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I have too many roosters and poor Leroy just needs a new home. He's almost a year and a half old, no longer the wild n' crazy boy that he was, amorous with the ladies and definitely fertile; one hen is sitting on a second nest that he's fertilized and 9 eggs are ready to hatch any day now. If...

So my flock has dwindled down to 9 chickens, which I consider to be a very manageable size. I have just a few hens that I need help identifying, along with determining what kind of rooster I have. I already know I have a Golden Sebright Hen (she laid her first egg today!!), a Birchen Cochin...

2 cute little guys need a new home. Local pickup only, but I am willing to meet within a reasonable distance.

I have 4 white roosters, probably White Leghorns, that are total terrors and hurting my flock. I catch them standing on top of Fatty, my Cornish X, or beating up my Seabright bantams. Tonight was the last straw when one came after and jumped on me while I was busy catching another one and...

Please post as an auction in the Buy Sell Auction section of the forum, near the bottom of the index page. Thanks.

I have my 17 (well, 16 since one got injured and is inside recooperating ) chickies in the cinder block coop and so far everything is okay, but I'm growing more and more concerned that they're not getting enough daylight. I let them out in the morning when I get up and they have freedom to hang...

I had cockatiels and a parakeet once that *loved* having their ears rubbed, so I tried that tonight with a few of the babies and it seemed to go over well. They didn't shriek in pain or terror, and they seemed to tilt their head and push against my fingers (with closed eyes ), so is it safe to...

So I've been reading about the cleanest, simplest, and most humane way to kill meaties for processing, and I'm wonder if I've come up with a good idea. Got the idea to get some non-stretch fabric, like muslin (or even a premade muslin bag), add a drawstring at the open end and a small hole for...

My dad picked up 4 of these little chicks Wednesday from a small feed store in my hometown. He specifically told the employees I didn't want meaties and they told him these are called White Egg Layers. I can't find any information about what breed they could be, but I have a sneaking suspicion...

My house was built sometime around the 40s, though quite possibly before then, and because my grandparents used to keep and slaughter their own livestock, they also built a smokehouse right next to the main house. The majority of the smokehouse is just used for storage now, but I recently...

NOTE: Many apologies if this is in the wrong area. Please feel free to move as necessary. I can't stand the idea of having to butcher him/her in a few months. Would love to trade for a non-meat chick, but am willing to just give him a new home if no trade is available.

I'm new to all of this. As in, I've been considering "a few" chickens for some years and only recently decided to bite the bullet and buy some chicks. I started with six - the minimum from TSC. I was happy with the idea of six. Well, sadly, one passed the next morning, so i became happy with the...

Hit up TSC today and purchased 6 chicks. I got 1 Bantam with fuzzy legs (the cutest and loudest of the bunch), 1 Cornish Rock (sadly, just read a post that talks about how those are meat birds ), 2 dark "specialty" chicks (one has yellow fluff on top of his/her head and the other is almost...