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We got two eggs in the nest box! Nice hard shell this time! One last evening and one this morning! Pretty exciting to find them waiting for me when I checked in!

LOL, I didn't run around to the neighbours, but I have to admit we did send a picture to some friends who knew we were waiting for eggs! Maybe that's kinda the same thing?? I don't think we'll eat it... but I hope for some hard shelled eggs soon! Thanks for your advice. :)

Um... is it edible?? It seems sad to throw the first egg away! Lol

I am SO excited! We got our first egg today! One of my 15wk old black sex-links laid it right in the middle of our gravel driveway! It is very tiny and has a super soft shell. I've read that a soft shell is normal at first. Is this right? So far, I haven't offered oyster shell - a friend...

Thanks for the very educational thread! I'm wondering how often you have to add water to the Brinsea Mini? We hatched eggs in my classroom this spring but we only had 7 out of 12 hatch. Unfortunately, I can't get in in the weekends to turn the eggs and our borrowed incubator wasn't automated...

I'm SO glad you asked this question and have already received good answers! I was just going to post the very same question! :) I thought we had 12 hens until one started crowing at 10wks old just last week. I was thinking of getting rid of him... but am reconsidering. He is beginning to...

This is my EE - he just started crowing this week (10 weeks old). I was hopping for a hen, but I'm out of luck! :) You can see the comb is quite pronounced and red compared to yours. I think yours is a pullet - I have a pullet as well and it looks a lot like yours (although different...

So it's sounds like either way, it's a wait and see game! :) Thanks to both of you for your thoughtful replies - I apperciate it! It would have been so much easier if 'he' would have been a 'she'!

Hi! I bought two Easter Eggers but knew that they weren't sexed. One started crowing today at 10 weeks old. I guess we have a rooster! Unfortunately, he's getting mean with the hens and is generally quite unfriendly. We were really hoping for all laying hens. I'm going to look to re-home...

Thanks for all the information 3riverschick!! I'll take a look at your links. Thanks again!

We ordered 10 chicks from our local feed store and they arrived on Friday! This is our first flock and we're pretty excited! We have 4 ISA Brown, 3 Barred Rock and 3 Black Sexlink - all to be laying hens. They are the cutest little things ever! We are trying the Eco Glow brooder and it seems...

You aren't alone - I've been worrying about the same thing! My chicks are arriving in 3 1/2 weeks (so excited!) and I've already had to turn down a weekend trip invitation because it's too soon after they arrive! I'm going to have to find a chicken sitter! Lol

I have one LONG month to wait! I have 4 ISA Browns, 3 Plymouth Barred Rocks and 3 Black Sex Link day old chicks coming May 15th! This is our first flock and I'm both super excited and kinda nervous at the same time! :)

Hi! This is our first flock and I am so excited to be getting chickens! We are looking for good egg layers and friendly birds (I have two kids, aged 8 and 11 who will be helping). I'd love to have a mixed flock so I'm looking for advice as I want them to get along. Also to consider, we live...

Hello! I have always wanted chickens! We moved to a 10 acre hobby farm a year ago and I am dying to convert our garden shed (approx. 10X4 ft) into a chicken coop. My husband is working on house renovations, so this is my baby. The question is... with very limited experience will I be able...