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    EE laying in weeks?

    I have 6 ees that are over 6 mo old and none of them have produced a single egg, and they look just like your girl there...
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    why so few eggs?

    They arent molting yet, but i hadnt thought of that. And after i posted this i did some research, and they are indeed EEs, i think, but thats a debate for a different thread :-) there are some feathers in the run, not no more than normal.
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    why so few eggs?

    We have 16 hens. 3 couple year old hens, 3 rir hens that's started laying this past month, 4 australorps that are laying and are 2 weeks older than the rirs, and 6 americauna hens who haven't started laying yet, and Lil Red, our rir roo. But we are only gettin 4-5 eggs a day average. I think one...
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    just rescued two beautiful hens, but unsure of the breed

    I know the second pic is a roo, but what about the gold laced makes you think they are roos? The have nearly no tail feathers,small feet, small comb... And the one in the back in the first pic is a new hampshire red, not a RIR. I meant to clarify.
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    just rescued two beautiful hens, but unsure of the breed

    These birds are around 16 weeks old. We got them last night, and would love help identifying them. We also have Nala, i think its a rooster, that was sold to us as an australorp, but looks nothing like our other four australorp hens. What do you think? Thank you so much!!
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    Intigrating chicks

    Here is how we did it. We started with 3 grown hens and have gotten a handful of chicks (now teens) and have integrated them all. We built a smaller pen and but it in the larger run and put the chicks in the small pen and the hens in the large run. This way, they could get used to being around...
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    New coop for older hens and the new babies - when do I introduce them

    We started with 3 grown hens and have gotten a handful of chicks (now teens) and have integrated them all. We built a smaller pen and but it in the larger run and put the chicks in the small pen and the hens in the large run. This way, they could get used to being around each other, but not have...
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    Two RIR roosters in the same flock??

    My husband have had chickens for a few months now,and things are going great. we have one 2year old RIR hen (shes the head kahuna), 2 barred rock hens (1.5 years), 4 RIR chicks (3 mo old), 3 Barred rock chicks (3 mo old), 3 RIR chicks (2.5 mo old), and 2 australorp chicks (3 mo old). The full...
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