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    My white leghorn is laying brown eggs????

    Thank you, Michael- The earlobes are most definitely red, not white. I will see if I can catch a DeeDum in a nest box...that would settle that, for sure!
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    My white leghorn is laying brown eggs????

    Hi! She is very, very large- I have two of them, and they were much daintier when we picked them up as pullets. I are larger than all of my other hens, very white and fluffy and "classic chicken" looking. However, The DeeDum does fly, excellently, in fact! They like sitting up on top of the...
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    My white leghorn is laying brown eggs????

    Ok...I got a shot of a DeeDum...would the "earlobes" be those cute feathery bits? (which are white)? In which case, she is a Leghorn, and then who knows what the story is with the egg!
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    My white leghorn is laying brown eggs????

    After waiting anxiously for weeks for my "leghorns" (henceforth to be referred to as The DeeDum....they earned the names Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and since they are nearly identical and we can't tell them apart, we collectively refer to both of them as one until- The DeeDum) to start laying, I...
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    Rhode Island

    Hi Chris! Sorry to hear about your vanished chicken...maybe they are like the socks that go missing the dryer...somewhere out there! (We can delude ourselves with hope!). We added a roo about a week and a half ago, following the loss of my bantam silkie hen; so far, he has eliminated the...
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    I have a hen named Gypsy that went missing 5 days ago.

    I have an Aussie Shepherd...while I love him, and he is energetic and playful and sweet, he is no fierce flock protector! He is either A) indifferent to the flock, B) throws his tennis ball at them and barks, tips his ears up, and fully expects them to throw the ball, worst, C) he suddenly sees...
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    How do chickens mate?

    THAT actually answered the question! Thank you, I had a basic understanding (ie, roo mounts hen) but no idea at all about the cloaca, or the ability to store the sperm for multiple eggs! And next time my 5 year old wants an explanation for what Sebastian is doing to one of the many hens whom she...
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    How to add a rooster to an established flock?

    Thank you so much, this has all been very helpful information and great resources! :-)
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    How to add a rooster to an established flock?

    A chicken tractor is a fabulous idea...unfortunately, my husband is maxed out on construction projects right now, and is tearing his hair out whilst tolerating my "pet projects"- my thoughts were to put an addition on the coop and extend the run, but that would be very time consuming at the...
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    How to add a rooster to an established flock?

    I know its not "cruelty" but I still can't help but feel sad about what happened- it's a bit of a conundrum- we have the chickens as part of our landscape, and part of our life, and we enjoy them , and interact and appreciate their personalities and antics- and part of that is wanting them to...
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    How to add a rooster to an established flock?

    Thanks for all the helpful advice! I love this website, and I especially love this forum! Before I even signed up, I would read through posts- you all actually saved my chicken, Petal, when she was egg-bound and prolapsed....that's a topic for another thread, but I love that we can all learn...
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    Hawks :(

    Wow! That is a fantastic coop! It looks like your girls will be safe & sound in there! I thought my coop was big enough, but I think I need an addition....since we keep adding new birds...I have this crazy habit of adding them in pairs when we lose one (which drives hubby bonkers, go...
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    How to add a rooster to an established flock?

    Hello, I have been letting my girls free range, and though they love it, we have had some unfortunate losses, which have made both my 5 year old and myself cry . Although we followed guidelines while building our coop and made sure our girls actually were allotted 10 square feet of space per...
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    Adding chicks to established flock

    I would also love more information on the subject of introducing chickies to an established flock....I recently (2 months ago) added two leghorn pullets to my flock of 6 two year old ladies who started off together as "the original" grouping, and after some careful navigating, was able to be...
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    I would like to know the pros & cons to keeping a rooster with my laying hens

    Wow, he's gorgeous! I have been thinking of getting a roo to keep tabs on my flock of 8 girls....(down from 10)...we let them free range, but we do have a coyote problem where we live- our aussie shepherd does a very good job of keeping other animals off the property, but sometimes he's just...
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