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How common is it to get a triple yoke egg? one of my hens layed one the other day. my husband ate it in an egg sandwich while i wasn’t home. i wish he would of took a pic of it? Has anyone else got triple yoker? :eek: :wee

I posted not long ago about my hubby rehoming my aggressive ( person was made well aware of his aggression) 6month old cockerel while i was gone to fla. i had intergrated to groups of chicks i had gotten in the spring. first batch of 8 came from TSC and second batch of 6 came from another local...

:he :eek:I had been watching for my pullets of about 5 months to start laying. I was leaving for Fla to be with my baby sister that is passing away and was hoping to have some eggs to bring to family. I kept asking my grandaughter(14yrs old) did you check the laying boxes she kept saying “no...

I live in Salisbury NC. I have a 22 week old cockerel. He is being aggressive with my grandaughter. If there is anyone close enough to me they are welcome to him to do what they want . He is a handsome bird. I’m posting a pic of him that was taken 6 weeks ago. I got him as a chick from TSC so I...

I have a cockerel that is 22 weeks old along with 7 pullets that are 22 weeks. I also have 5 pullets. They were all raised from chicks and are one intergrated flock. The problem I’m having is the cockeral has been getting aggressive with my 14 yr old grandaughter. When she goes into the run to...

I have 7 EE’r pullets and on cockerel that are 18 weeks and 1 day, and 5 pullets that will be 13 weeks tomorrow. 3 days ago I noticed one of my 18 wk old pullets was being mounted by my 18 wk old cockerel. Then I noticed he was mounting another pullets yesterday. I noticed 5 of my 18 week old...

I know a farmer that has a lot of corn growing ( the kind for people and also Indian corn) when I was down at the farm helping yesterday I noticed at the top of each corn plant there is shoots that grow out the top that looks like grain on them. Would this be safe to feed chickens? Also he said...

Can chickens eat raw snow pea pods? I saw a post about peas but thrash are the tiny peas n the pods I have cut them up. Thanks for any guidance

I sure got a surprise this morning. I went out to check on my feathered friends and both groups I had in a look but don’t touch setup had mixed theirselves together and all were getting along :yesss:. I have 7 pullets and 1 cockerel that are 14 weeks old and 5 that are 9 weeks old. A week ago...

At the risk of sounding really dumb something has had me puzzled by others comments about Easter eggers. I know they are considered mutts but what breeds to you use to get the different looking EER’s. Are there specific hens and roosters do you use? How do you know your going to get what color...

Hi to everyone, hope your day as been good. I found this bush with berrys growing near my chicken coop/run. I was wondering if anyone knows what kind of bush it is and if it is safe fior chickens to eat? Any help would be appreciated.

At 5:30 this morning I was up getting granddaughter ready for school when I heard a chicken crow not, long a long loud crow but a crow. It stopped me dead in my tracks😃🙃. My neighbor a coupl doors down have a rooster and I’ve heard it crow when I was outside next door one evening but this...

I had 2 hens that are about 2 1/2 years old and we had gotten 8 chicks from TSC ( one turned out to be a cockerel but that ok). We had ordered 6 EE’rs from another place. First group from TSC hatched 03/08. Second group we finally got after two groups DOA’s. They hatched 04/10 and finally...

My first set of chicks are 7 weeks old . I have weaned them of the heat light or any heat source for a week now. The temp in my house is 67f so that is the temp they are used to now. The temp outside is around 70f in the day and around 48-53 at night. I have sectioned off my covered run and...

Hi I had gotten 2 Ameraucanas , 4 sapphire gems, and also 1 golden comet and 1 Isa brown but I know he isn’t one of them. I am trying to figure out which he is because his color doesn’t match none of the sapphires or Ameraucanas either. Can anyone help me out with a guess at what he might be. He...

The other day we finally got are 6 Easter egger chicks to complete our new flock. We have got 8 of our new flock the second week of march. We were supposed to get the 6 Easter eggers a week later. All were DOA when they arrived at the feed store around 3/22. So we had to wait until 4/1. Again on...

Hi everyone I’m in mid eastern North Carolina. Do I have any NC neighbors?

I thought I had bought all pullets but one of the chicks has grown a large comb and it is read. None of the other chicks have a comb anywhere like this. It is also bossy. I would like to have gotten a cockerel. I’m posting pics of the one with the comb and some of the others. Also I’ve noticed...

My chicks that are 4-5 weeks old are trying to fly out of their brooder box. I’m using a metal feeding trough. Someone suggested to clip one of their wings. This sounds extreme plus cruel. Any suggestions ? I would be grateful. One more question, if they are trying to fly is it time to take them...

How do you wean them off the heat lamp? And what age? Do just point it away from them more more or shut the lamp off for short amount of times increasing the length it’s off? Thank you for any advice