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    HOORAY! My RIR has laid her first egg!

    One of 2 rir i purchased from a CSA nearby just presented us with her first egg! It was slightly more rounded and light brown and small for a first egg. But now I have 2 out of 5 laying hens in my flock---I am so excited!! So, starting with an adopted Golden Lakenvelder who has been very...
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    New member from Oregon

    The adopted Golden Lakenvelder just slept under our picnic table and chairs that we kept on our back porch I believe during the winter. She was pretty wild, and I never could find out where she was roosting at night. Our winters in the Willamette Valley are pretty wet and mild, so she just had...
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    Feeding Dry Cat food to Adult Chickens

    My Golden Lakenvelder hen survived the winter eating the dry cat food I put out for my 5 outdoor cats. Until I built a coop and added other chickens to my flock. Is it okay to feed hens dry cat food occasionally? What are your thoughts on this? I basically feed them layer pellets, some worms...
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    New member from Oregon

    Thanks for the helpful information! Actually, my daughter has 2 Ameracauna chicks (about 4 weeks old), and she thought she would give me one and she would keep the other one and integrate ito into her existing flock of 3. But what I hear you saying is that we should keep them together and...
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    New member from Oregon

    Hi everyone! My husband and I "adopted" a lonely Golden Lakenvelder chicken last winter who escaped when our neighbors moved. I think she was the only one of their flock that survived. We decided to buy some more chickens to keep her company building a coop and renovating an old dog pen for...
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