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    Which are roos in this 5 week old flock? Thanks in advance for your help!

    #1 Easter Egger, we think: #2 Maran: #3 Java, we think #4 Java? #5 Mille Fleur dUccle: #6 barred rock, we think, and holy cow, look at this comb:
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    No egg for 3 days and in nest all day and night

    Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. She was not egg-bound, definitely broody! I got a dozen fertilized eggs from a friend nearby and she hatched 7. She is the great momma. What strikes me is how instinctive her mothering is since I got her as a day-old and raised her under a lamp...
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    No egg for 3 days and in nest all day and night

    So I shouldn't be worried if she's been laying 5x a week and has stopped?
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    No egg for 3 days and in nest all day and night

    No eggs are under her. I have lifted her up and off the nest into the yard everyday. She has not laid an egg for three days. The hen she shares a nest with has had to move to another one while this one sits there all day and all night.
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    No egg for 3 days and in nest all day and night

    My hen is 10 months old and I am afraid she is egg bound. She has been in the nest round the clock for three days and has not laid an egg since Tuesday. I have lifted her off the nest for the past two days to observe her behavior in the yard for an hour or so. I have watched her eat and drink...
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    I met my Easter Egger in a bar in old SoHo where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Cherry

    excellent news! Thanks so much for the replies!
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    I met my Easter Egger in a bar in old SoHo where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Cherry

    Now, I think my pullet "NeNe" is a "Lola"! I am brank spanking new to raising chickens. I purchased three day-old female chicks from a commercial hatchery 5.5 weeks ago. I've been told by a friend that one is a male and possibly another. I can't have roosters in my town! Suspect...
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