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    Integrating different ages of pullets

    Hello, I have a group of chicks who are about 5-6 weeks old. More of them appear to be males than I was hoping for so I’d like to get a second group but all that is available near me are pullets who are 9-10 weeks old. At this age would I need to integrate them slowly like I would with my...
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    How did 2 light brown layers make 3 eggs?

    Yesterday I got one blue, one white, and one brown
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    How did 2 light brown layers make 3 eggs?

    Yes, they’re about 13 months old now. I guess in all my reading I missed this as a possibility. I’ve had shell-less eggs, small eggs, and a double yolk but this was a surprise!
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    How did 2 light brown layers make 3 eggs?

    Will do :)
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    How did 2 light brown layers make 3 eggs?

    I wondered so when I crack them open I’ll have to check out the inside color for sure. But I’m thinking it’s unlikely because the EE spent a fair chunk of the afternoon separated from the other girls because she’s been having a bullying problem and she laid yesterday and usually isn’t an every...
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    How did 2 light brown layers make 3 eggs?

    I have a flock of 5: 1 Easter Egger 1 Black Sexlink 1 French Copper Black Marans 1 White Leghorn 1 barred Plymouth Rock This morning I found the weird looking dark egg in the coop (can they accidentally lay while sleeping?) around 9. I just went out at 5 and found the other four eggs in the...
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    How long does it take for feathers to regrow?

    Thanks!
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    How long does it take for feathers to regrow?

    Hello! I have got a French Copper Black Marans who is about a year old now and was the victim of some trauma from change and bullying, she looks awful and I’m wondering how long it will take for her feathers to regrow and for her to look beautiful again? For context (I’ll try to keep it brief)...
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    Sand Woes…please chime in

    You and me both! 😅
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    Sand Woes…please chime in

    I wore a mask and removed them from the area when I mixed in the DE, we have some experience with it from trying to fix a squash bug issue in the past. I didn’t notice it being much of a help and I wasn’t going to keep dumping it in for nothing 😅 Any of those scenarios make sense for molting...
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    Sand Woes…please chime in

    Luckily we retained a security deposit, thanks for your advise!
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    Sand Woes…please chime in

    Hello! So we have a mixed flock of 5 in a small backyard coop. We were renting our house to a family member for 5 months and part of her responsibility was to care for the chickens. We use sand in our run and coop and she did not scoop the poop or mix up the sand once and it was a very wet...
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    Opinions wanted!

    The tree is still healthy, it just wasn’t pruned by the previous owner so it’s a little wonky looking. We anticipate needing to take it out within 10 years though. Unfortunately, this is the only place we can put the chickens and still have our garden, space for the kids to play, laundry line...
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    Opinions wanted!

    Most of that is rain/snow that hasn’t evaporated but I didn’t think of that!
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    Opinions wanted!

    Not the best photo (I had to pull it from my security camera) but we are wanting to convert the carport to a bigger run and get more chickens. Our existing run/coop are to the right of the carport, behind the tree. I would love some expert opinions on what type of flooring and if we should break...
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