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    A contest for the duds!

    I have 2 hens I brought home as baby's on 6/15/17, neither has laid an egg yet. One is a Buff Orphington, the other is an Amaurecauna (poor spelling). Both turned about 16 weeks on the week the time changed, and the days got short and colder, so I figure that has something to do with it. but...
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    Moved to the coop, but they dont seem to want to go out

    thanks for the encouragement yall the day after I posted this, I walked out to find the baby Jersey Giant sitting on the back steps to the house about 10 yards from the coop of course my presence drew the big girls over and they ran her off back into the coop the day after that the little...
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    Moved to the coop, but they dont seem to want to go out

    I moved my 4 about 12 week old chicks out into the tractor coop with my 2 full grown chicks last Sunday (7/10) At first I put a chicken wire divider to keep the little's separate from the bigs (and kept the little's inside while the bigs could go out and free range around the yard every day)...
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    Gone broody or something else?

    I certainly hadn't thought of that. Though I am not sure I am qualified
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    Gone broody or something else?

    Well, rip Wyandotte Found her laying dead right next to the water can where she was squatted down last night.
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    Gone broody or something else?

    Nothing that I could see She hasn't acted any different at all until today, had an egg from her for sure yesterday
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    Gone broody or something else?

    BTW, the goop on her underside was just there, on her underside between her legs. Around her port is clean and fluffy like normal
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    Gone broody or something else?

    Any suggestions?
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    Gone broody or something else?

    Found my silver laced Wyandotte up under my fig tree this afternoon laying down. I picked her up with no fussing or resistance, which is really rare for her as she is the hardest one to catch of my whole flock(7 birds total now). I took her over by where I had just thrown some scratch, and she...
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    I want to hear more about the recipe for this steak stuffed boneless porkloin
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    I hope you already know, but those little girls are gunna be big enough to get out of that pool pretty soon, so be prepared
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    welp, just doubled the size of my flock all pullets, a black jersey giant, a Light Brahma, and two Amerecauna's so excited to get those blue eggs :D
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Ahh, always nice to have the extras of a previous project around
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Thats pretty impressive, and similar to what I am wanting to start building for my growing flock. I question though, how necessary do you find the hardware cloth/lath under the floor deck? What kinda critters are known for ripping through flooring decking?
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    The EE braggers thread!!!

    Sorry if this has been answered before, but can EE's be sexed as chicks? I am wanting to get a couple of them this year to add some color to my egg collection, but I cant have roosters
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