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    when will my barred rock hens lay?

    Our first one was a bit small, but otherwise perfectly formed. Since then, we've had a very steady/consistent size except for the one huge egg. Also, of the two hens currently laying, one lays slightly darker eggs than the other.
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    when will my barred rock hens lay?

    Quote: We have three BRs. Two are the same age and of those, one started laying at about 18 or 19 weeks, and the other waited until 21 weeks. Our third hasn't started laying yet, and she is 21 weeks old this weekend.
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    Look at the size of this egg!!

    Looks like a double yoker... We just got a similar one a couple of weeks ago: http://badgerpendous.blogspot.com/2009/06/now-thats-egg.html
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    ?? Average Home Flock Size ????

    Family of 4, we have three Barred Rocks. We'd keep more if the city ordinance would allow it!
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    Is it safe for chickens to eat from the compost pile?

    Our hens love it when I open the compost corral and start turning the piles. They love to inspect whatever falls out. We compost yard waste, litter from the run/coop, and some kitchen scraps like coffee grounds/veggies that the birds don't like. (off topic: Today I found a bunch of green beans...
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    Need help handling Summer Broody

    We tried luring/bribing our broody hen out of the nestingbox/coop with treats, but that's not working. So this morning I dunked her bottom in the water and we'll try that again tomorrow and Monday. Hoping for a change. She's not letting our other hen into the nesting box without a fight, so it's...
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    Two Barred Rocks, Which is the Rooster?

    Quote: I would have, if we didn't keep a cage around it. It was fast asleep in that picture. When it was that small, it would pace up and down along the cage cheeping and cheeping trying to get into the cage with the older birds.
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Quote: Wow! Congratulations! The *exact* same thing happened to us this AM (two BRs, two first eggs). I wonder if maybe that's more common than we think?
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Here's our first from our Barred Rocks: We got a second egg identical to this one about two hours later!
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    Two Barred Rocks, Which is the Rooster?

    Checking in with a big update: The two older ones are definitely hens as we got TWO eggs this morning! Yes, Math (now, "Mathilda") and Mohawk both laid their first eggs this morning! Now the last mystery: Is the third (CheepersV) a pullet? I really think so, but we'll know for sure in a few...
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    The chickens ate my broccoli plants

    Mine have taken to eating all of the blossoms off of my pomegranate bush/shrub/tree. Now we just a couple of the beautiful flowers up on the top of the plant. I doubt I'll get m/any pomegranates this year!
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    New chick wants to be part of the flock

    I did post some pictures of them in a thread on the "What gender/breed?" forum. We've had them together for hours at a time now without any incidents, so we're really happy about that. The issue now is that the little one is not really large enough to sleep outside in the coop yet. Or is it...
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    Two Barred Rocks, Which is the Rooster?

    Quote: Crossing my fingers! Thanks, everyone, for your input/replies/etc.!
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    Two Barred Rocks, Which is the Rooster?

    Quote: Ah right! Here's a good picture of them both, including bodies. http://twitpic.com/1sd00 (there's a "View full size" button in the upper left)
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    Two Barred Rocks, Which is the Rooster?

    Quote: No idea. Got them as little peeps at a feed store...
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