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    Just started laying but which two?

    I have 3 hens, I'm in the UK and i have one speckled (like a barred rock) one blue ranger (grey body black head very large) and one that looks like a white sussex ( i think she is a white sussex) anyways, they are about 24/25 wks old now. They just started laying last week. I only ever get two...
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    Salmonella questions?

    Ok thank you everyone for your replies. i'm going to talk him into building a run in the spring. He is a builder after all and can build a house inside and out so I know he can do it. 2 out of my 3 are laying an egg each now which is great! So he's lost that excuse now that they aren't...
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    Salmonella questions?

    My chickens will eat from our hands and only one of the 3 will allow you to pick her up but thats as much contact as we get lol they prefer to stay at dash away quick distance and watch unfortunetely as we'd love to cuddle them, but no, they don't like it. I'll see what happens, maybe he will...
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    Salmonella questions?

    So my baby if he touches it and touches his mouth like babies do he will get sick. I'm so sad, we've only had the hens since about june and like i said we had our first egg today which was exciting. Is there anything i can do? I'd like to let them free range still, but he says unless we build...
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    Salmonella questions?

    So we have 3 hens ( we got our 1st egg today!!) but we let them free range in the garden and my boyfriend has said he didn't know the amount they pood before we got them as it's everywhere and is saying he's been told recently they carry salmonella and were having a baby in march. He said if...
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    My girls have grown! But when will they lay?

    Yes I am in the uk! I thought they may lay later due to the weather as it is getting colder and wetter here now.
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    My girls have grown! But when will they lay?

    Ohhhhh i wish she was a barred rock, i wanted a barred rock so much as i think they're beautiful. She is a hybrid that the breeder calls 'speckledy's' they're as close to a barred rock colour and that's why i chose her. The breeder sells barred rock chicks unsexed. But these are 3 of the ones...
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    My girls have grown! But when will they lay?

    Thank you, I just wasn't sure as these are my first chickens! I'll keep waiting and checking then. Thanks again
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    My girls have grown! But when will they lay?

    I have a white sussex a speckled chicken and a blue ranger. They are hybrids I was told and they are now about 19 weeks old. I have seen the speckled squatting a couple of times but nothing more. None of them have laid an egg yet and I was wondering when this is likely to happen? They have gone...
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    She died

    Thanks for the advice. I'll see what i can do when she arrives. I haven't heard back from the breeder as to when she's bringing another one. I hope it's soon.
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    She died

    gmatson I only have the one coop and one hen house, as pictured. I don't really want 2 more as the coop is only big enough for 3 large hens. That's why I got 3 in the first place. I have a small dog crate i could put her in inside the run but its only a 20inch one so too small for an 8 wk old...
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    She died

    My speckled baby that was much smaller and weaker from day one than the other two after 4 wks of love and care has died. We opened the pop hole on sunday morning and my two larger 8 wk olds came charging down the ramp and started stuffing their faces like they always do, she did not come out. My...
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    Maggot attack

    No it's probably not mouldy, the bin is emptied every second tuesday so it should be fine and it's only bagged table scraps that go in there. there's probably a broken bag that spilled some contents in there. Just a shame I'm so scared of those things to apprehend any myself for them to eat...
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    Barred rock versus speckledy

    Egghead_jr This the pictures of the adults from the breeders website. This is what she said they will look like as adults. and the names she called them
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    Barred rock versus speckledy

    She is called a blue ranger apparently. Not one I've heard of myself but I am new to chickens, but not seen her in any books or posts I've read. They are hybrids so they can be sexed the breeder said. So I don't think she is anything in particular just a mix of something. I didn't know my...
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