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I'm hoping one of you can answer my question. One of our "pullets" turned out to be a roo. We don't need a roo and have had our fair share of mean roos, so we had our vet caponize him. He was caponized between 8-10 weeks of age. He's 6 months old now. Sweet, recently started crowing a lot...

So...my hair is naturally a medium ash brown on the darker side of the spectrum and I thought I would dye it with a demi-permanent to spice it up. I chose a medium auburn, which, on the box, should have come out to a medium-dark auburn brown (again, it's a demi-permanent, so no ammonia or...

I know that a black sex-link is a RIR (or similar) roo crossed with a BR hen. But, does the sex-link work the same way if the roo is a BR? I have a BR roo with our hens including JGs, mottled Javas, buckeyes, RIR, EEs, a white Leghorn, a Delaware, welsummers and BRs. I know that all chicks...

Below is a wonderful article about raising chickens the Greater Los Angeles area. Which leads me to ask, if Los Angeles allows chickens, why can't other cities around the nation? A major metro area ahead of of small suburban communities? http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_18626736?source=rss

I have 9 chicks that were all suppose to be sexed pullets. I get the 90% accuracy and would be fine with 1 male. 5 are from one feed store and 4 are from another. But, two are no doubt males..red combs/pink faces at ~6-8 weeks old. (Delaware and Barred Rock) Another 3 have very pale pink on...

I have had a number of chickens over the years and never had much problem sexing them, but I have two that are confusing me. I bought 5 pullets from the feed store about 4-5 weeks ago. The barred rock is definitely a little boy (red comb and wattles starting the bud, plus he is light...

We have a Faverolle/EE mix hen that is getting beat up by a Jersey Giant hen. The Faverolle mix submits and has now had blood drawn from her neck. The Jersey Giant hen is a little over 2 yrs old and the Faverolle mix is ~1 year old. A couple other birds seem to have started joining in, but...

This past weekend, I gave one of my JGs some chicks (from the feed store). Talk about one happy hen!! One died overnight (we suspect failure to thrive...it hadn't been growing much...no signs of coccidia aside from lethargy). The rest of the chicks are healthy. Do you think she would accept...

For several years, I have been interested in the blood type diet and more recently the genotype diet (a more refined diet based on the blood type diet from the same doctor). I am wondering if any of you have tried either one. Any luck with it? I have read the books and biologically it makes...

Last night, DH got home to find only two of our dogs at the sliding glass door (they are outside when we are not home). He said he had commotion at our house when he was getting mail a the mailbox, but figured they were just excited to hear the car. Casey, our oldest/alpha dog, was in the back...

To start, we recently sold our Honda Insight, but it was still financed. So, we paid off the car at the time of the sale, did the paperwork for the guy who bought it and we are mailing him the title (which we just received in the mail on Friday). With the title, the finance company sent us a...

My dad is getting married. I and his fiancee's daughter are the bridesmaids. I have been tasked with the duty to find a song for her and I to walk down the aisle. I need help!! My dad and I listen to country, classic rock, etc...not sure about his fiancee and her daughter. My dad has been...

Hey all! This thread is intended for those of us in the High Desert area of So. California to get to know each other. Where is the high desert? Traditionally, it is considered south of the Sierra Nevada Range and east of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains and all the way over to the...

DH brought home a new puppy!! His two upper teeth are adult teeth, the rest are puppy teeth still, so we estimate he is 3 months old (adult fangs usually come in ~4 mos old). He definitely has pit bull in him (looks a lot like our pit bull/australian shepherd mix...her parents were purebred)...

We have a Faverolle/EE mix that was born May 23, 2010, so she is ~31 weeks this weekend. She just finally started squatting about 2 weeks ago ...now she squats for us all the time even if we are across the yard from her and barely glance her direction. I have seen her hang around in the...

Long story short, I work out of an office 73 miles from my home (love my job, but love living in the outskirts and won't move to the city (in this case Orange County, CA), so I happily deal with my commute). There is a smaller office closer to home (but really small and not enough work to keep...

It's all Debi's (Debiraymond) fault. I went to her house for her birthday and she got a new kitten. I threatened to sneak her kitty home with me, but she wouldn't let me. Sooooo....I got my own las weekend! We have one adult male cat (who is NOT fond of the new addition). The new one...

I am looking for ~6-8 olive egger hatching eggs.

My mom and ex-stepdad divorced when I was 21, but, while I am closer to my real dad, he raised me since I was 3, so I have stayed in touch (not to mention he is the father of my brother and my sister). Anyway, a couple weeks ago he had a stroke with a seizure. Each time he had a stroke he...

I am looking for about 6-8 eggs each of plymouth rocks (barred preferably, but will consider any non-white plymouth rock) and Jersey Giants (again non-white, so black, splash or blue). Preferably breeder stock. Thanks!!