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    Which girls are which?

    I will have had chickens for 3 years this coming may. The original coop is 6x10' walled with a concrete floor, that being part of a covered 12x20' fenced area for days they don't get to free range (1or 2 days a week max). Btw there are 22 girls with a cochin roo that stays as far away from me as...
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    Need how-to advice

    I'm interested in hatching chicks from eggs my girls lay. Is this something I can do? I'm new to all this (hence the name) but want to be able to raise new from the old. I have time and space, what do I need to do to have more full grown birds?
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    pic heavy bantam I.d.

    I bought these banties from orschelns, they are close to 2 months old. I believe there to be 2 different breeds, with the larger (ha) birds split between cockrels and pullets. The smaller girl almost looks like a starling and the bigger ones all have hairy feet. By the way those baby roos seem...
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    eggs!

    Fresh eggs! I have 14 reds and 4 easter eggers and only 4 guineas now that the dog is under control and they have started laying. The chickens were born at the first of june and the guineas the second week of july and I believe each breed has given eggs. There has been maybe a dozen from the...
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    guinea colors?

    Can someone explain the different colors of guineas? I have one snow white, 6 light grey, 4 dark and striped with white necks and 4 dark striped with dark necks. Ill post pictures tomorrow when I get a better signal reception. Is there any charasteristic differences between the colors?
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    Cochin rooster

    I put a few pictures of a mystery bird I got with the rest of the girls in another thread. It seems it is a cochin cockrel (so far) and I wasn't planning on having a rooster. What can I expect and is there anything I should do different with him? Sweetheart has a 6 year old very curious son and...
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    feisty girl (?)

    I'm new to the chicken game. My girls are a month and a half old and the people I got them from had a deal of a few bucks for another bird, so I said what the hey. 14 (started at 15 but there was a loose puppy/chicken under foot incident) rhode island reds, 5 easter egg hens and this one. My...
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    Fresh keets

    I am getting couple day old guineas on wednesday. From what I understand they need help getting their first drink and my chick starter food won't work, they need game bird starter. Do they need any type of grit? My starter box is 2 feet tall, is that enough to keep them in until they go in the...
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    NE Kansas chick farmer

    Hello everyone. First of all thank you for making this site. I'm the first in my family since the grandparents to have chickens in the yard and let me tell you advice is appreciated. My grandmother volunteers the basics but it wasn't exactly a hobby when she had them and I don't want to ask too...
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