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    Official BYC Poll: How Long Have You Been Raising Chickens?

    I have had chickens for about 3 and a half years. We started with 4 E.E.'a and this disease has now grown to 56 various types of chickens. They are just too much fun in the summer. Not so much in the winter here in Connecticut but we love them.
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    Huge egg from little hen

    My black sex links tend to lay super jumbo eggs also.
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    no eggs for over a week

    Just something to think about. If you use a heat lamp the birds will not develop the down feathers they need to protect them in the winter months. So they will still be looking for more food and grains to keep them warm.
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    no eggs for over a week

    Something I have found with my chickens in the winter here in Connecticut. The quality of feed is a huge factor in my ladies egg production. And I did a test on my older birds to see if my thoughts were correct or I was just crazy. I fed my older birds 16% protein food and boom almost all of...
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    New chickens, new problems. Refusing to roost in coop.

    I know this is a very old thread but I seem to be having a similar issue with my 2 new flocks. first the 4 older birds, they are about to start laying any day now. before I moved the new chicks out of the garage into the split run and their own coop, the 4 older birds would go in their coop at...
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    Hello I'm new to BYC and new to chickens.

    HI Robin it's nice to meet you also. Not sure where in ga you are but my brother lives about 45 minutes north of Atlanta.
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    Hello I'm new to BYC and new to chickens.

    Thank you all. BYC is a great resource.
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    Hello I'm new to BYC and new to chickens.

    Barkhamsted is in the north west corner of Connecticut.
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    Hello I'm new to BYC and new to chickens.

    Hello all. I am a new chicken owner. I currently have 6, 2 week old chicks and 4 13 week old chicks. I am getting ready to split my run so when the babies are ready to head out I don't have to worry about them getting along. But that also means building another coop. So that will be my next...
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    4 EE, 2 brown leghorn, 1 Rhode Island red, 1 silver laced Wyandotte, 1 ISA Brown, 1 Black Sex Link.

    4 EE, 2 brown leghorn, 1 Rhode Island red, 1 silver laced Wyandotte, 1 ISA Brown, 1 Black Sex Link.
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