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post #21 of 3121
6/17/11 at 2:49am
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Originally Posted by ChicksterJo 

Here's my red sex link at 14 weeks old, and she's about 18 weeks old now. This pic shows her comb and wattles pink...but now they are very red and the comb/wattles got twice as big (as did her butt). I have already made her a nest box, put some straw in there and a golf ball, and she's been investigating it, kicking up the straw, and even sitting in it (though not for long). Not too long now, right?! celebrate
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/80295_dsc01690.jpg


Your girl is fixin to give you breakfast.

I'm out of eggs. But I know where some brown ones are. I now raise big Ol' Honkin' Bob Whites & Layed back Coturnix. Pray For Rain In Texas!

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I'm out of eggs. But I know where some brown ones are. I now raise big Ol' Honkin' Bob Whites & Layed back Coturnix. Pray For Rain In Texas!

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post #22 of 3121
6/17/11 at 7:11am

My 17 week old cornish cross who might not ever lay but we'll keep her anyway. big_smile
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/86025_chicks_037.jpg


Edited by Zaxby's2 - 7/4/11 at 6:26pm

Owner of 2 labs , 2 RIR hens, 2 BOs, a polish, a dominique, an EE, a frizzle, and a RIR rooster. Some how manage to not get tired of them.

Life is tough. Life is tougher if you're stupid.

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Owner of 2 labs , 2 RIR hens, 2 BOs, a polish, a dominique, an EE, a frizzle, and a RIR rooster. Some how manage to not get tired of them.

Life is tough. Life is tougher if you're stupid.

Smile, Jesus loves you!   

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post #23 of 3121
6/17/11 at 7:23am

I'm waiting too.  My pullets are 16 weeks old.  The Wyandottes and Orpingtons have started to get dark pink combs/wattles.  One GLW, Granite, who used to be very standoffish, has now started wanting to roost on people every time we get near.  She'll sit down on you and bok softly to herself.  It's really cute.

Rock, my BO roo, has started attacking all the girls, trying to breed.  They don't want anything to do with him yet, tho.

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post #24 of 3121
6/18/11 at 12:50pm
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Originally Posted by ChicksterJo 

Here's my red sex link at 14 weeks old, and she's about 18 weeks old now. This pic shows her comb and wattles pink...but now they are very red and the comb/wattles got twice as big (as did her butt). I have already made her a nest box, put some straw in there and a golf ball, and she's been investigating it, kicking up the straw, and even sitting in it (though not for long). Not too long now, right?! celebrate
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/80295_dsc01690.jpg


Oh man I'm jealous!

I just opened up their nesting boxed and put some oyster shell into the coop today.  I also put two pingpong balls in each nesting box.  However, my girls are steadfastedly ignoring them hit

I even ended up in the grocery store last night, admitting defeat and buying eggs.  Oh the shame!

"It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he arrives, he puts his beak right on the line and he's hypnotized!"
Joey Santiago
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"It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he arrives, he puts his beak right on the line and he's hypnotized!"
Joey Santiago
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post #25 of 3121
6/19/11 at 8:16pm

My girls were hatched February 10th.
If my math is correct, that means they are now 18 weeks and 3 days.
Now, I have one RIR that lays nearly every day, which might make it tricky to be certain when I get my first egg from the new girls.  But I want to know, because it will be my first "first egg".  (The RIR was already laying when I got her.)

Here are pics of my girls from a week ago
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/74039_img-20110611-00021.jpg

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/74039_img-20110611-00029.jpg

A jealous RIR wants in the picture (after all, she's been paying rent here for almost a year!)
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/74039_img-20110611-00022.jpg


And of course, my BOs from when they were tiny and cute:

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/74039_img00075-20110324-1855.jpg

In service to three cats and three chickens (Bonnie, a Rhode Island Red, a Polish Bantam named Jazzy, and one Buff Orpington pullet named Buffy). 
RIP Helen and Rosie
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In service to three cats and three chickens (Bonnie, a Rhode Island Red, a Polish Bantam named Jazzy, and one Buff Orpington pullet named Buffy). 
RIP Helen and Rosie
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post #26 of 3121
6/19/11 at 9:51pm
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Originally Posted by Pele 

Happy Chooks, I am always amazed at how gorgeous your Welsummers are droolin


Awww, thank you - I love them. smile  24 weeks for my girl and still waitin'.  My breeder girls don't start until after 24 weeks anyway, so it's not a big deal except I want to see the egg!  I've noticed she's getting more talkative, so it has to be soon.

Breeding Welsummers and Barnevelders.

 

Having an Icelandic in the coop is like having a 2 year old in the house - they are into everything and don't follow the rules.

I have zero chicken willpower.

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Breeding Welsummers and Barnevelders.

 

Having an Icelandic in the coop is like having a 2 year old in the house - they are into everything and don't follow the rules.

I have zero chicken willpower.

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post #27 of 3121
6/20/11 at 12:23pm
Thread Starter 

DawnCols, your Orps are too cute smile  It looks like they are pinking up in the face, so I'll cross my fingers for you! fl

HappyChooks, I actually didn't know that the hens get more talkative before they lay, is that particular to the Welsummer breed?  I am hoping not because another one of my Gold Comets sprouted a comb overnight, and she's blathering away to herself now.  I keep asking her what she's got to gossip so much about, but she won't tell.  Must be juicy. gig

"It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he arrives, he puts his beak right on the line and he's hypnotized!"
Joey Santiago
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"It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he arrives, he puts his beak right on the line and he's hypnotized!"
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post #28 of 3121
6/20/11 at 8:32pm

I was just checking on the chickens, when one of my Australorp babies did the egg squat! She was the first to get big pink waddles and combs. The others are starting to get them(I have five BA's). They will be 18 weeks old on Thursday.

A post on another thread here said a chicken will lay her first egg on week after they start doing the egg squat, so fl come chickens!


Ron

This is a picture of Sienna from last week(6-16-2011)
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/84712_sienna_waddles_comb.jpg

Ron

 

Is this a Hobby or a way of Life? Chickens: Australorp, Barred & Partridge Rock, Hatchery & Heritage RIR, Golden Comet, Marans, Easter Egger,  Silver Gray Dorking, Basque Hen, Partridge Penedesenca, Olive Egger and UofA Blues

Hatching 101 including Shipped Eggs

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Ron

 

Is this a Hobby or a way of Life? Chickens: Australorp, Barred & Partridge Rock, Hatchery & Heritage RIR, Golden Comet, Marans, Easter Egger,  Silver Gray Dorking, Basque Hen, Partridge Penedesenca, Olive Egger and UofA Blues

Hatching 101 including Shipped Eggs

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post #29 of 3121
6/20/11 at 11:21pm

I don't know how old she is, I'm estimating 5 months.  She's supposed to be a BSL, but looks part Sumatra.  She's much more plump than when I got her last month.  Comb isn't red yet but I'm keeping a close eye on her.  She likes to keep my EE company while EE is in the nest box.  I think she's apprenticing.  wink

Why I Love My Chickens by CarolynF
     I love my chickens because they're pretty, they're funny, they give my family eggs and fertilizer, they eat from my
     hand, they eat my leftovers when I don't like what we had for dinner, and my mommy thinks they're fun, too. 
     My mommy is 93 now so she knows what she's talking about!

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Why I Love My Chickens by CarolynF
     I love my chickens because they're pretty, they're funny, they give my family eggs and fertilizer, they eat from my
     hand, they eat my leftovers when I don't like what we had for dinner, and my mommy thinks they're fun, too. 
     My mommy is 93 now so she knows what she's talking about!

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post #30 of 3121
6/21/11 at 4:24am

Look what I found this morning!! I don't know who laid it but it was a surprise. My oldest ones are now 15 weeks old


http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/81309_263188_1980951318141_1073925888_2310358_1780847_n.jpg

wife to 1,mother of 4, mamaw to 8, 1 dog (Maggie) 1 cat (Napoleon), 23 chicks
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wife to 1,mother of 4, mamaw to 8, 1 dog (Maggie) 1 cat (Napoleon), 23 chicks
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