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Yes, you can eat the eggs even if they are fertilized. A fertilized egg will have a tiny bulls eye spot, it doesn't affect taste. I'm more concerned about your two roosters and the hens. How many hens do you have? To keep everyone happy you would need at least 20 or so hens, 10 hens per...

What do want to use him for? If he's for pleasure and general trail riding stuff he should be fine. He looks all right to me. I don't think he would do very well at shows. I notice that his neck is very straight, does he have any issues bending and giving to the bit? You might want to work with...

I have a Boston too! He's my little shadow. Aren't they great dogs? In answer to your question, I've used both and prefer pellets. It seems to be much easier for them to eat.

Brahma, any Amish around you? They're amazing. Talented carpenters, reasonable and honest. Look for an Amish guy.

They're a bit young yet for the roosting. They'll start doing that naturally in a few weeks. If you want to put a little short something in the brooder for them to hop up on it won't hurt them. Go ahead and give some treats, it's fun, but take it easy, you want them to fill up on their feed.

I have RSL too and I agree about coloring. Some are deep red, almost brown, and some are light red, some have more white than others. They grow quickly, a pink comb at six weeks is normal. Post some pics but I wouldn't worry.

I am from the city. We moved upstate when the husband retired to have a quiet peaceful life. It's a far far way from Queens!

I agree. Chickens need a flock, at least two. If there are no other chickens, it will pick you to be it's flock, and brother, that's a headache you don't need. Your local feed store probably has chicks, or can get some for you.

Sounds like she's trying out nesting spots, the urge to lay is kicking in. In the absense of anything else (sneezing, discharge, puffed up, etc.) I wouldn't worry. I would, however, confine her to the coop until she knows what the nesting boxes are for.

Be a good neighbor and either fence your yard or keep the chickens contained. It might save their lives too, your neighbor will put up with only so much intrusion and it's a matter of time before they start meeting with "unfortunate accidents" in his yard.

She'll never learn to get along with the other chickens unless you make her. Harsh as it seems, stop taking her into the house. Make her stay in the chicken coop with the other chickens. Put food and water in a few different locations so that she can eat and drink wherever she is chased and let...

Thanks for mentioning Golden Comets and that weird growling sound they make, I thought mine were deranged. It's not like they're aggressive or angry, they growl when something interests them or something happens. Weird deranged chickens.

In St. Johnsville, in Fulton County about an hour west of Albany.

My chickens have mafia gangster names. We have Jimmy the Beak, Fat Tony, Joey Four Toes, Tony Talons, Bobby Pinfeather, Sammy the Scales, Beady-Eyed Bobby, Willie the Worm and the like.

They start laying around 5 months. Watch for the combs turning bright red, and they'll take a real interest in the laying boxes, checking them out, laying and scratching in them. Then you know they're turning into young ladies about to lay.

You have room for more chickens. Go ahead and get the six others you want. There will be drama at first, chickens do not play well with others and for about 2-3 weeks there will be chasing and pecking, so if the new ones are a lot smaller than the other ones keep them separate until they're big...

My youngsters are about 12 weeks old now and are just starting to cluck instead of peep, though they still peep if something scares them.

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My silkies do fine and we live in upstate New York, it can pretty bad up here. If they have shelter from the elements they'll be fine. Puff loves it outside and is the more "outdoorsy" of them all, even when the rest of the flock won't go out because it's nasty, there she is! They're pretty...