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    4 sex link chickens that need a new home, a year old

    Looking to find a home for my 4 sex link they are exactly 1 year old, great egg makers, just don’t have the time to invest with them anymore. Completely free and in the lake hopatcong area!
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    New to backyard chickens, egg laying help

    I was thinking the same because I don’t understand chicken math. The coop instructed that it can hold 8-10 hens and I only have 4.
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    New to backyard chickens, egg laying help

    Little update. Found another egg later in the day today also a light pink but a little harder then yesterday. They are definitely sex links. Do young hens normally lay at night? I am currently trying the locking them in the coop for a couple days method to see if they can finally call it home...
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    New to backyard chickens, egg laying help

    Right! I hope this is normal for a new cycling hen and there is definitely only one hen squating when I go near her. The other problem is she laid these new eggs high on the outdoor roost. I have not been able to get the chicks in at night so I leave the coop door open that is connected to the...
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    New to backyard chickens, egg laying help

    This was them one month ago and now 2 of them have full red combs.
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    New to backyard chickens, egg laying help

    Thanks for getting back to me! I was very nervous the fact there were 2 soft shelled eggs and only one of them looks ready. So this probably isn’t stress related? Also they are from tractor supply and I was almost 100% sure they were orpingtons. I will post a better photo maybe that’s why they...
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    New to backyard chickens, egg laying help

    Hey my orpingtons are only 16weeks old and one produced a soft pink like egg that cracked. There was 2 eggs that I found this morning, everywhere online says this is to soon for egg laying to start. Any suggestions? I have 4 orpingtons and 2 of them have red combs and the other 2 do not, can I...
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