Recent content by darcee
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California - Northern
GOT MY FIRST EGG TODAY!!! It was pretty small and I have no idea who laid it. However it was NOT in the nest boxes it was on the coop floor in the corner. So I have a few questions. My nesting boxes are about 2 feet high. Is this to high for my orpingtons? Because they don't roost either...- darcee
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The hens are Buff Orptingtons and the Rooster is A Big Blue Orptington. Suggestions on How to show him I am the boss?- darcee
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Thanks, I think the girls are ready or close anyway. They are getting really red combs and are 20 weeks old yesterday…. I guess I will just leave his girls alone and stop ticking him off. :)- darcee
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So, I have a weird question. This is my first flock, and I have 6 Hens and 1 Boy. They were all born in March. Yesterday morning when I went to let them out of the coop and into the run, I picked up one of my hens to pet her. As soon as I put her down my Rooster came running over to her...- darcee
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I am new to chickening as well. I have 6 buff orpingtons, and 1 blue orpington rooster boy in the brooder. One of my 6 girls is turning into a boy quickly. ever since I got the chicks, I have been Chicken obsessed. I am looking to add to the babies already. Wanting a few light sussex or...- darcee
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