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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: hayguyman]
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Meh, I don't plan on eating them.  Chickens cheap enough and the store that I wouldn't bother doing it myself.


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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: hayguyman]
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Can't you have hens without having a rooster? I just want the eggs mostly.


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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: Kada]
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Can't you have hens without having a rooster? I just want the eggs mostly.


Just get 2 good chooks and you will have more then enough eggs.

I dunno how much you guys eat, but 2 chooks will give you a solid 14 eggs per week at least.

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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: hayguyman]
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hayguyman said:
Oh yea, DONT NAME THEM, cause you'll start to get all mushy when the time comes to chop their head oft


As much as I love the taste of chicken, I think I'd just keep them around for the eggs, rather than slaughtering them and having to buy new ones.


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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: Silversoul]
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rather than slaughtering them and having to buy new ones.


If you start breeding, you never eat your original egg layers.

My roasters were organic, a full 30 weeks slow grown.

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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: Chubba]
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I don't think I'd end up getting a rooster.  I doubt my neighbors would appreciate the noise.


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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: Silversoul]
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they will lay with or without a rooster.

Chubba, did you ever have to caponize any of them or were they all hens?


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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: Epilson Lyrae]
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Iv raised chickens and there pretty cool easy animals. I say go for it :thumbup: I grew up around animals like chickens and shit and I think it was great fun.


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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: 2Cents]
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chickens lay eggs without fuckking a rooster?

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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: druqs]
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mycelismymind said:
chickens lay eggs without fuckking a rooster?


yes


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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: 2Cents]
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so do those eggs not hatch or something?

i'm confused.

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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: druqs]
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mycelismymind said:
so do those eggs not hatch or something?

i'm confused.


The eggs wont hatch because they are only empty eggs and no embryo so they would just go bad if someone doesn't eat them.


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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: 2Cents]
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seems wasteful of a chickens to keep laying if its just poopin' out duds,

but biology, of course, is mad.

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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: druqs]
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I have chickens and turkeys or at least had till like a month ago, damn coyotes killed them. I ve only  got 3 left now.  had 15 chickens and 3 turkeys.


But all in all they have to be the easiest damn creatures to take care of. just get them a coop with a heat lamp in it to keep them warm buy a few bags of chicken scratch. and then all you have to do is make sure that they have food and water.

How bigs your property?


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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: lovi]
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o and if you have small kids dont get a rooster theyre fucking vicious. Mine would run all the way across my pasture just to attack people ( he'd chase you and fly up and try to scratch your face and shit) One time i fell on the ground and it ran at me so i picked up a metal pole and hit it like 6 ft i thought it died (was limp for like a day) but sure enough the fucker was back the next day.


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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: lovi]
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Yeah, no roosters.  3 year old and rooster = bad i think.

i have 1 acre, so I'm not planning on having a huge batch.  Just enough to give me a dozen or so eggs a week and if I ended up with a few extra to give away.


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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: ShockValue]
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get like 5 then anything less then that they just look lonely and get a turkey for thanksgiving itll just run around with the chickens


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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: lovi]
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You don't need a rooster and yes they can be a little vicious.  The rooster's job is to protect the flock and if it sees a child or  a neighbor as an invader it will go after them.  And , they can peck really hard.
Hens don't lay an egg a day.  Some of the commercial breeds get close but even they fall short of 365 a year, that is why there is all the cheap chicken in the stores.
There are some great web sides that have  a ton of info. You can order through the mail.  Try Mc Murray hatchery, I got my Brahmas from them.
They are a nice docile breed.  You can make quite the pet of  a chicken if you handle it  a lot when it is little.  You might think about getting some silkies for your kids.  They are great pets and lay eggs and are about the best brooders.  They come in a few colors and look great pecking around the yard.
You absolutely need to make a run and coop before you get your birds.  Hawks, dogs, racoons, mink ( the worst) and even domestic cats can kill chickens.  My run and coop is wired all six sides because I am close to the water and get mink around.
It is a lot of fun and great for the family.

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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: loggin shrooms]
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The black Australorps i had were bred to be egg layers, and like i said, it was safe to count on 2-4 eggs a day, 6 days per week from every chicken in the warmer parts of the year.

However, their laying viability drops as they age (3 years+, i've read.)


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Re: Anyone raise chickens? [Re: loggin shrooms]
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Yeah I would def get everything all set before I ordered the chicks.  We have Eagles, dogs, racoons and cats around.  Don't think I've ever seen a mink except on the back of a rich old blue blood :smile:


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