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

    This is not always true. Bio diesel is just animal fat or plant oil based fuel that has been reacted to form a fuel that is compatible with standard diesel engines. You can run converted diesel engines on pure vegetable oil. However, you can take that same vegetable oil and process it with...
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    When I was in engineering school, we had to take a technical communications class that emphasized research and finding credible sources. For the final project, one of the students downloaded wikipedia entries on topics in science and engineering, and the corresponding entries in "paid"...
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    Getting in the coop

    Lock them into the coop for a few days so they know that it is "home". I did that, and they now go onto the perches right at dusk. All I have to do is lock the door!
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    So I learned one thing: Don't use caulking around the PVC. It is apparently a chicken delicacy :p
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    Mislabelled red stars?

    Getting big! They are also starting to have spotting on their necks.
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    Chickens in proximity of termite treatment

    So, I just finished replacing the sill plate on my whole barn due to subterranean termites. I called in a pest service to take a look at putting down Termador (fipronil) to kill the colony and prevent re-infestation. The problem is that the chicken run shares one wall with the barn, and...
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    Hen or Roo?

    Marmalade is definitely a female, as red stars are sex links. If she was male, her feathers would be white.
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    Mislabelled red stars?

    Do you think i'm out of danger as far as sex is concerned? I know some breeds (Like EE) are tough to tell for a while. None of mine are developing a comb or wattles. They are just about 7 weeks old and are already fully feathered and out in the coop.
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    Can Rain Hurt my 6 Week Olds?

    Mine are about the same age and are in their coop with free access to the pen. When it rains, they go inside until it stops :)
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    Mislabelled red stars?

    Thanks! It was my first try, but they seem to like it :) I'm sure yours will be great. Half of the fun is in the construction anyway! Here is a better picture:
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    I never knew there were such strong feelings against brown eggs in the rest of the country! Here in the northeast, the white eggs are the "weird" ones :)
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    Mislabelled red stars?

    Morning ladies
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    Mislabelled red stars?

    Some more pictures... Any clue on gender?
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    Mislabelled red stars?

    Looks like we have group 1 to group 3 crosses. I wonder what the final bird will look like, especially because none of mine have any white :)
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    Mislabelled red stars?

    Wow, they look just like mine. You even have two with darker coloring and one with lighter! Maybe they really are some sort of red sex links, I suppose time will tell.
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    Mislabelled red stars?

    Have you had any more luck determining breed?
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    Chicky Momma Adventures

    Glad to hear it!
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    Mislabelled red stars?

    Not sure. I got them from a third party, who had gotten them from a hatchery or breeder. There is a definite difference in growth between the birds. One has much more feathering than the other two. Here are some updated images. Anything stand out that can help with gender? The birds...
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    Mislabelled red stars?

    The largest one is developing nice reddish feathers on her chest
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    Sold as Cinnamon Queens but what ARE THEY??? Better pics

    Looks familiar :) https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/875942/mislabelled-red-stars
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