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Giant chickens! How cool! I wish I lived somewhere with a better year round climate. Here in Maine it gets so cold I would hate to have cold chickens and taking care of them in the winter would be awful for them and me.
I love chickens and turkeys so much that I don't like cooking or eating poultry. They're birds, and all birds are Baby Birds!
I raise poultry in Northern Illinois ( sub-zero temps at certain times of year) and while winter has a few challenges, it’s really not that bad. The ducks are the most difficult because they splash water everywhere and then it turns to ice!
How do guinea hens get rid of rodents?
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Birdman14
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That’s a great question!
They are very territory birds and they eat ticks , and other insects. And because their territory they will hunt down small snakes, rats, mice, even wild bird. It’s such as a cardinal crows and if you have a lot of birds they take down things like hawks they’re not even scared of dogs. I guess guinea’s are very brave and hardy birds
My chickens also kill ( and sometimes eat) small snakes, mice etc. and the ducks go after frogs and crayfish in the pond. Poultry and game birds are omnivores and will eat just about anything that fits in their beak!
I think this guy in my yard is looking for poultry.
Is he a juvenile Coopers Hawk or Sharp Shinned Hawk? For scale, the piece of lumber he's sitting on is a 2x8 which makes him pretty small. Im leaning toward juvie Sharp Shinned because hes so small. About 25 feet away is my birdfeeding station and the birds and gray squirrels were ignoring him. I don’t think he get a gray squirrel- they're bigger than he is- He's after the many chipmunks that hang around the lumber pile. He sat there for at least 30 minutes waiting for one to come out but no luck. He comes around frequently (I see him every couple days), and last week I saw him fly off with some small furry or feathered critter in his talons.
I hate to see him take one of our feeder birds but a hawk's got to eat too, I guess. I read that small woodland hawks like this primarily eat songbirds but our birds don't look very worried.
I hate to see him take one of our feeder birds but a hawk's got to eat too, I guess. I read that small woodland hawks like this primarily eat songbirds but our birds don't look very worried.
rheashard2
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Has anyone heard of Easter chicken? One was at vet and laid green eggs.
Yes! Easter Eggers are one of my favorite breeds 
. Many of them also have feather muffs and beards on their faces which is adorable
Here are a couple of my old EE hens and my colorful egg basket with a few green ones
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. Many of them also have feather muffs and beards on their faces which is adorable Here are a couple of my old EE hens and my colorful egg basket with a few green ones
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Yup, I have one. An americauna, my bearded lady who lays blue eggs, and we have an olive egger that lays olive green. So cool!
rheashard2
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Now I have heard everything. I thought it was one of the unfortunate chicks sold Easter. I asked why would someone bring a chicken to the vet. Fried chicken was on my limited mind. I was told she was an Easter chicken and laid green eggs. How many colors are there? Is one hen limited to one color?Yup, I have one. An americauna, my bearded lady who lays blue eggs, and we have an olive egger that lays olive green. So cool!
- Apr 24, 2018
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Baxter the YNA
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Patches the Grand Eclectus, my best friend. RIP
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Pretty much yes. A little variation in the shade, but they're always roughly the same color from each hen. We have a bunch of different chickie ladies, so the eggs are white, brown, various shades of beige, blue, and green. It's fun, and I absolutely can't look at store bought eggs anymore. They don't taste half as good
My family calls ourselves “ egg snobs” because we want nothing to do with store bought eggs 
. Of course, for me it’s not just the taste and nutrition factor. After having chickens and understanding what their physical and psychological needs are, I don’t want to buy eggs from chickens kept indoors in cages their whole lives.
All my green/ blue egg layers keep pretty much the same tint to the shells for their whole lives but each bird lays a slightly different color. Very fun
. Of course, for me it’s not just the taste and nutrition factor. After having chickens and understanding what their physical and psychological needs are, I don’t want to buy eggs from chickens kept indoors in cages their whole lives. All my green/ blue egg layers keep pretty much the same tint to the shells for their whole lives but each bird lays a slightly different color. Very fun
rheashard2
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I've got neighbors who keep chickens for the same reason. I never really gave it much thought.
