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Okay then . My sister lives in Oregon, so that makes me a sort of family member type (hehe!) coming to visit again in June - hoping to retire there one day . . .

X2. IF the information is unconfirmed, do not spread it. This goes for anything negative about a breeder. You need to have seen or experienced it yourself, before publicizing the information. As Matt says, MG is present in most free range flocks, even if only as carriers. Since most of us...

The cycle for "most' chickens is 25 hours, so they will usually lay an hour later each day, then stop when it gets dusk, so miss a day. Of course, this is just a general rule - some birds are more regular, like leghorns, and others won't lay more than a couple of eggs per week. Not much you can...

I read the pdf and I believe these are commercial birds. They trim the beaks, which I think is cruel. I think these are for big commercial farms that have caged birds. I'm not going to buy them. While I do eat birds I raise, they are all humanely treated. I'm just not into supporting outfits...

Did you raise them to adulthood for breeders, or just as meaties? We raised 45 last spring up to age 6 weeks then slaughtered. They were tender and meaty, but I prefer a fuller flavoured bird. Something at 16-24 weeks, while not as tender, has more flavour. The meaties (CornishX) didn't free...

I lost two birds yesterday - not sure what happened. A Dorking cockerel was in the feed house and I think he may have been trampled by the ducks. But, there were feathers all over the place so it may have been a hawk strike, and he just went in the food house to hide. The other, a JG pullet, was...

This is called "muscle memory". The patterns we make with our fingers get "programmed" and they keep that information (well, it's really in the brain) so it's repeatable. It's like playing an instrument - after a while, the hands remember how better than the brain remembers. There's a big...

Well, why not try a blog! That way you can actually see your progress on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Writing classes would be good too. And writing about what happened would be very cathartic perhaps. Although perhaps reliving it wouldn't be so good. If it was me, I'd want to forget the...

I won't block someone's posts over poor punctuation, only for offensive behaviour, so I shan't block you. I'm so sorry you got shot in the head - you are very lucky to be alive so spelling and stuff is way beyond what I could imagine.

I hope this isn't taken the wrong way, but it would be a lot easier to read and understand your posts if you used commas, caps when appropriate and periods at the ends of sentences.

I quite agree with your sentiments. It must be very difficult and frustrating to go through all that. Having said that though, we still need to reign in our emotions when posting on a public forum. As we were growing up, we should have learned how to deal with frustrating times, anger...

True Aruacanas have ear tufts - lack of them is a DQ in the show ring. However, since they are a lethal gene, breeding can be problematic. I'm sticking to Ameraucanas, for my blue eggs!

did you know that it's illegal in Vermont for a woman to wear false teeth without her husbands permission? and in England, you may only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls after midnight and in PA, It is illegal to have sex with a truck driver inside a toll...