, just too many. Just outside of Charlottesville area. Also have a couple of Jersey Giant roosters from...
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    Dog house tractor coop

    Very nice looking and functional too!
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    Chickens in basement for 8 weeks during coldest winter months?

    We did this last year and it was fine. A plus was they got so friendly being carried in and out . On rainy wet days we let them stay in all day too. They actually got so they would wait at the gate to the walk out basement yard and walk in for us through a kennel area to their room. We...
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    hoop house question

    I'm building a hoop house and wondering if there is a reason all the ones I see have the cattle panels attached to the wood base on the outside rather than the inside? Is it just easier or is there a reason to do it that way? I think it would be sturdier done on the inside and look better...
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    BBS Jersey Giant chicks 3 weeks old - central Va.

    11 mostly blue chicks..one is splash and a couple are black from the looks of it. Unsexed. $5 ea. I paid much more for the eggs but am looking at needing to downsize. Pm me if interested.
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    Mini Alpines - central Va.

    He is handsome and I would love to show him but time doesn't allow. Too much to do as usual. They are a cross between the Nigerian Dwarf and an Alpine so about somewhere in the middle for size. They milk about 1/2 to 2/3 as much as the full sized does. They are great for small land...
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    Mini Alpines - central Va.

    I have 3 very well bred mini Alpines for sale. 1 doeling and 2 bucklings. The mother is a ADGA registered French Alpine and has been shown and the father is a AGS registered ND so these guys can be registered with TMGR if you desired to do so. I am asking $125 for the doeling and $75 for the...
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    Goat Milk Ice Cream.....HELP! I must be doing something wrong:-(

    That's just what goats milk ice cream does. I sometimes save cream I've separated for it or buy cream to add. If I don't want to do either of those it's ice milk and I put it in the blender for a minute or so with a little bit more milk and it's back to what it was when I took it out of the...
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    Ducklings getting to big for Plastic Tote?????

    I've used 2 together. I cut part so I can fit them as one and then duct tape it so it makes one big one. I"ve done the same with a kiddie pool.
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    What keeps taking them?

    skunks and weasels both will take the head to drink the blood as that's the part they want and then leave the body.
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