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  1. hwxeper

    Best Dual Purpose Breeds?

    If your winters are really cold stick with peacombed breeds. I live in East TN, midway between Knoxville and Chattanooga. The coldest it gets here are a few rare nights in the teens but for most of the winter it stays between 30 and 40 degrees. Sometimes we get all four seasons in one day...
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    Best Dual Purpose Breeds?

    Quote: I know absolutely nothing about Buckeyes other than they are very rare.
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    Best Dual Purpose Breeds?

    Do birds of a feather flock together? I was told that if you had a "mixed flock" you would inevitably get crosses. I am leaning strongly towards Delawares and Cochins. I like Partridge Cochins and Blue Cochins. Definitely want a standard bird. Too many hawks around that would just love to scoop...
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    Best Dual Purpose Breeds?

    I have been considering Delaware's and I can find a breeder near me. All descriptions have said they are exactly what I have been looking for. And I do like the white coloring, stout body, and general plump-ness of them. I hear they have pretty good temperments. I want a nice chicken! However, I...
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    Best Dual Purpose Breeds?

    I have been reading books and researching chickens for a while now and am having a difficult time figuring out what breed(s) would be right for me. I need a dual purpose bird(s) that lays a decent amount of eggs, makes a good meat bird, cold hardy, is good at foraging, and one that can go...
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    Raising Chickens to Show and Starting Lineages

    And what does sex-linked mean?
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    Raising Chickens to Show and Starting Lineages

    Where should someone start reading for information reguarding chicken genetics and showing? I want to learn what it takes to breed a line of chickens to the standard and show them - but most importantly I want to have quality representations of a breed (or breeds) for years down the road. I hear...
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    Hatching and Raising Chicks Under a Hen

    No, no! You have been a great help. I think one of the best ideas I have had would be to house the roos individually in small coops and runs big enough for the roo and 5 to 6 hens at a time and cycle the hens through and let the others free range. I would just have one big coop for all of my...
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    Hatching and Raising Chicks Under a Hen

    Quote: Oh no problem at all! Thanks for your help!
  10. hwxeper

    Hatching and Raising Chicks Under a Hen

    Quote: BTW, great pics! Thanks! Your hen is gorgeous!
  11. hwxeper

    Hatching and Raising Chicks Under a Hen

    Great information guys! Thanks so much! Maybe I am making this harder than it should be. But I want to make sure I get everything right. So here's my next round of questions. Now none of this is set in stone, because I haven't a single chicken to my name, yet, and haven't set aside any large...
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    Hatching and Raising Chicks Under a Hen

    I have seen tons of posts about using an incubator to hatch out eggs, but not very many informative posts on letting nature work its magic and letting the hen be the mother. When a hen goes broody and starts setting on eggs, do you need to move her and the eggs to a seperate pen to hatch and...
  13. hwxeper

    building a chicken "grass salad bar" in the run.

    How long would you say is "awhile"? Are we talking days, weeks or months? And what do you mean by "burn"?
  14. hwxeper

    Chicken tractor/cold climate

    Would there not be an issue of the chickens getting stressed out being moved twice a year from a tractor to a more permanent over-winter coop and vice verse? I live in East Tn and the coldest it ever gets in the winter is commonly in the teens and very rarely in the single digits. I would prefer...
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    hwxeper Introduction

    Thanks! Looking forward to seeing you guys in the forum!
  16. hwxeper

    Mixed Flock and Roos

    Thanks for all the thoughtful replies! It makes alot more sense now. Chicken paradise is getting clearer and clearer
  17. hwxeper

    building a chicken "grass salad bar" in the run.

    Is it ok to place bantams in a tractor? I thought because they are smaller they may adjust better to the confines of a tractor versus a standard breed. I don't want to get too-far off the topic of the original thread, so what else does everyone give their chickens for greens? I remember seeing...
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    building a chicken "grass salad bar" in the run.

    Do any of you guys have one main coop and run and also use chicken tractors? Do you keep the chickens you use in your tractors seperate from those in the main run/coop? Or do you switch them out sometimes? What do you do for the tractors in the winter when it snows or gets really cold? I saw...
  19. hwxeper

    Mixed Flock and Roos

    Thanks! I am not as slow as some of my questions might lead one to believe! Just starting from scratch. What about keeping bantam breeds with standard ones? Is that a no-no?
  20. hwxeper

    "Heritage" Breeds?

    What exactly denotes a "heritage" breed of chicken? I have heard some breeds, such as Dominiques, refered to as "heritage" and I don't really know what sets a heritage breed apart from any other breed. What are the "heritage" breeds? What are their general characteristics? Do they need any...
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