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a few seconds ago UKinMaine Hello! Looking for some advice..... I have 7 chickens, 5 red sex-link, 2 barred rocks. Large coop, decent sized run (making it bigger in the spring.... It's not quite spring up here in Maine yet!!). Girls are kept clean, fed layer pellets, scratch, meal worms and...

Thanks! I got home a little while ago and she was out and about so I'm hoping it was just stress..,. And I think she's the lowest in the pecking order so that probably doesn't help! I will keep an eye on her though and let you know if anything changes..... By rubber egg I meant the shell was...

Here is what is going on with one of our girls. We let our girls free range and they always return to their coop at dusk when we lock them up. Two nights ago Lady Gaga didn't come back- we searched everywhere and couldn't find her. We have a large property including a huge barn that they love to...

Pullet it is then - I'll keep you posted if it changes :) Thanks!

Thanks for the input! The more at look at Scramble to more I think pullet - but here are some more pictures, she/he did NOT want to be photographed :)

thank-you!

ha- it sometimes feels like 9 months!! Thanks! I'll look into finding a group

thanks - I was hoping they were!

sorry - 9 weeks!

What do you think? Girls? Thanks!

I have a question about our wyandotte, Scramble (personality fits the name!) She (he?) is about 9 weeks old and kinda scraggly looking - I've seen lots of other pics of GL and the birds look so much more beautiful! Ours looks kind of runtish... you can't see so well in this pic but there are...

Great! Thank you so much! Red Sexlinks sounds familiar now you said it- guess I should pay more attention, but I was distracted by the adorable day old chicks and excitement of my 3 kids :) Glad they are all pullets..... Keep those eggs coming!

Hello - I'm going to post pics of my 5 chickens. Firstly - any help identifying the breed would be amazing - I got them at the TSC. I think they said rhode island/new hampshire crosses but I'm not certain...... Anyway, they are now about 18/19 weeks - just started laying, we are getting about 2...

Hi All I've been stalking this site for a few months now and have finally joined! We are new to having chickens - we renovated and moved to an old farm on 160 acres this past spring, and have acquired 8 chickens and 2 ducks! The chickens we have - 5 rhode island/new hampshire crosses (I...