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    {3 young mallard drakes, 1 bantam cockerel, 1 silkie cockerel} Looking for good homes - SE Ohio (PIC

    Hello I live in West Virginia. I read your post and looked at your pics...Very cute by the way. I have a small farm with pigs, rabbits, turkeys and chickens. We also have some lizards (I know they are not farm animals they are the hubbys...lol) We are actually hatching more chicks, turkeys and...
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    Pet chicken turned wild...Will she ever lay an egg?

    Just an update I found an egg this past sunday I thought maybe it was hers. But found three since for the past 3 days. She finally started laying....YAY
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    1 of my 3 chickens are laying, are fake eggs a good idea?

    I have three hens that are well over laying age. I am currently only getting eggs from the two marans cause they lay chocolate colored aggs and the one that isn't laying will lay a light brown when she starts back up. I just got these three girls little over a month ago. And the one that doesn't...
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    Pet chicken turned wild...Will she ever lay an egg?

    Yes our coop stays open all day. The other hens will go in and make themselves comfy and lay. I have checked the yard for a stray egg from her but have found nothing so far. She has gotten used to the routine. She comes out with the others. And still having issues at night with getting her to go...
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    1 of my 3 chickens are laying, are fake eggs a good idea?

    I put plastic easter eggs in my nest boxes. Hens have instincts to sit on eggs. I feel putting fake eggs help, and have been told it does. You can use gold balls, wooden eggs from a craft store, or the inexpensive plastic easter eggs. My kids love camo, so thats all we had was camo colored fake...
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    Pet chicken turned wild...Will she ever lay an egg?

    I have a golden comet. I just got her about a month ago. At purchase I was told she is a little over a year old. So here is my story. Upon getting her to her new home I caged her and the other two hens I had purchased. The next morning I left them out in the yard. All 3 were a little scared of...
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    10 & 11 week old chicks, are they roos are pullets

    I have 3 (11 week old) Sold as Ameraucana. I have 1 (10 wk old) Buff Orp, and 2 (10 wk old) White Leghorn chicks. I bought them all from the feed store except the Ameraucana.I have been looking at photos and researching a lot trying to figure out if they are hens or roos. Any help would be...
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