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    Sponsored Post Let There Be Light: Ensuring Egg Laying During the Darkest Days of Winter.

    We use clear led rope lights and a timer. They are very flexible and easy to install and don't get hot. The lights turn on around 5:15p.m. when the girls are going into the coop and turn off at 8:00p.m. We have 8 girls , 4 are molting, 3 quit laying, and only 1 was laying ever other day...
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    Any advice on breeds?

    You will love the Ameraucanas! Sweet personalities and good egg layers. You will also see variations in the blues and greens of the eggs. Chickens are great fun and Backyard Chickens is a wealth of knowledge! Have fun
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    Egg laying after molting

    My bantam cochin took a two month break after molting and started laying again in January. My welsummer and exchequer leghorn both molted in November and have not laid an egg since. They are a year and half old and I am hoping their age has something to do with this? I've come to the...
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    Still no eggs after months and months

    If it makes you feel better, my bantam cochin went broody in May. She stopped laying, molted in October, and did not lay another egg until today (December 29). We have had a very mild winter almost spring like with highs in the upper 60's. I also have two 5 month olds (Exchequer Leghorn and...
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    When to order new chicks after Marek's

    Thanks so much for your reply. You make several good points. I had not even thought about silent carriers. Thanks again!
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    When to order new chicks after Marek's

    We lost our EE to Mareks and had to cull her today. The other girls seem to be healthy. Does anyone have advise on when to order a new set of chicks after Marek's? Thanks!
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    Just want to be w/ my chickens!

    I could not agree more. Thankfully my home and backyard are my sanctuary from the craziness of work and the world. We should all be thankful that we can find peace and rest in our backyards with our happy chickens and family.
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    any breed idea's? & help name the pullets :)

    The white chicken looks similar to an Easter Egger. What color eggs does she lay? Lucy and Ethel are perfect names:)
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