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Is this considered your glorious return?

My first pen has some 6 year old girls in it. Some left from my first two years raising them. All the other pens are rolled over for breeding, but pen 1 is family

there is a chicken joke about what a gay rooster says when it crows, but I would hate for Steve to have to give me warning points after all we have been through...

Yeah, after I posted that I saw how it could be read.I've had a hen that crowed. It's freaky. Makes them sound Lebanese..

Blue ribbon at the county fair this year My favorite chickens ever. Very docile, roosters are awesome flock protectors, but not aggressive, and they lay those gorgeous eggs Pulletzer... lol

I was just teasing. With the right mix of breeds you can save money on dye

The black coppers are the only eggs that taste noticeably different. Very rich yolks with extra thick whites

Who dyes eggs?

Remember those black copper eggs I told you about?

Maybe a little Thanks

That's the best part of breeding, there's always chicks around I hatch at least a few year round, but my busy season is starting now, and I will be hatching every week or so until the weather hits about 90. Chickens are extremely relaxing. I like to hang out at the pens after a stressful day at work and just watch them. They don't have a care in the world, they are just content creatures.

If by "late" you mean post 1997, then I don't blame you for discussing the merits of the local plumbing Speaking of football, PSU was robbed by the Playoff selection committee. I don't think they wanted to play Clemson, either, but how do you send the team that lost to the conference champ ahead of the conference champ? It was fun watching the rout of the Buckeyes, though

Combine two and face your fears. You haven't lived until you've milked a cat

I'd love to free range mine, but opossums, coyotes, foxes, feral cats, dogs, hawks, raccoons, snakes, lions, tigers, and bears... Oh my

Once my customers get hooked on a real yolk with thick whites, they get mad at me in the winter when they have to go back to the watery store boughts. I've heard duck eggs are the best for baking

If this is like the other forums I frequent, eventually everything will be blamed on a former president Plenty to talk about here. Feeding, hatching, incubators, breeds, hatchery vs breeder quality, heck, I even heard that y'all have a problem with water freezing up there

I come to the landfill to take a break It started as a hobby, and it's still a hobby, but chick and egg sales almost break even with the cost of feed, so it's a self sustaining hobby

Ok, some of you know I found this forum after the landfill collapse. I've made some new friends here, and the one thing I know better than landfills is chickens. Seems like a few of you guys have them, too, so let's hear what you have. I started with 4 Buff Orpington chicks in 2010. They just looked so cute at the feed store when we were buying our garden seeds. My wife and I just really enjoyed raising them. Fast forward to now, and I have 6 pens, 2 incubators, 4 brooders, and somewhere between 100-130 birds depending on what time of year it is. We breed Easter Eggers, Cuckoo Marans, and Silkies as pets and layers, and we breed some of the best Black Copper Marans in SC for eggs and for show. Who else has chickens?

Seeing as how I rarely associate with anyone above the Mason/Dixon line, I just did a quick search of the word "chickens" to see if anyone had any. I've had chickens for 7 yesrs, have been breeding black copper marans and Ameraucanas for 3. It's the most rewarding hobby I've ever had, and I'm pretty well breaking even by selling eggs and chicks. I have a little over 100 birds