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    Pill shaped double

    I have no roo so not happening here. If she continues to lay these from time to time maybe I'll give her to someone with a roo so they can give it a shot.
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    Pill shaped double

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    Pill shaped double

    No problem at all. I have a video of cracking it open into a bowl, just cant upload it. She lays daily. Just started laying in November and is doing great. She is a little crazy I think though... aha
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    Pill shaped double

    Thought I would share this here as well. I have a barred rock that occasionally lays pill shaped eggs. Double yolk, but whites as well. This is the 4th one like this she has layed. Anyway, thought it was cool to share.
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    Who layed what?!?

    Ok have a "who done it" for ya. I am very new to BYC and I picked up "laying hens" a week and a half ago. I got 1 barred Rock that hadn't started laying, a rir, and 2 australorps. So the day after I got them home I had a brown egg and a cream colour egg. Next day the same. A cream egg...
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    Bringing home first birds

    Anyway. Just an update. I ended up getting 4 birds. 2 australorps. A rir. And a barred Rock that hasn't started laying yet. They have settled on nicely and are all perching together at night. I'm getting a brown egg daily and I've gotten 2 cream colour eggs in a week. I'm not sure which of the...
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    Bringing home first birds

    Yeah. I have vents all over and a fan going out the window of needed. I have read a lot of posts here and think I have the basics down. I still have lots to learn and will be posting often.
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    Bringing home first birds

    By using a real egg to show them my nesting boxes should I hard boil the egg so it doesn't crack and spoil as easily?
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    Bringing home first birds

    So I will be getting 2 Australorps, barred rock and a Rir. All are coming from the same flock that someone is selling off. I have 5x8 outside run, and inside the shed I have 50ish sqf as well. I will be letting them play in the yard almost daily for a few hours so I'm sure there is lots of...
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    Bringing home first birds

    Hello, Bringing home 2 hens tonight to start my flock. I have a converted shed with a secure 12x6 run. The gens in getting are a year old and have been free ranging. I have read I need to lock them in the coop for a few days so the settle in. Do I lock them in the actual coop with the door to...
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    Half my shed and walkway run?

    So that picture with the grapes is the walkway. I will completely clear that and secure it as my run. That's tomorrow
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    Half my shed and walkway run?

    So I'm finally getting around to building my coop and run. I'm looking for and feedback you guys can give me and don't worry, I have thick skin if you think I'm failing, please let me know. I have a decent size shed so I sectioned off a 6x4 area and thought i could cut a door through the side...
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    Brantford Ontario canada

    Sorry for digging up old thread. I've been looking at getting a few hens for my backyard. Im in brantford. I have a perfect coop plan that will be very hard for neighbors to even tell I have a few hens. Problem is, in brantford there are some bylaws that i need to work around. I've tried to...
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