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Does the color of the light have anything to do with laying? I just started getting eggs and I am getting one to two a day for two six month old pullets. I have other pullets that are anywhere from 5 months on down to two months. I want to keep them laying as much as possible.

found my first egg this morning. then saw my BO setting in an old dog house that had hay in it acting funny and clucking and lifting her hind end up and down. when I had first looked there were no eggs. about an hour later there were not one but TWO eggs she was sitting on. Is it possible...

I have a week and a half old silkie sizzle? she just keeps flopping over almost as if she is drunk. she eats some and was drinking. I gave some pedialite by dropper and she did better. gave her some this morning but this afternoon she was flopping again. gave her some pedi and put her back...

I am new to BYC and looking for others from Louisiana. I have questions about types of birds and the heat we have here. Recently we were hit 100 plus temps and I lost three young chicks to the heat. Also I am looking to others for possible new chicks and turkeys for the spring months.

I have 6 chicks 3 Ameraucanas, 2 Australorps, and one Cochin. I got them at less than a week old. one of my Astralorps is very much a runt by size. she seems to be eating like the others and doesn't appear to be picked on, just small. all those birds are now about 20 days old. the...

just got some new chicks. three of them are Australorps, three are Amacunas, two are buff Orpingtons, two are golden sex linked, two are corchine, and two are speckled sussex. I have three red productions (ones a roo), one more buff Orpington, and two more sussex. the last are now about 8 to...

Four of my chickens were supper for the dog next door. I was out for a while and when I got back my six smallest chickens were in hiding and I could not find my buff orpington roo, my gold lace wing roo, my red sex link pullet, or my white chorcine. The next morning went looking and found...

my daughter has 4 sulkies, two white, one black, and one that is black and white. she bought them from a local farmers co-op and they were suppose to be two black and two white. are there mixed color sulkies? these are about 4 months old.

My gold lace wing "pullet" has just started crowing??? Now I have two roos, a buff orpington and the lace wing. The lace wing is only about 10 weeks old. I thought roos didn't start crowing until about 4 months. the buff roo is about 4 months and still wont crow. wonder if that has...

new to this site. got my chicks about a month ago. had my dog play catch with a couple of them so I went out and got a couple more. my roo is about 2 weeks older than the bunch the newest ones are about 2 weeks old. I am from Louisiana and right now it is HOT here. I have seen my chicks...

I am wondering what kind the white one is? anyone know? I am new to chicken raising. I always longed to raise them but was on meds that made me susceptible to infections and such but now I am off all meds. Soooo hubby went and got me these little critters. I have a buff orpington roo, two bo...