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[Rare Feathers Farm]

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Mine were 9 months.

Over winter or hatched in the spring?
That is one slow growing breed!
But chicks hatched in the spring maybe lay earlier, chicks hatched in the fall call stall laying over winter & begin to lay in the following spring.
They grow slow?
Like a heritage breed should.

That's hatched out in the spring and laying in the late fall....yes, they are extremely slow-growers!

 

[Chickielady]

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he will crow even when it is dark... roosters are silly. My one boy INSISTS that everyone MUST get up with him at 4:30--it had been 3 AM, but no one was listening to him, so he moved wake up time to 4:30. My friend brings hers inside--because she lives in a development--and he gets to crow inside. lol!
good luck!

ALL of mine crow all night, no lights, no street lights , nothing.
They do it to ward off other cocks, I think...cuz they sure do ATTRACT predators when they advertise their presence that way.
Onr cock will crow, then 2 follow, then 3 more will answer.
It is a territorail thing, I think.
Inside their coops at night, you can barely hear them.
Our coops are all insulated.
The Cock-a-phony of crows during the day is yet another story....

 

[Chickielady]

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Over winter or hatched in the spring?
That is one slow growing breed!
But chicks hatched in the spring maybe lay earlier, chicks hatched in the fall call stall laying over winter & begin to lay in the following spring.
They grow slow?
Like a heritage breed should.

That's hatched out in the spring and laying in the late fall....yes, they are extremely slow-growers!

And nice big birds.
This is how heritage birds should be, one of the requirements is that they are slow growing.

And Heather, they are beautiful birds too!!!
One breed I do not have, but have had the pleasure to meet your hens.
OK, I am back out to finish my Buckeye fence!!!

 

[Chickielady]

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Roosters will crow, there's no stopping him. I don't think the light will make a difference. If you are out in the middle of no where, I would think having a rooster would be allowed? Unless the crowing is bothering you. You could close him into the coop at night to help muffle the noise a little. If the sound doesn't bother you, I'd keep him unless the neighbors complain. But if you are allowed to have him where you are, then you can tell the nighbors tough cookies!

Welcome to all the new folks!!!

CL, no worries about the visit tomorrow. Maybe next time!

It looks as if we CAN stop by for a coffa cuppy at afternoon, unless DIY wants me to take him chicks the other way, through Seattle.
Waiting on that decision.
But I really want to see Wyatt!!!

 

[KMHunter]

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Mine were 9 months.

Over winter or hatched in the spring?
That is one slow growing breed!
But chicks hatched in the spring maybe lay earlier, chicks hatched in the fall call stall laying over winter & begin to lay in the following spring.
They grow slow?
Like a heritage breed should.

Hatched this spring. I am not neccessarily in a hurry. Just wondering what others have experienced.

 

[TheReidHomestead]

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Roosters will crow, there's no stopping him. I don't think the light will make a difference. If you are out in the middle of no where, I would think having a rooster would be allowed? Unless the crowing is bothering you. You could close him into the coop at night to help muffle the noise a little. If the sound doesn't bother you, I'd keep him unless the neighbors complain. But if you are allowed to have him where you are, then you can tell the nighbors tough cookies!

Welcome to all the new folks!!!

CL, no worries about the visit tomorrow. Maybe next time!

It looks as if we CAN stop by for a coffa cuppy at afternoon, unless DIY wants me to take him chicks the other way, through Seattle.
Waiting on that decision.
But I really want to see Wyatt!!!

Yeah!!!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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And rule #2 is DO NOT believe all of what RonB says

an surely no chickens that lay them nasty white eggs!!!!

And if you could kindly tell me where ya live I would like to pay a visit to personally welcome ya.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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My neighbor has NO LIGHTS in the coop and thier roo crows at all hours. I think he's scarred of the boogy man.

 

[KMHunter]

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My neighbor has NO LIGHTS in the coop and thier roo crows at all hours. I think he's scarred of the boogy man.

I read that anytime a rooster is disturbed at night they will crow, and obviously if they feel the need to set up an alarm or get territorial during the day, they will. I have also read that if you put them in a dark, quiet(as in as silent as possible) place at night they either don't crow or not very much. Or if it is insulated, then like CL said, you can't really hear them very well. And maybe it won't bother the neighbors. I am going to see how my cockerel does as he gets older and maybe try some of these ideas. We will see, this is all new territory for me too.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Today I captured my 8th swarm of bees in 3 weeks. Well ok so it was the ones that left yesterday and they were on a fence post in my bee yard. It was still a capture. And probably my most unusual. See Just after I got out there and got the hive open and am trying to scoop up wet cold bees it starts pouring rain. Cold wet bees do not move well and when they felt the warmth through my jacket they didn't want to let go. What a challenge trying to work alone and get the bees off where I couldn't see. I did have DW standing on the porch under cover telling me where they were.