Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Dobson NC
Posts: 2112

I know this is a coonhound site but o well. It doesnt hurt to mix it up a little. I was just wondering how many of you coonhunters have chickens that you fool with. I hadnt had any in several years. I got to thinking and so well now I have a few. LOL I got me some Rhode Island Red Bantams last week. They are sure fun to watch and mess with. So if you have any post pics and tell a little about them. Btw can you tell I am bored. LOL

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STRAIGHTDRIVE KENNEL'S

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Larry Puckett

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GR.NT.CH PR Spades Nite Heat Sky (Gone But Not Forgotten)

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Registered: Jan 2011
Location: Westminster Sc
Posts: 208

I ain't got none but I'd love to have some good laying hens

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Westminster Sc
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Registered: Sep 2004
Location: GA
Posts: 503

Have black copper maran and some buff orpingtons.
like watching them and drinking my coffee. So relaxing.

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania
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I have 10 Araucana, 8 Black Jersey Giants and 5 Barred Rock. All hens, lots and lots of eggs. I'm thinking about getting some more, just to round it up to an even number and add some more color. My chickens are my pets, I know who is who and call them by name. Just call my the crazy chicken lady!

EGGS FOR SALE....$1.00 A DOZON...EGG CARTONS NEEDED!

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Registered: Aug 2010
Location: Troy NC
Posts: 2288

i have 12 hens, Rhode Island Reds to be exact. I really like having my own chickens for eggs and meat.

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Danny VunCannon
Home of :
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Registered: May 2012
Location: tenn
Posts: 352

i have a couple hundred chickens but they are all game chickens i enjoy them very much

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Registered: Sep 2006
Location: Altoona Alabama
Posts: 632

Blk Copper,Wheaton and Coocoo Marans,Rhode Island Reds,Speckled Sussex,and Red Polish.

Also Blueface Hatch,Sweaters,Doms,Colonel's[the real 1's,from Mr.Givens himself 45 years ago]Regular Greys,Thai's,Asils,and Blues.

Plus ADGA registered Alpine,Nubian and Oberhasli dairy goats.

And enough hogs to keep the freezer full.

Blessed with 217 acres on a mtn.top,and nobody within 3/4 mile.

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Registered: Mar 2008
Location: Sugarcreek,Oh
Posts: 125

I have 10 hens and 1 rooster. My son and I enjoy having them around the house!! They each have their own personality!!!
Best insect removers ever!

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Registered: Oct 2011
Location: WV
Posts: 139

I've had chickens off and on since I was nine or ten I'm almost sixty-five now. I've had all kinds of bantams when I was younger now I've got Americanas. I let them loose in the winter, and pen them up in the summer. My wife doesn't like chicken poop on the patio it sticks to her bare feet

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Registered: May 2012
Location: tenn
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Alan Anderson
[B]Blk Copper,Wheaton and Coocoo Marans,Rhode Island Reds,Speckled Sussex,and Red Polish.

Also Blueface Hatch,Sweaters,Doms,Colonel's[the real 1's,from Mr.Givens himself 45 years ago]Regular Greys,Thai's,Asils,and Blues.

all i raise is hatch cocks that came from kirk mcbryar of al and chuck ellis kelso i have gotten rid of the rest of em,

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Registered: Sep 2011
Location: Georgia
Posts: 44

I got 4 layers 1 rir rooster 4 young soon to be layers and 2 bitties

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: U>S>A
Posts: 120

wheaton old englidh bantams....

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Ricky

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Registered: Jul 2006
Location: Carrollton,Missouri
Posts: 947

I have barred rocks,rhode island reds,buff orphingtons and black sussex.A total of 24 hens.2 barred rock roosters,3 bantam hens and 1 rooster.I like watching them too.I have no trouble selling the eggs.

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Carrollton,Mo.64633
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Registered: Aug 2007
Location: north carolina
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lookimg for minner blue hens thanks

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Registered: Mar 2009
Location: s.c.
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My son has 12 RIR that just got feathered. he inherited some floating catfish cages made out of three inch PVC on top to float. He plans tojust turn them upside down and put those chickens in them. Put a roof on it for shade and some hay on top for insulation. Hook a water hose to it and put it out in the pasture. Then every day pull the waterhose to put it in a new spot. I imagine he is going to need a solar powered fence charger. too. He doesn't think he will have to feed near as much. Anybody ever heard of this?

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Registered: May 2007
Location: fairmont wv
Posts: 11948

my uncle has 1 rodeiland red rooster and 4 hens up by the barn i love to hear that ole rooster crow in the moronings i kept chickens growing up but quit messin with them i am startin a rabbit factory now you sellin your eggs to cheap they was bring at least 2 dollars a dozen over at wanyesburg live stock action 2 wks ago but thats probly a 4 hr drive 1 way for you

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Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Ansted, West Virginia
Posts: 19

I have 12 golden comets, 6 leghorns, 6 araucanas, and we are also raising 24 cornish game hens.

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I have 12 golden comets, 6 leghorns, 6 araucanas, and we are also raising 24 cornish game hens.

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Registered: May 2012
Location: Berkeley Springs, WV
Posts: 18

Well since you are talking about chickens i have an incubator with egg turner i would take 60 for both only used twice and hatched lots of peeps its pretty easy whoever gets it if they want ill send simple instructions with it!!

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Registered: Oct 2006
Location: Clio, Michigan
Posts: 416

l.lyle
I raise meat chickens this way. Definately alot less feed and better tasting birds.

Google polyface farms and look at his chicken tractors thats what I do and am doing again this fall.

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Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Dobson NC
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Thanks for all your replys. Does any of you have pics of your chickens? I will try to post some of mine tomm.

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STRAIGHTDRIVE KENNEL'S

Owner / Handler:
Larry Puckett

HOME OF:
GR. CH."PR"DEADLY PETEY UKC 1st. place( SIRE=Gr.Nt.Ch.Ch.PR Mc's Deadly Hitman / Dam=Ch.Nt.Ch.PR Beard's Stylish Magic) (Gone but Not Forgotten)

GR.NT.CH PR Spades Nite Heat Sky (Gone But Not Forgotten)

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l.lyle
I raise meat chickens this way. Definately alot less feed and better tasting birds.

Google polyface farms and look at his chicken tractors thats what I do and am doing again this fall.

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I just started keeping a few chickens in the last year. I've got 3 old barred rock hens, a banty barred rock rooster, 2 banty barred rock hens, a Silver Laced Wyndotte Rooster, 1 cochin hen, and 1 aracuana hen.

We collect a few eggs but most go to waste. Our chickens are mostly just yard ornaments to give us something to look at.

I'd like to add more poultry in the future. They are inexpensive to acquire and care for and are cheap redneck entertainment.

I haven't incubated any, but I'm hoping for a natural hatch but I'm not having much luck getting any hens to go broody enough yet. Any pointers?

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania
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My Black Jersey Giants are always 'clucking' as my mom puts it. The are always hogging the laying boxes and then I have to throw them out of the pen for a week or so til they get it out of their system. I get all my chicks from Murray McMurray Hatchery in IA. They come in a little cardboard box and the postman calls me to come pick them up cause they are driving him nuts and the rural carrier won't haul them.

Yes I know the eggs are cheap, heck I give them away. Last week alone I sold 22 doz. and I have about 14 doz. sitting here to box up....if I had the boxes....

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Location: s.c.
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My girlfriend was singing in the kitchen when i got up for breakfast. She said , 'Well look a there, there is a double yolker" I said to myself, some insphincter was asleep. LOL . No wonder Diamond catching it.

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