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Rural/Farm Life

Vanje

(9,766 posts)

5. Female ones!

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Sun Dec 18, 2011, 02:33 PM

Dec 2011

The males, though charming and beautiful, are noisy and are not good egg producers.

If you start your chickens as day-olds, select sex-link kind. These are guaranteed to be hens.
The sex-link breeds are good all purpose durable family laying hens.

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what kind of chickens should i get? [View all] mopinko Dec 2011 OP

If you want less noise, don't get a rooster. LWolf Dec 2011 #1

well, i was hoping for a little egg money. mopinko Dec 2011 #2

No problem mixing breeds. LWolf Dec 2011 #3

I have Rhode Island Reds and ISA Browns. Denninmi Dec 2011 #4

I've never heard of ISA Browns. LWolf Dec 2011 #16

Buff Orpingtons, Australorps, and Brahmas Vanje Dec 2011 #6

Buff Orphingtons are great mattvermont Dec 2011 #10

Wyandottes are beautiful, LWolf Dec 2011 #17

Female ones! Vanje Dec 2011 #5

For a pet chicken...... Vanje Dec 2011 #7

i'm more- the biggest, baddest chicken is my friend- type mopinko Dec 2011 #11

Geese are sort of like bad dogs. They need the bonding EFerrari Dec 2011 #15

Roasted? With rosemary? Scuba Dec 2011 #8

Boneless! Dead_Parrot Dec 2011 #9

man i miss the far side mopinko Dec 2011 #13

I like this site: EFerrari Dec 2011 #12

pretty fun mopinko Dec 2011 #14

My chickens make me happy! Vanje Dec 2011 #19

Always got good chickens from Murray McMurray Agony Dec 2011 #18

I will 2nd that handmade34 Dec 2011 #20