I dont smoke, but i can provide support! every time you want to smoke, grab a cracker or something (keep some on hand) and nibble it till the wanting goes away. also, you dont have to stop cold turkey :)
wait till they are 15 weeks, and till you are sure they are roos, and have some dinner. we personally have made some stupid mistakes in the past with keeping the roosters till they are big and manly, DONT. specially with the ratio. maybe keep one as the leader.
Im not a hat person, so instead of a hat I bought a henbag!! for christmas my dad got it in the mail a week before, and was so embarrassed because he thought it was real feathers not rubber, so when he gave it to me he ws laughing so hard bc he thought i also thought it was real feathers, no...
If you are looking for layers, wyandottes and orpingtons are not the chicks for you! they are friendly but not good producers, you would be better off with the americaunas and barred rocks and easter eggers.
I have a hen who broke her leg two weeks ago. I made her up a splint and separated her for a week, then let her back in with the others when she could walk. Yesterday I Took her splint off, and while fluffing her thigh feathers, I saw a flash of green. I looked further and it was This green/this...