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    Managing my flock: Rooster choice

    Hi there! I have a small flock (so far) of 9 hens that are a year old in April/May: 4 RIR, 2 Comets, 1 Buff Orpington and 2 Americaunas. In searching Craigslist for a rooster, I have narrowed it down to 2 choices: a 2 year old black Sumatra who's lost his place as top rooster and needs a...
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    Looking for a sweet deal on a roo...Maine

    And by sweet deal, I mean friendly and free! Just thinking there is someone on here who may need to find a home for that extra roo? He will be free-range by day (though they do hang 'round the house in case we throw anything), and locked up in the coop by night. He will have 8 or 9...
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    Wanted: 6-12 fertile eggs for my broody hen in Maine

    I need these quick and am hoping there is someone on here who is local that could hook me up. My rooster was killed and my hen went broody 3 or so weeks later. She's a great mom, but unfortunately, the 10 eggs she is sitting on do not appear to be fertilized. Get ahold of me with what you have...
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    Broody Again after hatching chicks in May???

    My sweet hen hatched all 8 of her eggs last May, only to have some nasty creature dig it's way into the barn and eat everyone at two weeks old (they were SO cute!). The predator also ate 3 older chicks I had purchased, leaving me with my Momma hen, one older chick, and one rooster. A few weeks...
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    First chick hatching and have urgent question!

    I have a broody hen sitting on about 7 eggs. I say "about" because we started with 11 and some have...disappeared. Anyway - today is day 21 and I went out there to find she had pushed one egg out of the nest. It was still fine - though cold - so I put it back. When I lifted her to put it...
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