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[Bobbies Chicks]

Hi everyone, I'm Bobbie. I have had chickens for a little over one year. I have Americanas? Easter eggers? My 5 hens lay some green, some pale blue and one lays champagne pink. Every now and then I get an egg that is bantam small or smaller. One was small enough to fit into a plastic green easter egg. I keep the plastic egg in one nest because all the chicks were trying to lay eggs under my hen that was brooding trying to hatch some fertile eggs. This spring I got 6 babies hens free just by purchasing 50 lb of chick starter. They are leghorns I think. I made the mistake of putting them under Tarbaby my broody hen before her 21 days were up. So she got off the nest. Only one of the eggs had hatched. When I got rid of all the other eggs there were about 8 of the 13 that had babies in them. I'll know better next time.

 

[silkiecuddles]

Hi, and

Good to have you join us!

 

[QueenMisha]

Welcome to BYC! We are glad to have you.

If your "Americaunas" lay any color besides blue, then they are Easter Eggers. True Ameraucanas are much harder to find and will only ever lay a blue egg; they will also be prefixed by a specific color, e.g. "Wheaten" or "Blue."

 

[drumstick diva]

Welcome to the BYC flock

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

So glad you could join our community!

Make yourself at home here and ask any questions you may have.

Enjoy your flock and welcome to ours!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hello and welcome to BYC - glad that you've joined us.

You'll find lots of info in the Learning Centre
https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center, and if you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

All the best
CT

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!