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    Help me name this pullet!

    I have a bird who looks like her named Evie Jane, so that's my vote. 😂 I also like Agnes.
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    Chicken won't eat or leave nesting box

    She's likely broody.
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    Baby chicks keep dying at alarming rate

    Have you checked your heat plate to make sure it's at an appropriate temperature?
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    Kentucky people

    I'm too far (Rowan Co, and over 3.5 hrs from BG). I hope you're able to find some eggs!
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    Kentucky people

    Are you looking for a specific breed?
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    I could use some breed suggestions or a reality check.

    Look into Speckled Sussex. I have had one hen go broody in three years. Individual bird broodiness will vary, obviously. But they're nothing like my Orpingtons with broodiness.
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    Quarantining new birds that come from the same NPIP etc breeder

    I'm not an expert, but I can tell you that I would not quarantine in that situation.
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    What Knife do younuse to slaughter the birds?

    Victorinox makes great butchering knives. But like any knife, it's only as good as the user's ability to keep it sharp.
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    Aggression?

    I would cull both of the current roosters and raise an all hen flock until next spring. If you definitely need/want a rooster, then add a one into the flock once it is established. Your hens will be older and experienced enough to keep a young Cockerel in line at that point. I've found that if I...
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    Realistic Expectations for a Rooster

    Like others have said, the attitude/behavior is more of an individual trait rather than breed specific. You'll get good and bad from any breed of rooster. I have three Whiting True Blue roosters - two purchased as chicks and one raised on my farm. They are all incredible. But as incredible as...
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    Starting from SCRATCH in Georgia

    Look into Whiting True Blues and Whiting True Greens from Murray McMurray Hatchery. They're overall my favorite hens in my layer flock.
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    Chicken bullying! - Help!

    You may want to approach the situation in the opposite of what you did. If you know which chicken is doing the bullying, isolate that chicken for a period of time. Give it enough time for the pecking order to shift around and then reintroduce and see if that chicken has a better attitude. If...
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    I’ll ask 10 questions, you answer them.

    Currently... 110 🫣🤭😂
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    Kentucky people

    Rowan County here...about 15 minutes north of Morehead and near the Lewis County line. Love it out here - nice and quiet. We currently have 110 chickens, but many of them will be heading to freezer camp in the future. We have a layer flock, a meat flock (currently raising Delaware Broilers)...
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    Does she look like a EE to y’all?

    Looks like a Splash Laced Red Wyandotte. I think most people still call them Blue Laced, but the lace color here looks splash versus blue. I'm definitely not an expert, though, so hold out for other opinions.
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    The Moonshiner's Bootleg "I'll Make You Famous" Hatch-A-Long

    Oooooh! Name one "Otis". Everyone should have a Moony and an Otis. 😂🤣
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    Food restrictions for Cornish cross

    Here is our schedule: Always provide unlimited water. We add Broiler Booster from Murray McMurray. Week 1 - Unlimited Chick Starter Week 2 - Unlimited Chick Starter Week 3 - Transition from Chick Starter to Meat Bird feed through the week. Also start 12 hour feed schedule. We provide food from...
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    Convincing my mom

    As someone with Chronic Pulmonary Histoplasmosis, I can assert that your mom is 100% correct about chickens potentially causing disease. That said, I wouldn't trade my chickens for anything.
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    Adding a Rooster... Later.

    I would 100% recommend that you always add a Cockerel/rooster in with adult hens if it's your first time getting a roo. In the past, we have raised them together, and the boys never learn to behave correctly. All of them went to freezer camp because they all ultimately got mean. The boys that I...
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    Nothing is thriving

    Eastern KY here.... Several years ago, I got a bad batch of compost, and I had similar issues. Thankfully, I had only put it in one raised bed, but it took years to remediate. It might be worth taking a soil sample to your county extension office and seeing if you can get it tested. It's far...
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