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    Chicken Buyers Remorse

    We ordered 6 easter eggers on discount, four of which ended up being hens. I was so excited for blue eggs but three ended up laying olive eggs and one laid pinkish brown, lol. They have such nice personalities I love them anyways. They also lay almost every day and one of them always lays...
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    Strange!!! Did my rooster lay this egg?

    When one of our girls started laying she laid an egg like this! It was within the first week or so. From what I read it has nothing to do with diet, it just sometimes happens when the body is getting used to laying. All of our girls lay large eggs, hers ended up being jumbo-sized. Freaked me out...
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    Hi everyone!

    Thanks so much for the warm welcomes everybody! Good to be part of the flock!
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    Hi everyone!

    They get along great! It has been very interesting watching their social bonds develop. Our white hen and the main cockerel have formed a very strong attachment - they are always together and he won't mate with anyone else! Our other cockerel services the two black hens, but the girls are bonded...
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    Refrigerated eggs experiment complete!

    We bought 14 eggs that had gotten chilled sitting out at around 45 degrees Fahrenheit. 4 never started to develop, 4 began developing but didn't make it, and 6 survived to hatching (and continue to thrive, almost one year later!) We ultimately ended up with four girls and two boys.
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    Hi everyone!

    New member here! I have 6 EE chickens - 4 hens and 2 roosters - all about 9 months old. I first found your community when I looked up "Do chickens like to snuggle?" Glad I'm not the only one! My two cockerels like to sit in my lap and hide their heads under my arms. My grey hen likes to do the...
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