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three Sexy Sexlinks, one Cuckoo Marans and eight Rhode Island Reds
umHello and welcome to my little corner of the BYC for I acquired three young Sexlinks hens, one Cuckoo Marans, and a young Buff Orpington cross rooster in the summer of 2008. In February 2010, I...
Hi:) I integrated my youngsters with the older flock at 13 weeks and they did just fine! Even the establishment of the pecking order was bloodless, for which I was very thankful!
I experienced much of the same as what you are going through with Jr Roo LOL Fortunately, Rudy, the elder, is a...
Awww, good to know there are some nice "guys" out there;) My BO cross Rudy is an absolute sweetheart! He is very protective of his hens but has never shown aggression to anyone who visits the coop.
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I know what you mean! Rocky, my younger (6 mo.) RIR roo will chase a hen (even one of his sisters ) into the chicken yard from free-ranging and try to mount her. Well no sooner does the hen cry for help when Mr Rudy, the senior BO roo, comes flying as fast as he can--not to the...
from the northwest corner of the state:) By now you have probably found the Washingtonians thread in the Where Am I? section...Gig Harbor is indeed a lovely area--hope you find BYC to be all you'd hoped for and more
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Hi Kristen:) Keeping your younger chicks in a separate cage like you're doing is a wise idea. You are right, there is a notable size difference between the ages! I have eight nearly three month olds that I let out to roam the chicken yard while the four older hens and rooster are out...
from Washington, Koop! Sounds like you have a great place there:) If you haven't done so already, check out the Breeds page here at BYC to get some ideas as to what kind(s) of chickens you may be interested in. And have fun!
from Washington, Fran! As per your question of how soon to eat the eggs/expiration-- you mean they don't come out with little labels on em? I can just tell you what I do with mine--use them within a couple of weeks. My goal is to never have to buy eggs again!
-Jill
WONderful, Heather...and from Washington! Ameraucanas will give you the lovely shades of Easter eggs, which is why they are also nicknamed Easter Eggers or EE's. I will be getting a couple of Ameraucanas from my feed store this next week. I think you should name one of your leghorns...
from the other coast:) And I know South Jersey--went to HS in Absecon, on the mainland across from Atlantic City. I learned to swim in the ocean off Brigantine:)
But really, we're here to talk about chickens,aren't we?! I'm quite familiar with the Red Rover routine you described--LOL...