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 Best chickens for eggs
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10/08/17 01:17 PM
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skankysally
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Heading to trade days, what's the best? And do I need a rooster? Was gonna start w 4-5 hens But maybe 4 hens and a rooster Picked up a small coop yesterday, actually 2 coops. The first flew out the back of the truck and exploded 
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Re: Best chickens for eggs
[Re: skankysally]
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10/08/17 01:24 PM
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Big Hopper
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Rhode Island Red varieties for lots of medium brown eggs.
Dominecker (Speckled white & black) for larger brown eggs.
White Leghorns for large white eggs, but they don't live as long.
DO NOT GET A ROOSTER. Not needed and you will regret the noise. In FACT ... ask for all Pullets (female) Likely from Canton you will not get what you ask for, and somebody else's culls (roosters).
We get our from the local feed store. They are fairly reliable.
I'm glad there are wine drinkers in this world ..... it saves more beer for the rest of us.
Hopper
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Re: Best chickens for eggs
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10/08/17 01:24 PM
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SheldonS
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Rhode Island Red is commonly a best one. No rooster needed unless you have a requirement for fertilized eggs. Check out a website called The Backyard Chicken Farmer.
Generally dont get a rooster. They will cause problems.
Be prepared to make chicken soup when production slows.
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Re: Best chickens for eggs
[Re: skankysally]
#12457704
10/08/17 01:34 PM
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skankysally
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Ok sounds good.
I will try the RR and Diminicker
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Re: Best chickens for eggs
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10/08/17 01:37 PM
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1ShotNoKills
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Golden Comet or Golden Buff. Then hopefully they will lay a gold coin that we can get answers about.
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Re: Best chickens for eggs
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10/08/17 01:41 PM
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Bugzout10
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Golden Comet or Golden Buff. Then hopefully they will lay a gold coin that we can get answers about. lol
No Sharelunker and counting
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Re: Best chickens for eggs
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10/08/17 01:50 PM
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skankysally
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Golden Comet or Golden Buff. Then hopefully they will lay a gold coin that we can get answers about. It wasn't even my coin! And about 75 percent on here B about it and say they don't care anymore
Last edited by rrrandy!; 10/08/17 01:51 PM.
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Re: Best chickens for eggs
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10/08/17 01:52 PM
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steveiam
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Just fyi-
Fertal eggs are not pretty to see when you break open an egg for breakfast, unless you are just wanting more protein-
What has happed to you does not define who you are-
HOW you react to what happens to you DOES!
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Re: Best chickens for eggs
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10/08/17 02:04 PM
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Catfish_Hunter
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Supposedly if you hold a chick upside down by their feet, roosters will struggle and hens will not. Don't know if it's really true or not, but a buddy did it with ours out of a 50/50 mix at a feed store and we ended up with 15 he s out of 18 chicks.
No fish is too good for the grease.
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Re: Best chickens for eggs
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10/08/17 02:15 PM
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fish4bass
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DO NOT GET A ROOSTER. Not needed and you will regret the noise.
WORD. My Wife got one mixed in with the chicks a couple years ago and decided to let it hang around. Thing would crow from daylight until dark. It mysteriously disappeared one day. I have no idea what happened. 
And I know who "Jeff" is.
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Re: Best chickens for eggs
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10/08/17 02:17 PM
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butch sanders
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Golden Comet or Golden Buff. Then hopefully they will lay a gold coin that we can get answers about. yes i thought we would never know glad your back
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Re: Best chickens for eggs
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10/08/17 02:33 PM
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Lannie Robertson
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Chickens that lay gold coins? Are they worth anything? 
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Re: Best chickens for eggs
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#12457754
10/08/17 02:43 PM
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ReelBusy
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Neighbor's chickens are the best
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Re: Best chickens for eggs
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10/08/17 02:52 PM
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outfishdya
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Scrambled chickens are my fav.
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