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TheRusticRebel

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We moved from the big city up north to a tiny town in the south. Last year we got our first chickens, 6 Rhode Island Reds. This year we added 8 more. This time we got easter eggers. Not the true ones. But they are beauties!

Ive read alot of threads on this board in the last couple years. Im excited to actually join the community!
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Shadrach said:
Hello TheRusticRebel.
Welcome to BYC.
Can I help with your identity crisis. Maybe rebel city mouse, or even rustic chicken (?)
I do like seeing single breed flocks. Why didn't you get more RIRs?
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One reason was i wanted to know which chickens were what age without banding. And also i wanted a blue or green egg layer. But honestly they are so colorful and pretty i wouldnt mind if they all layed brown.

I bought 5 week old pullets from a lady that raises and sells them. She only sells her birds when they get all their feathers and can be outside. She raises several breeds and has been in business for years. Id like to get buff orpington next. If we get any more.
 
Heres a funny story ....so last night I was on a homesteading board ive belonged to for several years. A member posted that a hen had developed "water belly" i freaked out and of course , in my evening flock inspection i noted one of my RIR had a large bulge in her breast, bigger than any other. It kind of floated around , unnaturally in my mind, when she was scratching. I had it in my head it was definitely something to freak about. Googled and came across a BYC thread from 2013.. The girls chicken died, unfortunately, but there were a couple posts explaining the crop being filled with food and emptied overnight. Since my girl was acting normally i resisted the urge to catch her and make her miserable by a close examination...and went to bed.

This morning , when I opened the coop, they all came out and I watched them closely. All normal shape crops.
Even The biggest , most dominate hen, who had the unnatural bulge was slick and lean.

It occured to me that alot of my google searches land me on a BYC thread so I figured I should probably just go ahead and join.
 
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