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    how far is to far to drive to obtain a bird

    Chicken math style division gives us this - 3 hours, 6 chickens = 30 minutes per chicken. Absolutely reasonable.
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    how far is to far to drive to obtain a bird

    I've driven almost 2 hours, but I am in a rather remote area.
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    Hawk got one girl, noticed blood on poop board

    I know this is an old post, but just in case someone comes across it while looking for information - I had to give an injured rooster antibiotics and followed someone's suggestion to use coconut oil. Mix the antibiotic powder into about 1/2 teaspoon of coconut oil. Then put that mixture into a...
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    Changed food 12 days ago (11/9) and ZERO eggs as of today / Plus one loss to a predator

    At first I thought maybe you have an egg thief, but then I went back to your original post and see that you have 16 hens. That would eliminate an egg thief. Someone suggested it's seasonal but you're in North Florida so I doubt that has anything to do with it. I'm is Southern Texas and my hens...
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    Pros and Cons of Roosters

    Thank you. He was. I've had multiple roosters which were great, including the cockerel stage. I only had 2 bad roosters. I have only a single rooster right now and I am not too pleased with him. I will give him a bit more time, but I do have two 6 week old cockerels who come from a great...
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    Pros and Cons of Roosters

    So I just lost a great rooster few weeks ago. He lived with only 2 hens in one of two coops in the backyard. He lost his life protecting the girls after a fox got into the backyard. What I notice after he is gone is that his girls lost a leader. When he was alive, they would be in the coop...
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    Eggs what do you do if they are dirty and how dirty is acceptable? Maybe you could show me your eggs you collect?

    I wash dirty eggs. I fill my sink with warm water, put the eggs in for a minute or two and then run warm water in the other sink and use my thumbs to clean the eggs under the running water. Then I put the egg on a towel or paper towel as I start on the next egg. I let them air dry a few minutes...
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    Help Identify Gender

    Thanks. I guess no need to doubt my decision to dispatching that possum.
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    Help Identify Gender

    Possum took your chicken? Sorry to hear that. Do you have proof? I am not doubting. It just that many people say that possums do not kill chickens. Few years ago, an animal killed one of my hens and then a couple of weeks later a possum was spotted inside their coop. I dispatched it with a...
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    What mix and gender is my chick?

    That is a really great explanation and also very clear. Thank you.
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    Help Identify Gender

    So, it's been over 3 weeks since the predictions were made. Do you have any indication yet as to which are male and which female?
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    What mix and gender is my chick?

    Thank you NatJ and apologies to Homo sapien if I hijacked your thread. However, I do think that it is pertinent to your original question and perhaps NatJ can enlighten both of us with an answer to it. (I am very curious).
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    What mix and gender is my chick?

    Apparently, a barred rooster with a single barred gene can produce a none barred offspring. That would solve my question above. It may also be a clue as to how your girl got labeled as barred rock. Their rooster, like mine, is not a pure barred rock.
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    What mix and gender is my chick?

    If a barred rooster always passes on the barring, how did I get my black hen? There were 3 hens and 1 rooster in my flock and yet I got a black hen out of the mating.
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    What mix and gender is my chick?

    Here are photos of my black girl, that reminds me of your pullet. She is fully grown. Does she look to you similar?
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