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    “Jelly Egger”

    good to know! i hope so!
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    “Jelly Egger”

    Okay, so i have 13 hens. 21 weeks old! they have been some laying eggs for about 4 weeks now. i am now getting on average 7 eggs a day. but the last 3 days i get my usual 7 but on the floor of the coop under the roosting bar is a busted shell-less egg (or Jelly Egg as i used to call it growing...
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    Who’s laying the egg?

    okay good idea with the note taking! i like that! i know them all by name so that is a good idea
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    Who’s laying the egg?

    so just observation? do they usually lay at a certain time for you to watch them? i ask because mine seem to lay at different times sometimes really early in the morning sometimes around noon and sometimes late afternoon. is that just a new layer thing?
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    Who’s laying the egg?

    hi, so I have a couple of 19 week old hands that have started laying eggs. I’m getting about three a day from my girls. I have a total of 13 chickens and they are doing so amazing laying them in the boxes and everything but I have a big question…. I’ve seen where a lot of people will post about...
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    Rooster shuffle?

    the hens! everytime they get close or approach him he starts doing his little “squat shuffle” 😅
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    Rooster shuffle?

    the hens! everytime they get close or approach him he starts doing his little “squat shuffle” 😅
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    Rooster shuffle?

    okay good! 😊 just making sure he wasn’t cowarding
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    Rooster shuffle?

    I just got a rooster from one of my good friends who had one too many he was the Beta rooster and tonight was his first night in their pen. since allowing him with the others, he does this little squat and foot shuffle. I haven’t had a rooster before, so I’m just wondering if this is a mating...
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    im stumped.🤔 this chickens tail is really neat but i dont know if im crazy but is this the start of a rooster tail???

    this is a great reply! thank you so much! and yes Beth and jolene were in the same bin and because of the difference in the appearance i figured beth had a secret 😅 *photo of jolene her bin mate!*
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    im stumped.🤔 this chickens tail is really neat but i dont know if im crazy but is this the start of a rooster tail???

    thank you for thank you so much for this explanation! this was kinda what i was looking for! out of curiosity, is it normal for the tail to “ swoop “ like that? (i haven’t seen any personally that do that)
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    im stumped.🤔 this chickens tail is really neat but i dont know if im crazy but is this the start of a rooster tail???

    this chicken (Beth- 15 weeks old) has given me rooster vibes sine it was a itty bitty chick. i knew from the jump that this one was a hen but i just can’t understand why she/ he is not like the others! Beth has always been larger than the others (all the same age), weighted twice as much, feet...
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