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Rural/Farm Life

LWolf

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3. No problem mixing breeds.

Reply to mopinko (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 17, 2011, 05:06 PM

Dec 2011

If you are starting with day-old chicks, get them all together and let them mature together.

If you want to mix older birds, put them on the roost in the dark and let them wake up together.

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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