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Thank you so much for the great information!

Thank you for your response. How long does it normally take for them to start laying their full size eggs?

We are going to hatch some chicks this spring under our broody hen. We like how the red stars lay big eggs and almost daily. What should I expect if I breed our Red star hens and our easter egger roo? We also have Buff Orpington hens and Turken hens. I'm thinking the red star would be the best...

I want to let one of our hens go broody and hatch some chicks this spring. We have an Easter Egger Rooster. Our hens are Buff Orpington, Red Star, and Turkens. We are thinking of hatching the red star,easter egger cross because, we like the size and production of the red star eggs. What are you...

Funny you say that, my husband video tapes for an online hunting show and he was just showing me a pheasant he was recording in the snow and I was saying see the chickens will be just fine! He's been trying to convince me otherwise from all I've read. So, I had to ask you all one more time to...

Okay, I just went out cleaned their poop board put a fresh layer of wood chips down and opened another vent. I threw some scratch around the coop too. It's my first year and I just don't know so, I like it better this way. When they make it through and they are fine I won't worry as much next...

I'm worried about the chickens. I have 8. They don't have heat now. I use a water heater in a 5 gallon bucket to keep water from freezing. Should I put the heat lamp out there and turn it on just at night?

Thanks! The red stars are actually the most timid of the group.

Also, this was the first night they were out in the run when it got dark. Is it true that the rooster should be the last one in? That he is suppose to get his girls in first? He was the second one in. I put him back outside and got the girls on first. I hope that was okay.

8 chicks, an Easter Egger(roo), 3 Buff Orpington, 2 Turken, 2 Red Star.

They are in 8x4 coop with a 9x12 run and there are three horizontal watering nipples and 2 feeding stations. I have noticed some feathers in the coop but I thought they were just from new feathers coming in. One of my Turkens had a red mark on her neck but, it went away in a day .

My rooster runs after the pullets, pecks them, he seems to posture up at them, and he steals foods from them too. Should I do something? Will we have to eat him? Could he get better? Is this normal? Picking!lol

Hi, Sseckel! I'm in east Iowa! That's great, same temps. I have an Easter Egger Roo, 3 Buff Orpington, 2 Red Star, 2 Naked neck Turkens.